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Message: [QUOTE="orange79, post: 320247, member: 159"] [SIZE=5][B]Penn State trustee: School 'rolled over and played dead' to NCAA[/B][/SIZE] By [URL='http://content.usatoday.com/topics/reporter/Jon+Saraceno']Jon Saraceno[/URL], USA TODAY Updated 4h 44m ago Some members of the Penn State Board of Trustees are unhappy that the university's administration agreed to severe NCAA sanctions announced Monday without first consulting the 32-member group. [RIGHT][SIZE=12px][URL='http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/campus-rivalry/2012/07/23/paternox-large.jpg'][IMG]http://i.usatoday.net/communitymanager/_photos/campus-rivalry/2012/07/23/paternox-inset-community.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [LEFT][COLOR=#666666][SIZE=10px]CAPTION[/SIZE][/COLOR][/LEFT] [RIGHT][COLOR=#666][SIZE=10px][LEFT]By Carolyn Kaster, AP[/LEFT][/SIZE][/COLOR][/RIGHT][/SIZE][/RIGHT] "It's really simple: I am frankly outraged as a member of the board of trustees that the university entered into a consent agreement without discussing it with the Board in advance of signing,'' Anthony Lubrano told USA TODAY Sports. "If I'm going to be held accountable, I feel like I should've been part of that process," Lubrano added. "I think it's fair to say that a number of board members are upset." Lubrano, a financial planner, graduated magna cum laude with an accounting degree from Penn State in 1982. He had been one of the harshest critics of the board as a non-member after it fired Joe Paterno last November in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky P e d o p h I l I ascandal that rocked the Big Ten institution. During his campaign to become a trustee last spring, Lubrano purchased television time and included as part of his campaign a "Joe Paterno tribute." On Monday, the NCAA penalized Penn State with numerous hard-hitting sanctions. "It really wasn't much of a negotiation (but) everything's negotiable," Lubrano said. "My view is that we rolled over and played dead. They (board members) want to put Paterno behind them." Meanwhile, a group called Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship issued a statement Monday that, in part, blamed the board for the NCAA's severe punishment. "To rely upon such a report to issue punishment is beyond reckless, and should not be supported in any way by the leadership of Penn State," said the group. "By agreeing to these sanctions, every single member of the Penn State Board of Trustees has blatantly failed in their fiduciary responsibilities to the university. With each passing hour, we are gaining additional alumni support in our demand to have them resign immediately." Penn State president Rodney Erickson said the school accepted the NCAA's punishment as a way to avoid the death penalty. "We had our backs to the wall on this," Erickson told the Centre Daily Times. "We did what we thought was necessary to save the program." Last week, Steve Garban, the board's chairman at the time of Sandusky's arrest in November, resigned from the board after being criticized in the Freeh Report for his handling of the crisis that has damaged the school's image and reputation. The Paterno family issued a statement Monday taking the NCAA and Penn State leadership to task, saying in part: [INDENT]"The sanctions announced today by the NCAA defame the legacy and contributions of a great coach and educator without any input from our family of those who knew him best. That the President, the Athletic Director and the Board of Trustees accepted this unprecedented action by the NCAA without requiring a full due process hearing before the Committee on Infractions is an abdication of their responsibilities and a breach of their fiduciary duties to the University and the 500,000 alumni. ... This is not a fair or thoughtful action; it is a panicked response to the public's understandable revultion at what Sandusky did." [url]http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2012/07/penn-state-board-of-trustees-reaction-rolled-over-played-dead/1#.UA53TaPCuZQ[/url][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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