There are specific LOIC-specific NCAA by-laws to cite. I linked them in this thread. Emmert mentioned those by-laws multiple times in interviews he granted leading up to the announcement, then he pointedly referenced them again by using the term "the NCAA's Constitution and by-laws" during his speech announcing the NCAA's sanctions against Penn St.Mgo wrote:The NCAA didn't apply punishment based on any specific by-laws because they didn't do their own investigation, and because, again, there were no applicable by-laws to cite. They used only the facts based on the Freeh Report.
The NCAA merely used the Freeh Report to confirm that Penn St had blatantly violated those LOIC by-laws.