This is a victory for the kids man. The kids!
The Paterno family appeal of the Penn State sanctions lasted about two hours Friday afternoon.
The NCAA quickly acted saying, The Penn State sanctions are not subject to appeal. That sentence appeared in the Twitter account of Bob Williams, NCAA vice president of communications.
A Penn State Board of Trustee member filed an appeal Monday afternoon with the NCAA over sanctions levied against the university after the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
Three other trustees joined the appeal, which states a consent decree that university president Rodney Erickson signed with the NCAA agreeing to the sanctions is "null and void" because Erickson "lacked the legal authority" to enter into such an agreement without the board's approval.
Trustees and a person with first-hand knowledge of the discussions said the move is a precursor to a federal lawsuit asking a federal judge to invalidate the sanctions, because trustees expect the NCAA to reject the appeal.
Past cases have proven that the NCAA acted 100% in their right in this case. In NCAA v Tarkanian, the justices in the supreme court decided that as long as the NCAA is not granted or granting itself any governmental powers to punish one man for criminal acts, then they can provide sanctions based on what they feel is needed without any due process. NCAA is an opt in membership, if PSU wants they can deny these sanctions and choose to join the NAIA instead.
all the whining and talk of appeals just further exposes Penn State as a community that puts football above all else
...including decency.