🏈 NCAA: Paterno sanctions lawsuit 'ignores reality'

[BAMANEWSBOT]

Attorneys for the NCAA say a lawsuit by the family of the late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno that seeks to overturn a $60 million fine and other university sanctions stemming from the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal is an attempt to ''rewrite history'' that ''ignores reality.''

The NCAA's 64-page response filed Tuesday in Centre County argues that the university willingly agreed to sanctions including a temporary postseason ban and scholarship reductions after Sandusky was convicted of abusing boys, including some on campus football facilities, during Paterno's tenure.

Paterno's family has argued that Penn State was wrongly forced by the NCAA to accept the penalties which, in turn, defamed Paterno's memory. The NCAA also voided 112 wins from Paterno's tenure, meaning he's no longer recognized as the NCAA's winningest Division I coach.

FoxSports.com reports..

 

[TerryP]

Willingly agreed? :eyeroll:

 

[Rolling Tide]

Willingly agreed or we will shut down your program.

 

[PhillyGirl]

I really feel like if the late JoePa were alive today, he would be ashamed of the way his family is handling things, constantly talking about his legacy and his record and yadda yadda. He was always a "players first" coach, and I gotta think he would be in the mindset of, "Do whatever you want with my record and my legacy, but don't hurt the players or the team or the school on my account".

 

[planomateo]

My opinion, Coach Paterno should have done more. His legacy will always have a huge asterisk in my book...

Bickering about his wins at this point is trivial.