The NCAA Crosses a Line

Inside Higher Ed reports:

The revelation last week that the National Collegiate Athletic Association would examine whether possible rules violations occurred somewhere in the mess that is Pennsylvania State University's sex-abuse scandal probably surprised few people.

To judge from what is known at this point, so many things appeared to go wrong at Penn State -- from possible sexual abuse of children, above all else, to apparent failures in administrative oversight -- that it seems logical that there is something for the major governing body in college sports to look into. After all, almost everyone else is, including the federal government.