Governor Tom Corbett exceeded his reach when he sued the NCAA in an effort to stop the organization from enforcing sanctions against the Penn State football program that the school agreed to in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the NCAA argued in a motion to dismiss filed last week.
Corbett’s antitrust claims are precluded by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court precedent and, beyond that, Corbett lacks standing to sue, the National Collegiate Athletic Association argued.
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