New Penn State alumni trustees announce support for Paterno-led suit against NCAA sanctions

In news that should surprise no one, the three newly-seated alumni trustees at Penn State have released a statement formally voicing support for the Paterno family's lawsuit seeking to overturn the NCAA's sanctions against Penn State football.

?The trustees - Ted Brown, Barbara Doran and William Oldsey - said they believe the sanctions were wrongly imposed, and "we support a legal review of... the basis for the sanctions and the process used to enact them."

Five incumbent trustees joined the Paterno-led suit as co-plaintiffs when it was filed last month in Centre County Court. Brown, Doran and Oldsey were elected but had not taken their seats on the board at that point.

At a board meeting earlier this month in Fayette County, all trustees were treated to an update on the football program by Head Coach Bill O'Brien that, according to reports, touched in part on an administration argument that independent lawsuits against the NCAA won't help Penn State get early relief from the penalties imposed last summer.

But in their statement released today, the new trustees - all of whom ran for election on a platform centered on the belief that the board majority has allowed Penn State to take too much of the blame for Jerry Sandusky's sex crimes - said the fight is a necessary step to the university's recovery.

They also called for an "open and thorough" review of the university-commissioned Freeh Report at the board level.

"There are those who suggest that we should move on and accept the NCAA sanctions as imposed, and we respect their views and commitment to Penn State," today's statement concluded.

"But to do that would not be in the long-term interest of this great university and the broader Penn State community. We firmly believe that truth and justice should never fear an open hearing and review - whether in the courts or before the board of trustees."

Source: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/07/new_penn_state_alumni_trustees.html

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