A day after filing its federal lawsuit on behalf of Jen Harris, NCLR explained that it still hopes to reach some sort of settlement with Penn State.

NCLR attorney Karen Doering said that they had reached tolling agreements with PSU and AD Tim Curley. Portland, however, did not respond to requests for a similar agreement, so NCLR was forced to file now to avoid statute of limitations problems.

Doering also said that now the suit has been filed, they will begin to subpoena former players.

Under Rule 12, the defendants have 20 days to file their answer. Those 20 days may or may not just happen to call over Christmas and New Year's.