UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State announced today that it reached agreement with the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference on the terms of the Athletics Integrity Agreement required under the Consent Decree. The Athletics Integrity Agreement (AIA) provides for the establishment of a program by the University that includes the adoption of the recommendations contained in the Freeh Report and the appointment of an Athletics Integrity Officer and Athletics Integrity Council. The AIA also includes internal and external accountability measures and certifications; implementation or updating of the University’s Code of Conduct; training and education; and a disclosure program. The AIA, which goes into effect immediately, can be found online at progress.psu.edu.
Here at UO, the model has been Frohnmayer and Berdahl’s – make secret deals and gut faculty oversight.
Penn State is such a fine example to follow…
We are currently following the Penn State example that led to the coverup of sexual assault. You shouldn’t dismiss their efforts to correct their problems.
Their “efforts” are being foisted on them by the NCAA and Big Ten. I doubt if the NCAA and Pac-12 were doing the same to Oregon that the nutjobs on this site would commend the UO.
The original post seemed to imply that increased transparency at Penn State must be a bad thing because Penn State had such a scandal on their hands. That seems to be a poor conclusion, since these changes are meant to help prevent future scandals. Sure, maybe Penn State doesn’t deserve any credit if they are being forced to do this, but then the changes themselves shouldn’t be called bad either just because they are happening at Penn State.