The Blue Board

I've said it the last 4-5 articles he's written, Charles Robinson has a source at the NCAA. If this is what he's saying, its going to happen.

So you are just ignoring that he has been investigated himself? I'm just curious

Penn state ignored it when they hired him

absolutely.

Yeah. OK.

Its not going to get interesting, after what just happened do you really think PSU is in a position to go out and challenge or appeal stuff like this just further cementing that football sits above all at the university?

Or maybe a State Penn alum?

He is a NCAA expert...unlike anyone on this board.

http://michaelbucknerlaw.wordpress.com/

According to ESPN and other media organizations, NCAA president Mark Emmert has elected to issue sanctions on Monday (July 23, 2012) against Pennsylvania State University, including a loss of scholarships and a multiple-year bowl ban. If the media reports are true, then the NCAA has charted an unprecedented, and perhaps unconstitutional, course of action. Federal and state courts have consistently held that membership organizations, including athletics associations like the NCAA, are required to provide procedures that protect their members against arbitrary and irrational action. Thus, an NCAA rule or decision cannot be applied unreasonably so that it creates different classes of schools. Accordingly, any NCAA sanction against Penn State at this stage may potentially violate federal and state notions of due and fair process for several reasons, including, but not limited to:
1.The conduct of Penn State and its employees, no matter how egregious, is not a violation of an existing NCAA rule. In fact, according to available information, the NCAA has never interpreted, or issued sanctions under, existing rules to address only criminal violations (or the cover-up of criminal violations). Further, the NCAA has chosen to make criminal activity an NCAA rules-violation in limited circumstances (i.e., Bylaw 10.2 (Knowledge of Use of Banned Drugs) and Bylaw 31.2.3.4 (Banned Drugs))—and the activities described in the report by former FBI director Louis J. Freeh are not addressed in the NCAA Division I Manual.
2.The NCAA did not establish and publish a process and procedure to address the issues relevant in Penn State’s case. Instead, the NCAA is utilizing an ad-hoc process that has not been explained fully to the membership or the public.
3.The NCAA is not adhering to its existing enforcement processes and procedures.
4.The NCAA is treating Penn State differently than other schools that were involved in sexual assault scandals or other serious criminal misconduct.
5.The NCAA failed to provide Penn State: (a) a written notice of allegations; (b) an opportunity to respond to the notice of allegations; (c) a hearing before an NCAA infractions committee to address the allegations; and (d) a process for an appeal of NCAA findings and sanctions.

As legal counsel for colleges and universities before NCAA committees, we are extremely concerned about the possible NCAA actions and urge the organization to comply with its existing processes and procedures to address the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. In addition, based on our review of the Freeh report, the issues facing Penn State are best left in the expert hands of the criminal and civil courts, the federal Departments of Justice and Education, the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the relevant accrediting agencies.

The Michael L. Buckner Law Firm will issue a comprehensive statement on its blog (http://michaelbucknerlaw.wordpress.com/) after the NCAA announces the Penn State penalties.

So is this Buckner guy Penn State's counsel?

Bowl ban till 2015 I could see

No scholarshps for 2013... not fair to current players about to who came to Penn State for academics over football. Players should be allowed to stay on scholarship even if they no longer play football for PSU.

Current Roster should be allowed to transfer with no penalty

I suppose any of these rumored sanctions are possible, but I bet they focus on financial aspects such as: All B10 money earmarked for PSU will go to some funds. If they're saying no scholarships for 2013 and then reduction of 40 over 5 years thereafter, they're basically bombing them back into the stone ages. They might as well go div 1aa, unless they need money, and I don't think they do as an institution.

That was my interpretation as well. Not sure though.

But for all the scholarship players they'll lose, will they be able to use those schollies on incoming recruits?

For example, if they have 70 non-seniors for next year they should have those 70 schollies to give. But if twenty of those guys transfer, would they still have 70 schollies (for 20 recruits?)