NCAA loses bid to avoid PSU sanctions trial
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HARRISBURG, – Pennsylvania’s highest court turned down a request from the NCAA to prevent a January trial over the legality of penalties imposed on Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
The state Supreme Court Wednesday rejected the request made by the NCAA after a lower court decided to focus on the 2012 consent decree including a $60 million fine.
Justice Max Baer wrote the NCAA wasn’t entitled to what it was seeking because the judge didn’t exceed her legal jurisdiction.
The NCAA argued the judge improperly expanded the underlying case, in which two state officials sought to enforce a state law keeping the $60 million in Pennsylvania.
The NCAA sanctioned Penn State amid the scandal. The former assistant football coach and Washington native was convicted of child molestation.