Penn State football slammed with NCAA sanctions?

by ~ The Rebel ~ Posted 2012/07/23 20:31:56

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Penn State football was all but leveled Monday by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university property.

The sanctions by the governing body of college sports, which capped eight months of turmoil on the central Pennsylvania campus, stopped short of delivering the "death penalty" of shutting down the sport. But the NCAA hit Penn State with $60 million in fines, ordered it out of the postseason for four years, and will cap scholarships at 20 below the normal limit for four years. The school also will be on probation for five years.

Any current or incoming football players are free to immediately transfer and compete at another school.

NC ME 2012/07/25 11:32:01

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No one was sent to prison. They got off easy. Their football program was damaged. Big deal. The NCAA was right to throw it under the bus. They worshiped their football coach and their football team and forgot why they had those things to begin with.

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Wolfman 2012/07/24 06:01:53

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Penn State should have been given the death penalty. The punishment was too light.

I do commend Penn State for removing the statue of the disgusting accomplice of child rape, Paterno.

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Walt 2012/07/23 21:15:35

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This is ridiculous and Penn State should challenge this ruling in court. There is no sense in punishing those who didn't have anything to do with the crimes.

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HarleyCharley 2012/07/23 20:32:47

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that's though...

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