Rep. Neuman Notes Contradiction in Corbett's PSU Defense
State Rep. Brandon Neuman said he supports the lawsuit over the NCAA’s sanctions of Penn State, but he questions why Corbett didn’t fight for the Penn State community months ago.
State Rep. Brandon Neuman, D-North Strabane, Wednesday questioned why Gov. Tom Corbett did not do enough and waited too long to start fighting for Penn State University against the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s excessive sanctions. “For more than five months the governor supported the NCAA sanctions,” Neuman said. “As attorney general he waited years to take Jerry Sandusky off the streets and now as governor and a Penn State trustee he’s wasted months before standing up for this world-class university. State Attorney General-elect Kathleen Kane should deal with this after she is sworn in on Jan. 15." On July 23, 2012, the NCAA announced sanctions against Penn State that include a $60 million fine, four-year bowl ban, reduction…
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Roger
11:35 am on Friday, January 4, 2013
I agree Insider. It only took part of a day for this lawsuit to degenerate into another reason to bring up the Sandusky case. The lawsuit stands on its own, without regard to Sandusky. Who is the NCAA to impose these sanctions on matters for which they have no legal authority? And, who is the NCAA to choose to take the $60M and make their own choices on dispersing the money? One could argue the … more ›