Penn State Faculty Senate may ask NCAA, Big Ten to reconsider sanctions

NCAA president Mark Emmert levied sanctions on Penn State football. (Joe Robbins/Getty Images)

Penn State's Faculty Senate may ask the NCAA and the Big Ten to reconsider sanctions levied as a result of the Jerry Sandusky scandal and the Freeh Report.

According to StateCollege.com, the Faculty Senate has posted a six-page document on its website outlining questions and discussion including communication with the NCAA and the Big Ten to address alleged lapses within the football program and other Penn State programs and alleged lapses in oversight or institutional control at Penn State.

From StateCollege.com:

The Faculty Senate is not appealing the sanctions and even begins by stating its support for Penn State President Erickson. However, the Senate believes the sanctions are punishing the wrong individuals. ...A section in the document is devoted to addressing the victims of Jerry Sandusky's child abuse. The Senate, as other leaders at Penn State have, support the victims and state their intent to do whatever necessary to help the victims move forward.

" ... We believe that neither the NCAA process nor the specific NCAA sanctions concerning loss of football scholarships, official records of games won and lost (vacating of all football wins), and bans for four years on postseason football play fit fairly within the precedents of NCAA sanctions in the past for other football programs and other sports programs.

"These sanctions do injustices to the large number of student athletes who were recruited fairly to the PSU football program, who achieved distinction on the playing fields and in classrooms, and who behaved with honor and responsibility," the Senate states...