STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – There appear to be fast-moving developments in the effort to settle a lawsuit involving Penn State’s NCAA punishment in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
Penn State trustees’ chairman Keith Masser tells The Associated Press that board members will have a private discussion early Friday afternoon about the lawsuit over the 2012 NCAA consent decree. The board is meeting in State College.
Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman is also planning a ”major announcement” on the lawsuit.
He and state Treasurer Rob McCord had sued the NCAA over the agreement, which imposed severe sanctions on Penn State.
One issue at stake: The 112 football team wins erased by the consent decree. If they are restored, the late coach Joe Paterno will once again be the winningest coach in major college football history.
McCord and the NCAA are declining comment.
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