Sound off: Did the NCAA Go Far Enough with Penn State?

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Quote: Originally Posted by Retropyro

I like that they fined them the $60M. I like that they stripped the school & Paterno of the 111 wins. I like the reduction in scholarships. It puts the hurt on the schools failed leaders and puts a hurt on Paterno's legacy. I do not like the bowl ban for the next 4 seasons. That ban will only punish the current players who are simply innocent bystanders in this.

But isn't that life? They can go play elsewhere with no wait which is nice. They can stay and have their college paid for and play if they like...

To me, they're lucky to be innocent bystanders for such a heinous act .. It's life. Ask ex employees of crooked CEO's if they would have like the opportunity to keep pay for the duration of their contract or transfer to another company... Leaders are supposed to lead and be exemplary in their job and keep ethics and morals high at all times -- Not cover up something this bad just because they were scared it would tarnish the program for a year or two. They were so worried they'd lose out for a year or two that no one did anything, and ultimately caused the program to LOSE a lot more by inaction of a heinous event.

[OSUFan_88]

Fair enough. I think this hurts their program more now than the death penalty.

[rangerrick012]

Quote: Originally Posted by NYJetsfan

I don't like it for 1 reason and 1 reason only, but for anything that actually effects Penn State, mind you. I don't like this because it will take away money from Inn Keepers, restaurant owners, gift shops, etc, etc. from around Happy Valley. You are punishing them for something that they had nothing to do with.

How does this take money from them? The football team will still play, just on a lower scale (which was going to be the case regardless after Paterno leaving). You couldn't just not punish them. Unfortunately that's the collateral damage,but cancelling the season would've made things worse for those folks and I think the NCAA took that into consideration when deciding.

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Quote: Originally Posted by wesman94

They get 75 this year and 65 the next four years.

If that's the case, I don't think they went far enough... For 10+ years of having this swept under the rug..

I think they should be reduced in scholarships to the number of Charges convicted or there abouts. I'd probably be in favor of 50 max scholarship players between now and Though the '15 season.

[lonewolf371]

Stuff on possible Big Ten punishment:

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Revenue is one area where the Big Ten can punish Penn State. The league could reduce Penn State's revenue share for a determined period. The Big Ten announced last month it would distribute a record $284 million to its members at the end of the fiscal year. Penn State has been receiving a full share of revenue, which translates to $24.6 million for this fiscal year.

http://espn.go.com/blog/bigten/post/...nalties-on-psu

Says there's a meeting at 11 a.m. on what to do. We may hear more after that.

[Dirty Turtles]

I'm a Penn State fan and live 30 miles away from State college. I think the sanctions are fine, but I can't say the same for the vast majority of people currently posting on my Facebook wall. This isn't the death of a program, this is a chance at a full rebirth.

[NYJetsfan]

Quote: Originally Posted by KCmizzou852

That stadium will still have 100,000 people in it every Saturday. Every restaurant, gift shop, hotel, motel. Will still get their money.

They might still get 100,00 in the stadium (and I'm not even convinced that will happen every game for years to come), but the product of Penn State won't hold the same value. If the product isn't as good, the ticket prices come down. If the ticket prices come down, the subsequent prices and demand for everything else goes down.

It'll be interesting to see.

[supermanemblem]

Emmert wants to be Goddell. NCAA had no business in this, nor the Big Ten. This looks like Emmert went vigilante.

[lonewolf371]

Quote: Originally Posted by supermanemblem

Emmert wants to be Goddell. NCAA had no business in this, nor the Big Ten. This looks like Emmert went vigilante.

The sanctions were announced in cooperation with the Penn State administration. Due to that, there's really no problem with what the NCAA did.

[Retropyro]

Quote: Originally Posted by zanner

But isn't that life? They can go play elsewhere with no wait which is nice. They can stay and have their college paid for and play if they like... To me, they're lucky to be innocent bystanders for such a heinous act .. It's life. Ask ex employees of crooked CEO's if they would have like the opportunity to keep pay for the duration of their contract or transfer to another company... Leaders are supposed to lead and be exemplary in their job and keep ethics and morals high at all times -- Not cover up something this bad just because they were scared it would tarnish the program for a year or two. They were so worried they'd lose out for a year or two that no one did anything, and ultimately caused the program to LOSE a lot more by inaction of a heinous event.

I agree that's life. I just don't see a valid reason for that part of the punishment. Allow them to play bowl games, but have all proceeds the school makes from those games go to a fund dedicated to the victims.

The NCAA had an opportunity to punish the leaders who failed and them alone.