Penn St Removes Paterno Statue/NCAA about to Drop the Hammer

[phillycavsfan]

Joe Paterno no longer the winningest coach in FBS History....that was major...

THat's just the NCAA saving face, tbh. It's not like people won't remember Penn State winning the Fiesta Bowl or Motor City Bowl in the last decade.

 

[Carlos Huerta]

This is worse than a one year ban because if you hear what they said, that $60 million is the equivalent of one year of football revenue for starters. Forcing lesser amounts of scholarships forces them to field lesser quality players on the team, thus having bad records is almost assured and a bowl ban means like a loss of about $40 million ($10 million) per year is lost. When adding the two up, the 'death penalty' is the easier way out. A one year ban only takes 1-2 years to get over. We might see PSU be good again by 2022 now with this. PSU would have preferred the 'death penalty.

You're assuming the death penalty would have only been for one year

 

[boskey]

Now every time there's a criminal violation, NCAA is gonna have to step in..they're really setting a bad precedent by going this harsh.

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Yes the next time there is a criminal violation that the athletic department is involved in covering up the NCAA has to step in. And they should...

 

[Filthy McNasty]

 

[iceberg_is_on_fire]

You're assuming the death penalty would have only been for one year

That's all it likely would have been.

 

[phillycavsfan]

You're assuming the death penalty would have only been for one year

Death penalty only needs to be one year to have a major impact. When SMU got it, they had to cancel the next year too because they didn't have enough players to fill out a roster.

 

[Osmar]

so Penn State hasn't won a football game since 1997

 

[Swiggy]

I can't wait for local shyt to come out all outraged over this

Although, I do feel for everyone effected by this that had nothing to do with this negligence.

 

[Midwest]

i don't think they should have got a one year suspension b/c that would have destroyed a lot of businesses in happy valley that depend on the football program for their livelihood. one year tv ban would be good too.

fukk em all... This is what got us here. nikkas looking at this at a business stand point instead of a humane one. Let this be a black school nikka... would have new meanings. Dead at one BLACK player costing a school damn near more than a 3 decade Rape ring cover up. SCUST

 

[GetInTheTruck]

anybody got a link to a penn state forum?

 

[OG Talk]

Ohio St. & Michigan going to be on Penn State campus recuiting their players to transfer.

 

[DalMem]

Death penalty only needs to be one year to have a major impact. When SMU got it, they had to cancel the next year too because they didn't have enough players to fill out a roster.

This is about to happen to Penn State.

nikkas are about to transfer to Ohio State, Michigan, Notre Dame, etc. No high school players are coming to Penn State.

 

[skb1065]

Everyone is going to want to leave the sinking ship, psu is done for, for a long time

 

[MustafaSTL]

They deserve every single penalty.

 

[SHAQAVELLI]

Penalty fits the crime. What would your objective mind have had them done?

I think $60 mil is rough..the initial figure of $30 mil is better cuz "Penn State usually makes $60 mil in profit from the football program" you know damn well the football program ain't seeing that kind of money for a few years now.

Vacating the wins from 98-present? Wouldn't have done it yet -- would've waited for NCAA to do their own investigation and find out exactly what Joe Pa knew. Now, I'm not a Joepalogist, I'm just saying I still kinda feel the evidence that HE KNEW IN 98 isn't set in stone.

And I think the other penalties of scholarships and whatnot should have been three years rather than four years. At least with three years you can build a decent recruiting class this upcoming year.

Call me crazy whatever, but all the guys ESPN radio been bringin on last night until Mike & Mike been stating the same sh1t. I'm not saying PSU should get totally off the hook, just saying NCAA went a little far.

Sad day...for me, other students and alumni, the current team, faculty that had nothing to do with this and are getting a bad name for this when it was >20 people involved. It is appropriate to get the current team involved in the mix just cuz that's the only way to penalize Penn State, I'm just saying its fukked up and I wish there was a better way to go about it.