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rompcat said...
I believe what is considered "unprecedented" is the use of NCAA powers to sanction PSU for a something outside its purview: level playing field between members, i.e the absence of recruiting violations and performance enhancing drugs as well as things along those lines.
As a second note, I think the reasoning behind the NCAA's justification of skipping the typical procedure is that normally the NCAA does an investigation but allows the university to respond before judgment/leveling sanctions. In this case, the NCAA didn't perform an investigation but used the university's own report as the basis for the sanctions. IOW, the NCAA skipped their opening part of the process and is using the Freeh (sp?) report as the university's response.
Thirdly, Emmert making the full decision on sanctions isn't something I see as some sort of grab for power. As I understand it, the board voted to give him power to do so in this case. This has given a quick and unified response. I think the reason the individual member schools (as of now) have not thrown a protest is that although they may in principle wish to protect their own interest down the line (as in protect not having this used as a precedent to level sanctions against schools in the future for typical charges where the system normally runs its course) is because they recognize this is so far outside the "box" that the bureaucracy involved makes it inadequate for dealing with the situation.
There's my two cents in three points.
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bluedynasty said...
Thought that way at first, but keeping the PSU program (and Peterno) competitive was the main driver behind the nasty coverup. That should be taken away. I support serious sanctions on the program and vacating at least one season of wins to strip the all-time victory record form Paterno.
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