Monday, July 23, 2012

NCAA Puts the Hammer Down on Penn State

Because of the actions by many high-ranking university officials--including the late coach Joe Paterno--in covering up the Jerrry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal, the NCAA has hit the Penn State football program with severe sanctions.

The sanctions:

-The university will be fined $60,000,000, or the equivalent of one year's revenue for the football program.

-The football program will be ineligible for bowl games for four years.

-The program's football scholarships will be reduced from 25 to 15 for four years.

-Current members of the football team will be allowed to transfer to any school that they desire and will be eligible to play immediately.

-All victories from 1998-2011 will be forfeited and the records will reflect that (Paterno no longer holds the record for most victories).

At first glance, these are some pretty devastating sanctions for the legendary football program. Even though the NCAA didn't impose the death penalty, this could in effect kill the football program for an infinite amount of time.

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