The NCAA has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the surviving family of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, which seeks to overturn sweeping sanctions issued by the college sports governing body to the Penn State football program in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal.
In court papers filed Tuesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association argued the plaintiffs — Paterno's family, several former Penn State football players and members of the university board of trustees — failed to join Penn State as an indispensable party to the lawsuit and accordingly lacked standing to fight the sanctions because they were not a party to them.
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