The board of trustees of Penn State may challenge the tough sanctions imposed on the university by the NCAA as punishment for the Jerry Sandusky scandal. According to Inside Higher Ed:
A Pennsylvania State University trustee plans to appeal the severe punishment the National Collegiate Athletic Association imposed on the institution in the wake of its child sex abuse scandal, questioning whether the NCAA provided the university with due process and even whether Penn State’s president had the authority to sign off on the penalties without getting approval from the university’s full board, the Associated Press reported. The NCAA has asserted that it had clearance to impose the penalties on Penn State outside its normal enforcement and infractions process because of the outside investigation Penn State ordered and because Penn State consented to the penalties. But recent news reportshave indicated that the board never formally approved Louis Freeh’s external report and that many trustees were kept in the dark about the negotiations with the NCAA.
Did the president have the authority to consent to the penalties without full board approval? Did the NCAA have the authority to impose such a punishment outside of its n0rmal adjudicative process? Sounds like an administrative nightmare lumped on top of an already horrible situation.
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