Bloviators bloviate and, unfortunately, these blogs are full of them.

I would say “Great posts.”

Well-thought out and ably put.

Thanks.

The NCAA accepted the duly sanctioned and Board approved Freeh report at the request of PSU and their BoT. They did so under powers extended to the NCAA executive committee by it’s member institutions. PSU voted for the extension of those powers to the President of the Executive Committee of the NCAA.

The NCAA has a fiduciary responsibility to it’s entire membership to conduct thorough investigations in a timely and cost effective manner. Costs escalate when member institutions under investigation hide or mislead NCAA investigators.

The question you have to have answered is why did the PSU BoT readily agree to the Freeh Report results so quickly, why did they offer the results of the Freeh Report so readily to the NCAA as being gospel of what actually happened at PSU and why did the BoT so readily accept the penalties and sanctions if there was even a modicum of doubt or a shred of evidence that PSU was innocent?

The answer is more than likely that PSU did not want a protracted and ongoing investigation of the PSU Athletic program that could be viewed as an onion. You start pulling back layers and the more pungent the smell becomes. When you have a more pungent aroma, then you start discovering things that have been swept over and covered up. At that that point, it becomes the well known “Lack of Institutional
Control” and the penalties become more problematic.

Answer one question, “Would supporters of PSU want the “Death Penalty” for an entire athletic program because of the actions of a handful of Senior University
Administrators?” You and I both know the answer to that question.

What would PSU’s reaction be “Okay, we are withdrawing the sanctions issued against PSU and we are now notifying PSU that we will be conducting our own investigation into the involvement of the Penn State Athletic department in specific regards to it’s involvement in the Jerry Sandusky situation. Our primary focus will be the involvement of PSU and it’s student athletes with the Second Mile Foundation.” Does PSU really want to have EVEN more headlines on an issue that
should remain in the past, but thanks to Corbett, the situation is now being brought to the fore once again, and PSU is not going to look good in this in any way, shape or form.

Remember the football team can still have players transfer out before the start of the 2013 season. PSU doesn’t need this headache. They were managing the crisis.
Does Obrien go if he believes he won’t be able to build a solid PSU program.? His buy out is chump change to some one like Jerry Jones who would pay it in a minute if it means he gets a quality coach that can take him to the Super Bowl,

Corbet reopened a can of worms.

Understand this is partisan politics being played for very high stakes. The newly elected AG is a Democrat. Corbett is using this opportunity to try to show that he is ahead of the AG and will look to “manage” the crisis. That is why he chose Federal court instead of the State handling the case. The case is now being handled in his office rather than the AG.

The victim in this will be Penn State, again. The Faculty, Administrators, Students, Athletics and Alumni are going to be pilloried once again because of the actions of a handful of Senior
Administrators.

Corbett is going to have to answer that time honored question “What did you know and When did you know it?”….and Penn State is going to have to suffer.

It sucks.

We see easily enough who are douchebags by reading their posts.

It’s really pitiful that politicians are getting involved. Nothing good is coming from this.

And the odds of this lawsuit succeeding are very small. Endowment funds are totally separate from tax dollars. If they weren’t, Pitt fans would sue every time PSU used endowment funds in a way they didn’t like (and vice versa). The trustees agreed to pay the money to the NCAA–that’s totally within their authority and ultimately this is no different than filing suit because PSU was going to pay an out-of-state architect to design a new building or something of that nature.

PSU should be forced to eliminate football. That is the only way to clean up this cesspool.

you need the help

The fact you try to compare this to recruiting violations shows just how far gone you are. People like you need to get some help.

You conclusion of a cover up is based on what

Sandusky is guilty sincw when do other punishment precede the trials????

I agree with Sparky that the NCAA has much to answer to in violation it own procedures and strong arming a no appeal judgement. Miami you are next. or maybe USC, again thanks to Lame K.

Its time for the NCAA to be on trial against someone they can’t bully.

Sandusky should and will spend the rest of his life in prison. Curley, Shultz, and Spanier might spend time there too. The victims will receive millions in compensation.

Corbett, as governor is an ex officio member of the PSU BoT. He should be privy to the deliberations which were likely of the “let’s do whatever the NCAA wants to get this behind us” variety. The NCAA’s demand for 60 million dollars is extortion plain and simple. It doesn’t matter what they do with the money or where it’s spent. They don’t have the right to demand it. In effect they threatened public officials into doing their job in a certain way. That’s a crime in every state and Emmert should count himself lucky if he isn’t indicted.

The NCAA has an image of itself as upholding the rules but of course has a long sordid history of corruption and turning a blind eye. This may not end well for PSU but the NCAA has far more to lose.

Sanction Pedophile State harder NCAA!!!

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Well put.

Thanks.

I’m sure you’re a good fan of PSU.

Money is not “fungible” when dealing with endowments or charitable contributions. This is where the payments to the NCAA are coming from, the PSU endowment, not a general university fund There are very strict GAAP guidelines and procedures with regards to private and public reporting on all funds received and spent.

The BoT chose to use endowment funds rather than University funds was to mitigate the prospect of legal action against Penn State proper and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in a secondary role. The loss could be mitigated against University through various insurance and risk management programs that every large public institution like PSU has. In going to court, the Commonwealth is now exposed.

By going to Federal court, there is a distinct probability that a class action suit by the plaintiffs in the Sandusky case against the Commonwealth would be filed should the State win it’s case by showing that the actions of the State in recouping the funds showed that the State knew before hand of the actions of Sandusky and did nothing.

Penn State WILL be the loser in any case resolution. Instead of moving on, the 24 hour sports news cycle will eat this up and Penn State is going through this for a very long and protracted time frame. It will wear on Penn State.

The State of Pennsylvania may fund the Penn State system to the tune of $214 million of Taxpayer monies, but the PSU endowment is not part of the taxpayer funds, those are privately donated, matching funds from corporations by private individuals, and corporate giving specific to Penn State University, College Park. It is to be used at the discretion of the the BoT.

The pending legislation by the Centre State Senator is political grandstanding at it’s worst. The Senator, in a perverse way, wants the entire $60 million spent on child abuse in the State of Pennsylvania. Just how much sexual abuse is going on in Pennsylvania that warrants spending $12 million a year for the next five years?

A Federal lawsuit will embarrass the fine citizens of Pennsylvania in open court. This is going to be highly partisan in nature with a newly elected Democratic AG going after a sitting Republican governor. Like all scandals, the question will be simple “What did Governor Corbett know and when did he know it?” Corbett will have to explain a $3 million dollar grant
to an individual who was under suspicion when Corbett was AG himself. The PSU BoT will be asked the same questions. Testimony and additional questioning resulting from the upcoming felony trials of Senior PSU administrators will be hashed and re-hashed ad nauseum.

The loser WILL be PSU, the school, the faculty, administrators,students and alums …. and
PSU and the B1G will be looked upon,unfairly, as a scandal tainted conference like the old SWC was.

The NCAA has long memories. If they think they are being gamed by PSU, they will find a reason to investigate to investigate PSU and that will not be pretty. Ask UNLV under Jerry
Tarkanian , ask SMU under Bobby Collins, ask the University of Miami.

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Incorrect. From a legal perspective, money is “fungible,” or interchangeable, thus there’s no legal way to insure some of the taxpayers’ cash is not going out of state with the $60 million fine.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania funds Penn State to the tune of $214 Million a year. State law states the Commonwealth cannot fund anything outside of PA borders. The NCAA might just want to let all those funds go to PA, because they will lose that portion in court all day, every day.