What do you get when you put 18 NCAA board member's in the same room? Answer: Negligence. The penalties that the NCAA imposed on Penn State University are without just cause and are based on a report (the Freeh report) which contains proven errors. The NCAA will not acknowledge the errors in the findings of the Freeh report and yet they are able to impose a $60 million dollar fine on Penn State University and strip Joe Paterno of 111 career wins? What other organization in America has this kind of power? What other organization is able to work outside of the law by ignoring evidence and handing out fines that are not based on any legal structure but are based on what 18 NCAA board members think? This is as critical as leaving out potentially incriminating evidence in a murder trial.
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| NCAA President Mark Emmert |
The NCAA has led the public and the media to believe that their penalties are the best form of punishment for Penn State University but the truth is that the exchange of ones hurt and pain for another's is not punishment. Why should former athletes be punished for something that they had no control over? It could be easy for some to say that stripping wins from former athletes isn't a big deal, however; what if the situation applied to academics? If the scandal did not occur within the football program but instead occurred within an academic program and the NCAA could rule on academics; would it be fair to take away the scholarships, degrees, or grades of former students who participated in that academic program?
The acceptance for any organization to enforce punishment as they see fit, under the guidance of flawed evidence, and without due process is not only degrading to the United States legal system but it is a direct representation of the actions of a communistic power.
Why doesn't the NCAA feel that the sexually abused victims (the real victims) deserve a punishment that is based on factual evidence? It appears that it is easier for the NCAA to justify their punishment by simply replacing the real victims with other less-known, less-talked-about victims, such as those who had nothing to do with the scandal.
Other significant articles:
L.A Times Indirectly Accuses the NCAA of Torture
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Says NCAA Had No Business Sanctioning Penn State
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