Documents: NCAA doubted its authority to sanction Penn State

[Nate]

http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/11/05/jerry-sandusky-scandal-ncaa-authority-punish

The emails show various senior NCAA officials debating whether they had standing in the matter since it involved criminal actions and not necessarily any issues of athletic competitive balance. Some NCAA officials argue in the emails that the organization has authority to punish Penn State because the revelation of the scandal at an earlier time would have severely hurt the program, meaning it enjoyed a relative competitive advantage by Sandusky's crimes staying hidden as long as they did.

Sounds like the GopherHole...

 

[Some guy]

If I was the new penn state board I would pursue legal action to get money back.

The NCAA shouldn't have touched it in my judgement.



The purpose of NCAA punishment is to prevent cheating and promote fairness by creating a disincentive to cheat.
If the NCAA had not punished Penn State there is not a single person who would be more likely to cover up a child abuse scandal because they are thinking "the NCAA didn't punish penn state"



These are obviously just my opinions.