It
is time to thank the great lawyering done by Matt Haverstick and his colleagues
that was able to bring Emmert and his NCAA cronies to their knees and surrender
- no matter what spinning they try to do to cover this all up and to try to
take credit for the abomination they created in regard to the sanctions.
And as others have said there is more work to be done to find out exactly who did what to allow this to happen and to enshrine those responsible in the Hall of Shame - starting with Rod Erickson and Frazier and Surma and Peetz and the others who allowed Joe Paterno to be fired by a phone call in the middle of the night to say nothing of the lawyers - apparently still being paid by Penn State - who told Erickson that he could sign the Consent Agreement and had the authority to bind the University when anyone with a half a brain knows that was not true based on the Standing Orders, etc.
The list of things still to be done would include:
1. Get the money back that the Big 10 stole from PSU in regard to conference revenues and bowl game revenues. What were those people thinking?
2. Put up the statue and name the field after JVP.
3. Get rid of Emmert - hope he gets it by a middle of the night phone call!
4. Have NCAA issue a real apology to Sue Paterno and her family for besmirching the name of a great man.
5. Get back the $10 million plus paid to Louie Freeh for the worst investigation that could have been done under the circumstances and for doing it in conjunction with the NCAA and Big 10 so they could pounce on the findings they wanted to hammer PSU.
6. Get rid of Mitchell as AIA - and ask him for a substantial contribution of the millions paid to him for little or nothing - so that it can be used to educate students at PSU and who are losing out when such huge sums are taken from the University and spent on something totally not needed.
7. Remove all of the legacy trustees and develop new governance arrangements whereby the Trustees are responsible to someone other than the Governor who appoints them and so that the elected Trustees not only have a seat but a say in what goes on.
8. Find the right people or class action to now sue the NCAA for forcing that Consent Decree on PSU when they knew it was beyond their powers so that they are forced to compensate all those who lost significant money by reason of their duplicity and in a way that PSU does not have to pay.
9. Sue those Trustees who orchestrated the Consent Decree for breach of fiduciary duty and so that they have to pay for the losses foisted on PSU by their fecklessness and negligence.
And as others have said there is more work to be done to find out exactly who did what to allow this to happen and to enshrine those responsible in the Hall of Shame - starting with Rod Erickson and Frazier and Surma and Peetz and the others who allowed Joe Paterno to be fired by a phone call in the middle of the night to say nothing of the lawyers - apparently still being paid by Penn State - who told Erickson that he could sign the Consent Agreement and had the authority to bind the University when anyone with a half a brain knows that was not true based on the Standing Orders, etc.
The list of things still to be done would include:
1. Get the money back that the Big 10 stole from PSU in regard to conference revenues and bowl game revenues. What were those people thinking?
2. Put up the statue and name the field after JVP.
3. Get rid of Emmert - hope he gets it by a middle of the night phone call!
4. Have NCAA issue a real apology to Sue Paterno and her family for besmirching the name of a great man.
5. Get back the $10 million plus paid to Louie Freeh for the worst investigation that could have been done under the circumstances and for doing it in conjunction with the NCAA and Big 10 so they could pounce on the findings they wanted to hammer PSU.
6. Get rid of Mitchell as AIA - and ask him for a substantial contribution of the millions paid to him for little or nothing - so that it can be used to educate students at PSU and who are losing out when such huge sums are taken from the University and spent on something totally not needed.
7. Remove all of the legacy trustees and develop new governance arrangements whereby the Trustees are responsible to someone other than the Governor who appoints them and so that the elected Trustees not only have a seat but a say in what goes on.
8. Find the right people or class action to now sue the NCAA for forcing that Consent Decree on PSU when they knew it was beyond their powers so that they are forced to compensate all those who lost significant money by reason of their duplicity and in a way that PSU does not have to pay.
9. Sue those Trustees who orchestrated the Consent Decree for breach of fiduciary duty and so that they have to pay for the losses foisted on PSU by their fecklessness and negligence.
