Pennsylvania State University officials said Wednesday they plan to move ahead on compliance with the NCAA punishment handed down in 2012 for the cover-up of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky's sex abuse crimes, despite a lawsuit filed against the athletic governing body by Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett.
Corbett announced Tuesday he plans to file an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA to drop the sanctions on Penn State, Pennsylvania's flagship public university. The governor claims Penn State has been harmed by the NCAA's "harsh penalties," and that the organization "piled on," acting unlawfully because the NCAA stands to benefit from the sanctions.
Penn State has had no involvement in the planning of Corbett's lawsuit, according to a statement from spokesman David La Torre. For now, the university administration will act as if there is no lawsuit, according to the statement:
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