MILWAUKEE (MPA) - July 27, 2012, three days ago, Mark Emmert, President - National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) shared sanctions for Penn State University as a result of the recent probe/investigation and scathing report released this month, July 12, 2012, by former FBI Director Louis Freeh.NCAA sanctions included:
- $60 million fine - Endowment for prevention of child abuse around the nation. (equalvalent to 1 year gross revenue of Penn football program)
- Penn State Football team banned from Bowl and Post Season Play - 4 years.
- Penn State initial Scholarships reduced from 25-15 scholarships per year - 4 years.
- Football students are allowed transfer for competition with appropriate eligibility.
- Football students may remain at Penn State and receive appropriateness as long as academics are in order.
- Vacate all Wins for Penn State from 1998-2011 (equal timeframe of knowledge of incidents).
- Penn State Athletic Association is placed on Probation w/Academic Integrity Agreement (5 years).
- Creation of an Integrity Compliance Council, Integrity Monitor and quarterly monitoring
- Board of Trustees adopt reforms from Freeh Report - Chaper 10, 5.0.
- Integrity Monitor selected by NCAA with reports to the NCAA, Board of Trustees and Big Ten Conference quarterly.
"Four of the most powerful people at the Pennsylvania State University — President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President-Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno — failed to protect against a child sex predator harming children for over a decade,” Louis Freeh.
The investigation was engaged November 12, 2011 and delivered July 12, 2012 by the law firm of Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan, LLP. It is reported to have taken 8 months and cost $6.5 million dollars.
The scandal that has mushroomed into a TSUMANI cloud has engulfed many lives and now at the beginning of massive damage control, risk managment, quality control, consent decree and settlement for healing. It will take a while for closure. There are still levels of fallout that will take on civil and criminal charges.
As a matter of fact, Emmert and the NCAA Committee left a window open in the Consent Agreement with the Board of Trustees for Penn State that allows further investigation and decison making by the NCAA that could be more punitive actions. The sanctions includes the governance, leadership and operations of Penn State as an academic institution first and foremost, with a credible athletic department. The announcement by Emmert spoke of the tragic harm to the victims and how there was no real compensation. That the sanction with specific expectations is to put in place standards based in trust and integrity.
The threat of a "death penalty" for Penn State was the game-changer for the university, the removal of football for possibly 4 years ($240 million). The reported average gross income of Penn State annual revenue for the football program is $60 million - the sanction would of included the shutdown of a football team for possibly 4 years.
The Freeh report also said that Penn State had "decentralized and uneven" oversight of compliance issues -- laws, regulations, policies and procedures -- as required by the NCAA.
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We see how a "culture" of too big to challenge and fail at Penn State was created.
We also see how a small group of powerful insiders supported by big bucks funding and funds ignored in "lockstep and cover-up" the egregious acts of Jerry Sandusky and others for over 10 years.
These were suppose to be upstanding, ethical, powerful, highly respected and well-known pillars in the community. We see how greed, lack of integrity, lack of monitoring and oversight and disregard for the students in/outside of the university that were preyed upon, their parents, their families and friends and the community at-large were disregarded.
We see how the corruption, the lies and marketing of corruption has affected so many.
We see how many lives have been destroyed, dreams deferred and the structure of TRUST diminished.
What happen to high standards, quality control, risk management and customer care?
What happen to INTEGRITY and the standards of Penn State as a higher education site?
University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Rilley and University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Chancellors (Dr. Michael Lovell and Dr. Carlos Santiago), Provost Johannes Britz, past provost Rita Cheng, cabinet, faculty, staff and foundations have a similar critique of "lockstep" disregard for inclusion of African American and other People of Color of Milwaukee. The basic wrongdoing is a closed culture of Discrimination.
There is a failure to honor roles and responsibilities for compliance of State Statute 36, the U.S. constitution and bylaws that promote civil-legal-human rights.
Eight (8) key examples of use of federal funds and government resources but fail to include African American and other People of Color in the city of Milwaukee are:
- Selection process of the 8th Chancellor - Dr. Michael Lovell.
- Senate Bill 514 projects
- Memorandum of Understanding - Environmental Protection Agency
- Redlining - Innovation Park
- Remodeling Student Union
- Partnerships w/Milwaukee Water Council and Ecology Center
- Partnerships w/Johnson Control, Milwaukee 7 and other higher ed sites
- Partnerships w/Wisconsin Medical College, Marquette and other higher ed sites
The bill, approved by both the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly, released state capital building funds for four different UWM expansion projects at a total anticipated cost of $176 million:
-- Construction of a School of Freshwater Sciences research building ($50 million) Targeted for the downtown Milwaukee waterfront, this building will be the home for the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences that the State Legislature and Governor Doyle approved in 2009.
-- Construction of a Kenwood Integrated Research Building ($75 million) To be located at or near the northwest corner of Kenwood Boulevard and Maryland Avenue, this five- or six-story building will house facilities that advance science, technology, engineering and math education; research; and outreach.
-- Acquisition of the Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital campus ($31 million) UWM remains engaged in negotiations to acquire and redevelop the 11-acre hospital property adjacent to the university’s current 93-acre campus.
-- Purchase of a replacement for the Neeskay research vessel ($20 million) A 120-foot research vessel capable of hosting larger scientific crews, conducting extended operations, and navigating research sites using dynamic positioning and state-of-the-art handling capabilities is proposed to replace the university’s Korean War-era transport-tug boat.
The secrecy is racially biased and color-coded because the People affected/victimized are African American and other People of Color - the individuals creating and maintaining the culture are Caucasian.
We seek accountability and clarity.
We Call for Investigation of the cancer of discrimination that runs wide from the elected-appointed-hired-voluntered and donor-for hire leaders of the state of Wisconsin.
Call for Investigation
On Thursday, July 26, 2012, Mary Glass, Chair/CEO, Milwaukee Professionals Association received a first response from the U.S. Department of Justice. The "referral letter" was to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for consideration of our Call for Investigation. We see this as step two and look forward to massive and widespread reform. Based on our findings so far, the widespread wrongdoing of oligopoly/monopoly connections will dwarf the Penn State investigation.
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