Penn State pedophilia

[Surfah]

Lol. The B1G has two of their premier programs on bowl bans with vacated wins.

No doubt. Good year to be in the "Legends" division.

[Moliere]

Lol. The B1G has two of their premier programs on bowl bans with vacated wins.

...right?

[Pheidippides]

1. What's he going to observe? Another coach molesting kids and no one doing anything about it? There is zero chance of that happening.

2. The compliance guy will turn into a Penn State fan in about 3 weeks.

This is just another power grab by the NCAA, expanding their presence to justify all that March Madness dough that they get.

While I disagree with this characterization, that's not the point I'm trying to make. The point is that is the only penalty that has any kind of effect IMO, and Coach is right: I take that every day and twice on Sunday. This is not a sufficient penalty at all. Two year death penalty is what I would have voted for.

[dabrockster]

The SMU penalty was 1 year ban, 2nd year no home games plus 55 lost scholarships over 4 years. They had to start from scratch basically after two years.

This allows PSU to keep 65 scholarships on the team thru the whole process. Yeah. This penalty is so severe for PSU..

[TripletDaddy]

That's an interesting and smart approach. It seems to me though that the advantage SC had in their case was that they were still the class of their conference. Oregon had been on the rise, as had Stanford, but still USC was head and shoulders above the rest of the conference/western half of the U.S. really. With Penn St, you at least have programs that have a ton of cache that will be going after these players, and now you've given them all the ammo they need to keep players away from Penn St. That's not to say they still won't sign studs, but I do think this has an impact. What incentive does a player have to pick Penn St. right now over Ohio St, Michigan or Wisconsin? Arguably, none.

I'm interested to see how many of the underclassmen decide to transfer. I think you'll see quite a few move.

SC upperclassmen were allowed to transfer immediately, as well. Around 5 of them did. None of them accomplished anything at their new schools. There will be a lot of imternal pressure on these kids to stick around at PSU. Future recruits....story might be different, you are right.

If I am the new coach...obrien?....I am looking for a different job. What a horrible turn of events, although he had to know that sanctions might be coming when he took the job.

[Marvelous]

No doubt. Good year to be in the "Legends" division.

GO BIG RED!!!

[dabrockster]

PSU President anounces they accept NCAA penalties and corrective actions (And will buy Emmert, dinner later)..

Of course he accepts and does a

[PaloAltoCougar]

Any mention of where the $60 Mill will go, or does it simply enrich the NCAA?

[TripletDaddy]

Any mention of where the $60 Mill will go, or does it simply enrich the NCAA?

Some sort of fund for child abuse awareness or prevention. Doesn't go to the NCAA.

[CJF]

Some sort of fund for child abuse awareness or prevention. Doesn't go to the NCAA.

Again, why take money away from the victims? To me the fines should be imposed after all civil cases are resolved.

[DrumNFeather]

PSU alum Brandon Noble: The NCAA is way of base, the penalty is unfair

He's not saying this in the same context as those that are outraged over the penalty.

[DrumNFeather]

How soon do we get a 30 for 30 on this story/JoePa?

[Coach McGuirk]

NCAA has suspended permission-to-contact rules for PSU football players. Meat market is open.

[Pheidippides]

After thinking about it for a couple of hours, I think these penalties are exactly right. Or, rather, they would be if they were preceded by two years of no football at all.

[dabrockster]

BIG 1G announces PSU banned from title game next 4 years, concurrent with NCAA Bowl Ban..

BIG1G, You could of been the beacon of light in all of this...