An interesting article describing how the university accepted harsh NCAA sanctions in 2012 to avert Did Penn State really face the Death Peanalty?
a USA TODAY Sports investigation finds NCAA President Mark Emmert didn't have the support
"NCAA President Mark Emmert lied under oath in current litigation over the handling of the Penn State case. He testified that there was a "very strong consensus" for imposition of the death penalty. In fact, the vote now appears to have been 19-2 AGAINST consideration of that extreme sanction. He similarly lied to PSU officials when negotiating the the draconian penalties based on the flawed Freeh report -- not even read by Exec Committee Chair Ed Ray -- who voted for the decree.
If I were handling the litigation for the plaintiffs, I would file a "Suggestion of Perjury" against Emmert with the appropriate prosecutorial offices." Paul Levine
"Rodney Erickson, Penn State's president at the time of the sanctions, said in his deposition that Emmert told him the "presidents want blood" and "would like to shut your program down for multiple years." The depositions, some of which have not been made public but were obtained by USA TODAY Sports, include details on days of communications in July 2012 that indicate Penn State officials believed they had little choice other than to accept the NCAA's harsh terms in a consent decree to avert the loss of its football program, a major revenue producer that helps pay for many of the school's athletic teams."
"But in recalling those days in a deposition taken Dec. 8, six days after Emmert's, Oregon State president Ed Ray, who in 2012 was president of the executive committee, said talk of the death penalty for Penn State never gathered strong support. Ray said the committee discussed such a severe penalty twice - coming to no consensus the first time and voting against it overwhelmingly four days later."
"Ray said he could not remember the vote outcome, "but if you told me it was 19 to 2, I would believe you.""
Did Penn State really face the death penalty?
a USA TODAY Sports investigation finds NCAA President Mark Emmert didn't have the support
"NCAA President Mark Emmert lied under oath in current litigation over the handling of the Penn State case. He testified that there was a "very strong consensus" for imposition of the death penalty. In fact, the vote now appears to have been 19-2 AGAINST consideration of that extreme sanction. He similarly lied to PSU officials when negotiating the the draconian penalties based on the flawed Freeh report -- not even read by Exec Committee Chair Ed Ray -- who voted for the decree.
If I were handling the litigation for the plaintiffs, I would file a "Suggestion of Perjury" against Emmert with the appropriate prosecutorial offices." Paul Levine
"Rodney Erickson, Penn State's president at the time of the sanctions, said in his deposition that Emmert told him the "presidents want blood" and "would like to shut your program down for multiple years." The depositions, some of which have not been made public but were obtained by USA TODAY Sports, include details on days of communications in July 2012 that indicate Penn State officials believed they had little choice other than to accept the NCAA's harsh terms in a consent decree to avert the loss of its football program, a major revenue producer that helps pay for many of the school's athletic teams."
"But in recalling those days in a deposition taken Dec. 8, six days after Emmert's, Oregon State president Ed Ray, who in 2012 was president of the executive committee, said talk of the death penalty for Penn State never gathered strong support. Ray said the committee discussed such a severe penalty twice - coming to no consensus the first time and voting against it overwhelmingly four days later."
"Ray said he could not remember the vote outcome, "but if you told me it was 19 to 2, I would believe you.""
Did Penn State really face the death penalty?
