The National Collegiate Athletic Association wants it all.
On Wednesday, NCAA attorneys filed a notice of their intent to subpoena Scott Paterno, son of former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno. The estate of Joe Paterno is one of a handful of parties suing the NCAA in Centre County court for the athletic organization’s actions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
In the proposed subpoena, NCAA attorneys lay out everything they expect from Scott Paterno in 35 comprehensive requests. Many of the demands are for “all documents” about a certain topic, such as the Freeh report, or for “all communications” between Paterno and others.
The NCAA wants to see everything Paterno has on the Freeh report, which the NCAA used as the basis for its sanctions against Penn State. The NCAA also wants to see all documents related to the Paterno family’s own investigation and report, including communications with former U.S. attorney general Dick Thornburgh, former FBI investigator Jim Clemente and psychiatrist Fred Berlin.
The NCAA also wants to get its hands on any communications between Paterno and many of the key players in the Sandusky scandal, including former Penn State President Graham Spanier, former university administrators Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, former assistant football coach Mike McQueary, and Sandusky himself.
Attorneys for the athletic organization continue with their demands, asking for contract, salary and financial details for Joe Paterno; any communications with members of the media; any contact with State Senator Jake Corman about his now-settled lawsuit against the NCAA, and numerous other documents.
One of the final requests neatly sums up the spirit of the subpoena: “[The NCAA requests] every public statement you made about the consent decree, the Freeh report, the NCAA, or this litigation.”
Paterno family lawyers have 20 days to object to the subpoena.
Attorneys for the NCAA spent much of the past few months fighting against subpoenas from the Paterno estate to interview five former members of the NCAA’s executive committee. The NCAA’s objections to the Paterno subpoenas were overturned by a judge in March.
The Paterno estate — along with former assistant football coaches Jay Paterno and William Kenney — filed their lawsuit against the NCAA in 2013. They allege the NCAA acted outside its authority in response to the Sandusky scandal, decreasing the value of the Paterno estate and making it more difficult for Jay Paterno and Kenney to find work.
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