Penn State Sanctions: Fair or Unfair?
Penn State hit with massive fine, bowl ban and other penalties
Updated 3:06 p.m. A day after late football coach Joe Paterno's statue was removed from its spot outside Penn State's stadium, the National Collegiate Athletic Association brought the hammer down on the disgraced university for its role in the sexual abuse of children by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. The NCAA has fined Penn State $60 million, vacated all of its football wins from 1998 to 2011, imposed a four-year ban on postseason games including the Big Ten championship and bowl games, taken away football scholarships and put the school on five years probation. Vote in our poll and tell us what you think in the comments. Are the sanctions fair, too harsh or not harsh enough? In a statement from the NCAA, posted on the Plain …
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Leon Jackson
1:58 pm on Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Suzi, I will agree with you that PSU is not the only choice but on the other hand the staff at the university had been told what was going on and did nothing about it. The students on the team had nothing to do with what happen and in a sense they are they ones who are being penalized by not being able to participate in post season play. It is the administration that should have had charges … more ›