Pa. congressmen urge NCAA to release Penn St. docs

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sixteen Pennsylvania congressmen are demanding that the NCAA release all documents related to the 2012 consent decree that required Penn State to pay $60 million and imposed a bowl ban and other penalties over the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

The House members released a letter to the organization today that says the NCAA “sought to insert itself into a purely criminal matter that fell outside the scope of the NCAA’s jurisdiction.”

They’re also urging the NCAA to remove all remaining sanctions.

The letter argues that a full release of all documents would “provide all possible clarity to the public.”

The NCAA in September announced it was ending the bowl ban and restoring football scholarships earlier than called for in the consent decree.