The current majority of the board has no accountability and its recent decisions have been anything but ethical or values-based.
In fact, the first recommendation from the Freeh Report, 1.1 Culture, is not only incomplete, but doesn't pass the "giggle test" in terms of current governance at PSU.
It should come as no surprise to Penn Staters that Mitchell had nothing to say about the PSU BOT's revised conflict of interest policy (which permits conflicts of interest) and that he failed to highlight Board lies about completing all 119 Freeh Report recommendations. Mitchell's report was not without controversy, specifically with regard to conflicts of interest. Moreover, the NCAA's hiring of George Mitchell to monitor PSU's progress was nothing more than an act of fraud.Īpparently the NCAA hired Mitchell because of his former work in the Major League Baseball steroid scandal. The idea that PSU would need an Athletics Integrity Agreement was ridiculous in 2012 and it's just as ridiculous today. "For me, Coach Paterno is the definitive role model of what it means to be a college coach," said Emmert. The award honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for intercollegiate athletics on a continuous basis throughout his or her career. Ford Award to Paterno at the NCAA Convention. In January 2011, NCAA President Mark Emmert presented the Gerald R. PSU's stellar graduation rates for the football team and its student athletes overall, as well as the fact that the University has never had a major NCAA violation, was proof that the institution was doing things the right way and had been doing so for a long time. Even more, Paterno embodied the values which the NCAA alleges is at its core - the education and well being of student athletes. In addition, there is no evidence to support that Joe Paterno was anything but a positive role model for the student athletes he coached. In fact, much of Pennsylvania and former President Bush recognized Sandusky for his volunteer efforts making a difference in the community at-large. The NCAA simply didn't have the evidence to make that case and apparently had no idea that the claims they made to support penalizing PSU were ridiculous in light of the facts.Īthletics Integrity Agreement, Scholarships, Bowl BanĮven considering the fact that Sandusky was convicted of numerous crimes in June 2012, there is no evidence to support that he was anything but a positive role model for the student athletes under his tutelage when he coached at PSU and in the years leading up to the criminal charges against him. In other words, illegal benefits, a competitive advantage, unsportsmanlike conduct, or an environment that negatively influenced student athletes must be present for the NCAA to make its case for a LOIC. A fair reading of the cited By-Laws (i.e., 2.1, 2.4, 6.01.1, 6.04, 10.1, 10.01.1, 11.1.1, 11.1.2.1, and 19.01.2) reveals that NCAA rules or by-laws violations must exist that emanated from a lack of integrity, honesty, or values. On November 17th, 2011, the NCAA's letter to PSU cited numerous by-laws in forcing its way into the Sandusky matter. What is most disturbing about the PSU case is that the NCAA accepted PSU's "plea" of a Lack Of Institutional Control (LOIC) all the while knowing there was no evidence or underlying violations to make that case.
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