"Honest, it makes me angry." Sen. Jake Corman
Louis Freeh can stand behind his report on Penn State?s handling of the Jerry Sandusky child sex crimes all he wants. But Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Jake Corman is convinced that ?report is flawed.?
He said the Paterno family-commissioned critique of the Freeh report confirmed what he thought all along and should cause the NCAA to take a look at the sanctions it has imposed in its consent decree against Penn State that were based on that report's findings. Those sanctions include a four-year ban on postseason play, reduction of scholarships and vacating of wins between 1998 and 2011.
Penn State President Rodney Erickson and the board should take a good hard look at it too and rethink decisions they made based on that report, he said.
?The consent decree and punishment have a negative impact on my community,? Corman said. ?The thought now that it is based on a flawed report as determined by somebody with the impeccable reputation of a Dick Thornburgh makes me angry. Honest, it makes me angry.?
Corman currently has a lawsuit pending against the NCAA in trying to keep the $60 million fine it imposed against Penn State from going to out-of-state organizations that prevent child abuse. His lawsuit followed one filed by Gov. Tom Corbett to block the sanctions.
Corman said he had read Thornburgh?s analysis and part of the one done by former FBI profiler Jim Clemente. He was impressed how each laid out in precise ways why the Freeh report failed to back up its conclusions.
?It?s hard to argue with it,? Corman said. ?It?s not a matter of opinion. They go through it, fact by fact, and point out where the Freeh report is incorrect in its conclusions.?
Whether the Legislature needs to hold hearings to review some of the critique?s findings, he?s not sure but wouldn?t rule it out.
Two Democratic lawmakers said earlier today called for a thorough investigation, one suggested by the attorney general and the other said the legislature will consider the findings as part of an upcoming discussion about reforms to the university's governance structure.
Corman also expressed distaste in Penn State's response to the Paterno analysis. The university?s statement concluded, ?people will draw their own conclusions and opinions from the facts uncovered in the Freeh report.?
?That?s not good enough,? Corman said. ?You own this report. You either stand behind it or you refute it. ? Now that you have two completely different viewpoints, I think it?s the responsibility of the president and board to review it and come out and tell us what they believe. Hopefully, that will come.?
Source: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/02/paterno_analysis_leaves_sen_ja.html
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