BLACKWELL: Saying he will not let it happen without a fight, Pennsylvania's governor plans to sue the NCAA over the Penn State sanctions. The NCAA leveled a harsh sanction against the university after its former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was convicted in the child sex abuse scandal. Among those sanctions a $60 million fine, a bowl ban and stripping of 14 seasons of wins from the late head coach Joe Paterno's record. Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett appeared on "STARTING POINT," a short time ago to talk about the suit.</s>GOV. TOM CORBETT (R), PENNSYLVANIA: My belief was that if the NCAA is going to impose those sanctions, they're going to impose them by the rules of the NCAA. And Penn State is a member of the NCAA. So if you join an association, you play by the rules. However, in further researching what's happened since then, what we find out is the NCAA didn't follow its own rules in assessing penalties. Everybody knows that usually the NCAA goes through its infractions and rules committee to conduct an investigation to make a determination, and then to assess fines or penalties. That was not the case here. In this case, President Emmert and an executive committee overstepped the bounds of the rules of the NCAA and imposed their own penalties without using the infractions committee. Thereby --</s>BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN ANCHOR: Governor, let me jump in --</s>CORBETT: Let me finish -- they did -- they did not follow their rules. So at that point in time I believe they violated the antitrust laws of the United States.</s>BLACKWELL: The NCAA put out this statement, "Not only does this forthcoming lawsuit appear to be without merit, it is an affront to all the victims in this tragedy -- lives that were destroyed by the criminal actions of Jerry Sandusky." The university has said it will comply with the sanctions. There's been a new threat against the newspaper that posted online the names and addresses of local gun permit owners -- holders rather. We'll tell you why that newspaper has now hired armed guards.
State to Sue Over Sandusky Sanctions