HARRISBURG, Pa. — The man brought in to monitor Penn State's athletics program said Monday his role will soon end because he believes the university has made sufficient progress after a child sex-abuse scandal highlighted shortcomings in its operations.
Athletics integrity monitor Charles Scheeler said the agreement involving Penn State, the Big Ten Conference and the NCAA will conclude at the end of December instead of in 2017.
Scheeler said Penn State has implemented reforms that exceed terms of the 2012 agreement, made after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was convicted of sexually abusing 10 boys, including encounters that occurred inside university athletics facilities.