[Husker] Just an idea for Penn State

[Andy Knipp]

I am not certain how I feel on this.  PSU has not violated NCAA bylaws, but
you can easily state that PSU has done more damage to NCAA football than SMU
did back in the 80's, which got them the death penalty.  Now MLB has the
concept of "best interests of baseball" which is up to the commish. 

I am not certain how generic the "lack of institutional control" rule/bylaw
is. Does is refer allowing third parties to violate other bylaws  & then say
we did not know about it ? 



-----Original Message-----
From: husker-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:husker-bounces at tssi.com] On Behalf Of
Nick Chevance
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:51 AM
To: Mike Nolan
Cc: husker at tssi.com
Subject: Re: [Husker] Just an idea for Penn State

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Mike Nolan <nolan at tssi.com> wrote:
>> Mark Emmert has made it pretty clear the NCAA is going to bring the 
>> hammer to Penn State.  Sanctions will be heavy, if not the death penalty.
>
> He didn't quite say what action they will take, or when, but he did 
> suggest that the NCAA might be willing to ignore its Bylaws and due
process rules.
>
> Why bother to have Bylaws and due process rules at all, then?
> --
> Mike Nolan

Two wrongs make a right?

A lot of the comments on that ESPN blog relate to the 'institutional
control' piece of the NCAA bylaws. And I would agree that it would appear
that the University should be held responsible for the conduct of those who
represent it.  But it appears to me that the parties at the University that
had the responsibility to exercise that control are no longer there.  Are
there others in the administration or on the governing board involved?

Nick
--
"I know that you believe that you understood what you think I said, but I am
not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
Robert McCloskey, State Department spokesman

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