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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett To Sue NCAA
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Date: January 7, 2013
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Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association in response to football sanctions imposed on Penn State University last year regarding the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
Although the lawsuit relates to the Penn State sanctions, the university itself said it is not involved directly in the lawsuit. The school agreed to a set of penalties in July 2012 following Sandusky’s guilty verdict and imprisonment. The sanctions require the school to pay $60 million – which amounts to one year of gross football revenue – to programs that assist in the mitigation of sex abuse or providing counseling to abuse victims.
Corbett said the sanctions are “arbitrary and illegal,” and noted that they would result in irreparable damage to the university, the commonwealth and its citizens.
“While what occurred at Penn State was both criminal and heinous, the conduct for which Penn State was sanctioned consisted of alleged failures to report criminal activity on campus that did not impact fairness or integrity on the playing field,” Corbett said. “These punishments threaten to have a devastating, long-lasting and irreparable effect on the state, its citizens and its economy.”
Some analysts have noted that one provision of the sanctions has already been a sore spot for both the NCAA and Pennsylvania politicians – the matter of whether the $60 million should be applied in-state or toward national sex-abuse programs. Penn State has already made the first of five $12 million installment payments.
Sandusky was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys, many on Penn State’s campus. He is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence. The sanctions levied against the university are the most severe in history, and many students, donors and collegiate spokesmen decried the imposition of such stiff penalties.
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett To Sue NCAA
Author: Scarinci Hollenbeck, LLC
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett announced a lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association in response to football sanctions imposed on Penn State University last year regarding the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.
Although the lawsuit relates to the Penn State sanctions, the university itself said it is not involved directly in the lawsuit. The school agreed to a set of penalties in July 2012 following Sandusky’s guilty verdict and imprisonment. The sanctions require the school to pay $60 million – which amounts to one year of gross football revenue – to programs that assist in the mitigation of sex abuse or providing counseling to abuse victims.
Corbett said the sanctions are “arbitrary and illegal,” and noted that they would result in irreparable damage to the university, the commonwealth and its citizens.
“While what occurred at Penn State was both criminal and heinous, the conduct for which Penn State was sanctioned consisted of alleged failures to report criminal activity on campus that did not impact fairness or integrity on the playing field,” Corbett said. “These punishments threaten to have a devastating, long-lasting and irreparable effect on the state, its citizens and its economy.”
Some analysts have noted that one provision of the sanctions has already been a sore spot for both the NCAA and Pennsylvania politicians – the matter of whether the $60 million should be applied in-state or toward national sex-abuse programs. Penn State has already made the first of five $12 million installment payments.
Sandusky was convicted in June of sexually abusing 10 boys, many on Penn State’s campus. He is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence. The sanctions levied against the university are the most severe in history, and many students, donors and collegiate spokesmen decried the imposition of such stiff penalties.