NCAA announces "unprecedented" penalties against Penn St - updated

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Penn State president Rodney Erickson said PSU took deal to avoid 'death' penalty.

Penn State president Rodney Erickson revealed that the university accepted the severe NCAA sanctions announced today to avoid the death penalty for the football program.

In an interview with the Centre Daily Times, Erickson said, "We had our backs to the wall on this. We did what we thought was necessary to save the program."

Joined by board of trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz and interim director of athletics David Joyner, Erickson said he signed the NCAA agreement because no better deal was available.

He said Penn State could have faced at least one year without football and still would have endured additional penalties.

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[Marshal Dillon]

The Paterno family statement infuriates me:

 

The sanctions announced by the NCAA today defame the legacy and contributions of a great coach and educator without any input from our family or those who knew him best.

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Yeah, it was clearly the NCAA sanctions that defame his legacy.  The fact that he knowingly covered up for a child molester had no impact on his legacy.  Why should anybody seek "input" from the guilty?  Imagine asking Sandusky for his "input" on his sentence.

 

I don't ever want to hear Paterno's name again. His family needs to shut up and go away. They are making him look even worse if that is possible.


Boy, you got that right! They are just reinforcing the idea of how out-of-touch with the truth Paterno and his family were. It was all about Joe Paterno and to heck with everything else. That's his legacy.

 

[BAMAWV]

CJP had the opportunity to jump on the proverbial hand grenade long ago. Where would all this have led had he simply said in November or December, "I have been trying to sweep Jerry Sandusky under the rug for years. My loyalty to him ends today. We'll assist the penal system in having it's way with him, for a change."

[Jamos]

CJP had the opportunity to jump on the proverbial hand grenade long ago. Where would all this have led had he simply said in November or December, "I have been trying to sweep Jerry Sandusky under the rug for years. My loyalty to him ends today. We'll assist the penal system in having it's way with him, for a change."

I think this could have changed everything, good point. They would have still gotten some punishment but not to the degree of what they got today.

[ALTideUp]

Here's a slightly different angle on today's events. In the past, I have written about my belief that college football is about to collapse under it's own weight. That the arms race of recruitment and facilities will result in most schools giving up aspirations to compete at D1, and ultimately the loss of national interest in elite college football. Part of this slow train wreck is the loss of coastal (esp East) TV markets where an abundance of pro footfall options will mean CFB will hardly be missed. Some of you have argued that the east was lost long ago. But even if that was 75% true last week, it's 100% true today. The fall of PSU football represents the loss of a huge chunk of the remaining eastern fan base. I believe that this PSU mess will have large and unimagined consequences for the entire landscape of college football.

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