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Pennsylvania to sue NCAA

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Captain Obvious, Jan 1, 2013.

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  1. Turtle Wexler

    Turtle Wexler Member

    The timing makes sense. From the AP story:

    Makes it convenient to dance around any investigation by the new AG with "sorry, can't talk, in litigation."

    Although this is a pretty good indication of how high up the ladder the cover-up went.

    (Edited because I can't spell while watching football.)
     
    Turtle Wexler, Jan 1, 2013
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  2. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    No one ever said that Corbett wasn't shrewd.
     
    Drip, Jan 1, 2013
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  3. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Just a coincidence...
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 1, 2013
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  4. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    If Penn State's not involved in the lawsuit, then I don't see how the state has standing to sue.
     
    franticscribe, Jan 1, 2013
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  5. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    Penn State is a state institution.
     
    Drip, Jan 1, 2013
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  6. Captain Obvious

    Captain Obvious Guest

    State-related. Unfortunately, administrators act as if it's a private university, except for begging for public money.
     
    Captain Obvious, Jan 1, 2013
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  7. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    The state's ponying up the $60 million. Would that not give them standing?

    This could get very interesting on a couple of levels though.

    As has already been pointed out, this is a good way for Corbett to delay having to testify about what he may have know and when he may have known it.

    The other point to make is that the NCAA brought this on themselves. In the rush to look like they were "doing something" last summer the NCAA ignored its normal enforcement procedures and let Mark Emmert act like a commissioner - which he is not - to lay down a "one time" punishment due to the seriousness of the situation. By doing so the NCAA has now put itself in a position to potentially have the way they handle rules violations challenged in court.
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 1, 2013
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  8. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    You have any idea how bad this looks in a fucking state that has about a $2 billion deficit and has slashed a bunch of *drum roll* education funding? School districts are laying off staff left and right but there is money available for this crap. And I'm sure - just completely certain - the state would be doing the same thing for Pitt, Temple, Bucknell, Duquesne, Drexel or Penn. Absolutely.
     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jan 1, 2013
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  9. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    This is the crux of their nonsense. Their suit is that if they are handing over $60 million, and the NCAA is using it for grants related to child abuse, that money should be administered entirely in Pennsylvania.

    The inanity of that, of course, is that the NCAA is not a government institution. It is an association. There is nothing forcing Penn State to be a member of that association. It chooses to. If it doesn't want to play by the NCAA's rules -- even if we all know the NCAA is arbitrary in its rules and their administration -- it is perfectly free NOT to have their NCAA football program.

    They could have decided NOT to pay the $60 million and not submitted to the association's sanctions. They made the choice to do it, though. Because they wanted to be a part of the association -- they want their big-time, revenue-generating sports. I am sure there are some lawyers and a judicial system that will now twist itself into a pretzel to make this more complicated than that, but honestly, it is that simple. They had a choice. Accept the NCAA's sanctions or don't accept them. They chose to accept it and pay the $60 million because they value their membership in the association. Suing now is total B.S.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jan 1, 2013
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  10. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    I agree with everything you just posted.

    But the NCAA gave Corbett and his lawyers an opening by going outside its normal procedure in the first place.

    They follow their standard procedure and they can still find enough shit to nail them just as badly next summer as they did last summer and there's probably no window for a lawsuit. Plus - and I realize this wouldn't be the NCAA's concern - by delaying announcing a punishment, it prevents Corbett from using a lawsuit to avoid answering the State AG's questions about his potential culpability in this whole mess.
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 1, 2013
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  11. Mark2010

    Mark2010 Active Member

    Well, when you put a bunch of lawyers in charge on both sides, what do you expect? Of course they're going to sue each other. That's how the make a living, suing people.
     
    Mark2010, Jan 1, 2013
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  12. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    You serious Clark?
     
    Armchair_QB, Jan 1, 2013
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