Penn State Sanctions

They are taking away future scholarships correct? No one on the current team is going to lose one? I know they can transfer without penalty.

Big Ten Bans Penn State from Conference championship for 4 years.

Taking away the wins and future bowl games/big ten championship only hurts the players. I would've liked to see a fine over $100 million going to child abuse org's and the victims. I just don't see why the players get punished because their leaders/coaches snowballed them.

Big 10 sending PSU's bowl revenue to charities.

I'd like to know what kind of oversight is going to take place with all this cash going to child abuse charities. I'm glad that's what's happening, just think there needs to be some strict auditing going on.

The last official win by Penn State would now be late 1997 - starting QB of that squad:
Mike McQueary (the same coach who watched Sandusky rape a child)
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Message from PSU president:

Statement Regarding NCAA Consent Decree
July 23, 2012

The tragedy of child sexual abuse that occurred at our University altered the lives of innocent children. Today, as every day, our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victims of Mr. Sandusky and all other victims of child abuse.

Against this backdrop, Penn State accepts the penalties and corrective actions announced today by the NCAA www.ncaa.com. With today's announcement and the action it requires of us, the University takes a significant step forward.

The NCAA ruling holds the University accountable for the failure of those in power to protect children and insists that all areas of the University community are held to the same high standards of honesty and integrity.

The NCAA also mandates that Penn State become a national leader to help victims of child sexual assault and to promote awareness across our nation. Specifically, the University will pay $12 million a year for the next five years into a special endowment created to fund programs for the detection, prevention and treatment of child abuse. This total of $60 million can never reduce the pain suffered by victims, but will help provide them hope and healing.

The NCAA penalty will also affect the football program. There is a four-year ban on all post-season games, including bowl games and the Big Ten Championship game, and a future reduction in the number of football scholarships that can be granted. We are grateful that the current student athletes are not prevented from participation because of the failures of leadership that occurred. Additionally the NCAA has vacated all wins of Penn State football from 1998-2011.

We also welcome the Athletics Integrity Agreement and the third-party monitor, who will be drilling into compliance and culture issues in intercollegiate athletics, in conjunction with the recommendations of the Freeh Report. Lastly a probationary period of five years will be imposed.

It is important to know we are entering a new chapter at Penn State and making necessary changes. We must create a culture in which people are not afraid to speak up, management is not compartmentalized, all are expected to demonstrate the highest ethical standards, and the operating philosophy is open, collegial, and collaborative.

Since receiving Judge Freeh's preliminary recommendations in January, the University has instituted several reforms. Today we accept the terms of the consent decree imposed by the NCAA. As Penn State embarks upon change and progress, this announcement helps to further define our course. It is with this compass that we will strive for a better tomorrow.

Penn State will move forward with a renewed sense of commitment to excellence and integrity in all aspects of our University. We continue to recognize the important role that intercollegiate athletics provides for our student athletes and the wider University community as we strive to appropriately balance academic and athletic accomplishments. Penn State will continue to be a world-class educational institution of which our students, faculty, staff and alumni can be justifiably proud.

President Rodney Erickson

i wonder if these fucking assholes had the same reaction when they heard about what sandusky did? i'm gonna assume no

http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 9935889001

seems actually like a pretty good punishment. that said, its still unbelievably gross what occured and the coverup that happened.

I would have liked to have seen them being forced to donate money to some fund to repay victims or having to donate money to an organization that assists victims of abuse in general.

Its certainly stunning to see. People seemed to think of Penn State and Paterno as God like prior to all this. Now they are just another football team. And with the wins being taken away, its like they pretty much never were that legendary team people seem to think they were. They essentially didnt exist.


I think it just goes to show, things are more important than winning some football game. And those who were blind to what was going on, or didnt want to believe it, or clung to some belief in the football program were naive at best.

Penn state is just another school now. Albeit one with a gross and disturbing past, with higher ups who refused to act all because they believe the image of the school and the football team and staff actually mean something.

norm wrote:

i wonder if these fucking assholes had the same reaction when they heard about what sandusky did? i'm gonna assume no

http://link.brightcove.com/services/pla ... 9935889001

i certainly agree its gross. But it really isnt shocking. Were you on this board last year when it happened? You had a ton of people on here saying "oh paterno didnt know", or "paterno is a great guy, he just messed up once", or that Penn state was this shining beacon of football greatness. Essentially people tried to suggest on here, and elsewhere when it happened, that football was more important than literally anything else, including the feelings of victims. That idea can also be deduced when looking at the actions of everyone involved in this mess. The college president acted the same way, believing that paterno and this school were above the law and because they were seen as some legendary program that the rules didnt apply to them.

People were making excuses and saying noone knew or that sandusky acted alone without the aid of anyone else.

I think being a fan of a sports team is fine. But I think this shows the extreme it can be taken to. Paterno was seen as some god to people, who could do no wrong, and even when the abuse was announced and the coverup was announced, people still refused to come out and say what this meant.

This board was filled with people who refused to admit and believe Penn State or Paterno capable of all this.

Its disturbing and sad the reaction, but doesnt surprise me