PA Gov Corbett bringing lawsuit against NCAA over Penn State/Sandusky ruling

[Condescending_Robot]

There are other sports organizations http://www.naia.org/ and you would be hard-pressed to argue that participating in intercollegiate sports is somehow an inviolable right anyway.

This lawsuit is pandering to cretins who want the whole state to be run by Paterno’s ghost, when having the whole state run by Paterno is what allowed this situation to get to where it did in the first place. Pennsylvania has a long tradition of politicians campaigning on football-related issues. It reflects very poorly on the intelligence of the electorate.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Condescending_Robot

There are other sports organizations http://www.naia.org/ and you would be hard-pressed to argue that participating in intercollegiate sports is somehow an inviolable right anyway

Right, but they’re not exactly competitors to the NCAA. Penn State’s football coaches makes more than the entire NAIA budget.

[BwanaBob]

@treis

That’s not what that case says. Well, at least not the summary. The conclusion of that case is that the NCAA doesn’t count as a state actor even though they forced UNLV to do something.
I think the NCAA’s participation in this matter is dubious. They are an organization focused on athletics and maintaining a fair playing field for participating universities. The actions of Penn State’s football program while criminal, did not appreciably advantage them in competition. Thus, the violations fell outside the scope of the NCAA. This, of course, does not mean that I think Penn State should go unpunished. Just that these punishments should be meted out through the criminal and civil justice systems.

The NCAA is a club and to all intents and purposes they can exclude whoever they want for any reason. Having a school and a program that’s perceived (rightly or wrongly) to be shady is bad for their image. There’s no right for any university to be in the NCAA. Tough shit if a school places all its eggs in the athletic basket and that basket is ruined.