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College sports' governing body said in a new court filing that it is willing to let Pennsylvania control the $60 million fine Penn State is paying over its handling of the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal. The NCAA on Friday asked Commonwealth Court Judge Anne Covey to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Sen. Jake Corman and Treasurer Rob McCord. If Covey agrees, the NCAA said it also will move to end a federal lawsuit against McCord, Gov. Tom Corbett and others that challenges a 2013 state law requiring the money remain within Pennsylvania. Penn State accepted the fine as part of a 2012 consent decree with the NCAA that also imposed a four-year ban on post-season play, a temporary loss of some football scholarships and the elimination of 112 wins from the later years of former head coach Joe Paterno.
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