"Today, we learned that the very trustees who voted against opposing the NCAA Consent Decree have now secretly penned an agreement with the NCAA that would supersede the original document. In excluding their fellow trustees from this discussion, the trustees behind this new agreement are flouting the recommendations of the Freeh Report that they so strongly supported. Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship urges Sen. Corman, Mr. McCord and Judge Covey to reject this last-ditch, face-saving effort by the trustees whose errors have been so costly to Penn State. Our 40,000 members want to shine the court's spotlight into the dark corners of the original Consent Decree and hold accountable those who fraudulently scapegoated the entire Penn State community for the criminal actions of one man. Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship wholeheartedly supports the nine alumni-elected trustees who have been fighting for more than three years to defend Penn State and its honor."
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Trustees ask Chairman Masser for information on proposed "settlement" with NCAA.
Penn State Trustees Request Information
January 12, 2015— In a letter sent today to Penn State Board of a Trustees Chairman Keith Masser, Penn State Trustees Albert L. Lord and Anthony P. Lubrano have requested information pertaining to a settlement proposal made by Penn State to the NCAA.
"We have learned that Penn State has made a proposal to the NCAA,” said Lubrano. “Unfortunately, my efforts to confirm this with Chair Masser have been unsuccessful thus far.”
Presently, Penn State is a defendant in the matter of Corman/McCord v. the NCAA.
Added Lord, "Chairman Masser’s unwillingness to communicate with us on this vitally important matter leaves us no choice but to make such a formal request."
Emails and deposition transcripts released as part of a lawsuit against the governing body of college sports suggest that some NCAA officials questioned their own jurisdiction to sanction Penn State, calling it "a stretch," and expected Penn State to accept the punishment out of embarrassment.
Both Trustees were elected by the alumni: Lubrano in 2012, and Lord in 2014
January 12, 2015— In a letter sent today to Penn State Board of a Trustees Chairman Keith Masser, Penn State Trustees Albert L. Lord and Anthony P. Lubrano have requested information pertaining to a settlement proposal made by Penn State to the NCAA.
"We have learned that Penn State has made a proposal to the NCAA,” said Lubrano. “Unfortunately, my efforts to confirm this with Chair Masser have been unsuccessful thus far.”
Presently, Penn State is a defendant in the matter of Corman/McCord v. the NCAA.
Added Lord, "Chairman Masser’s unwillingness to communicate with us on this vitally important matter leaves us no choice but to make such a formal request."
Emails and deposition transcripts released as part of a lawsuit against the governing body of college sports suggest that some NCAA officials questioned their own jurisdiction to sanction Penn State, calling it "a stretch," and expected Penn State to accept the punishment out of embarrassment.
Both Trustees were elected by the alumni: Lubrano in 2012, and Lord in 2014
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