Proof of Corbett's early NCAA doubts

Gov. Tom Corbett notes that he has questioned the severity of NCAA's sanctions on Penn State ever since they came down last summer, even if a formal statement at the time suggested otherwise.

In an interview on KDKA-AM radio this morning Corbett pointed to a story I did July 25 quoting him as saying the sanctions "go well beyond" those directly responsible for the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal. Here are a couple quotes from his press conference that day in Point State Park:

Mr. Corbett, a Penn State trustee and the state's former top prosecutor, was careful not to get into ongoing criminal or civil court matters related to the case but said "the actions taken [by the NCAA] though go well beyond those who were responsible or should have been responsible and affect all those students up there [in State College]. It affects the psyche up there. I can certainly understand that where the players who played all those games are looking at the NCAA and saying, 'I didn't play the game? Of course I did.'"

. . . "The impact on the university is going to be there for a long time. I believe the university was turning things around on its own and I'm a little concerned at the overall impact. But it is an association, the university belongs to it voluntarily and I guess they have to play by their rules."