NCAA didn’t have jurisdiction in Sandusky case
I didn’t know that I was a member of a cult and the 175,000 members world-wide of the Penn State Alumni Association probably didn’t know it, either, but The Almanac said so (It’s Not About Football, Jan. 21).
This “cultist” hopes he is smart enough to know that the Sandusky case was a criminal matter; the man was tried, convicted and sentenced for the most heinous of crimes against young boys.
In reversing its original decision, the NCAA, presumably on the advice of competent legal counsel this time, realized that it really didn’t have jurisdiction in this criminal matter, and would probably lose in a law suit that is pending.
We have year to hear courtroom testimony from Messrs. Spanier, Curley and Schultz. If it turns out that there was a massive and years-long cover-up, this cultist will be one of the first to say, “Throw the book at ’em.”
Penn State was founded in 1855; it will be around long after we are all gone – cult or no cult.
Ross A. Matlack Jr.
Mt. Lebanon