Written by Brent Yarina, BTN.comNCAA president Mark Emmert handed down Penn State’s punishment for the school’s child sex-abuse scandal and coverup allegations Monday morning in Indianapolis. The punishments were stiff, to say the least. Among them: a $60 million fine and a four-year postseason ban. Read AP story.
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Penn State put on five years probation—
Brett McMurphy (@McMurphyCBS) July 23, 2012
Penn State must reduce 10 initial scholarships and 20 total scholarships each year for four years.—
Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) July 23, 2012
NCAA penalties: 4 year bowl ban, 20 total/10 annual scholarship recuction for 4 yrs, $60 million fine, Vacating all wins from '98-2011—
Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) July 23, 2012
All wins from 1998-2011 are vacated.—
Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) July 23, 2012
NCAA president Mark Emmert: NCAA will impose $60 million sanction on Penn State—
Bob Flounders (@BobbyFlo7) July 23, 2012
Any entering or returning players can transfer without penalty.—
Pete Thamel (@PeteThamelNYT) July 23, 2012
Looks like Joe Paterno lost his job, life, statue and all-time wins record in a span of nine months.—
Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) July 23, 2012
I thought there would be writers saying that the NCAA didn't go far enough. I'm not sure that's possible now. Wow.—
Tony Gerdeman (@GerdOzone) July 23, 2012
If you said that it can't possibly get any worse than the Death Penalty. Well, these punishments likely prove that wrong.—
Adam Kramer (@KegsnEggs) July 23, 2012
And the Big Ten is going to add on top of this?—
Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) July 23, 2012
$60 million fine. 4-year postseason ban. Lose 10 initial schollys a year for 4 and 20 total a year for four. Probably could have been worse.—
Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 23, 2012
Emmert on death penalty: they discussed it and thought it was appropriate. But NCAA wanted cultural and punitive measures instead.—
Tom Dienhart (@BTNTomDienhart) July 23, 2012
65 scholarships a year. Penn State is basically an FCS program for four years.—
John Infante (@John_Infante) July 23, 2012
I wonder if Big Ten will look to shuffle division alignment because of the hit Penn State will take. Competitive balance drove orig process.—
Bill Rabinowitz (@brdispatch) July 23, 2012
Will be interesting to see what happens to Penn State's attendance. State College economy needs the fans.—
Adam Hoge (@AdamHogeCBS) July 23, 2012
Joe Paterno is no longer in the TOP 10 of all time winning college football coaches.—
darren rovell (@darrenrovell) July 23, 2012
One-third of the Leaders division (PSU, OSU) is now ineligible for the #B1G championship game this season.—
Dave Wischnowsky (@wischlist) July 23, 2012
In my opinion – the Joe Paterno win total is the tiniest footnote of today's proceedings. Who cares?—
Jamie Samuelsen (@JamieSamuelsen) July 23, 2012
#PennState would have been better off giving itself a 1-year death penalty. #NCAA penalties will decimate program for years. @USATODAYSports—
Christine Brennan (@cbrennansports) July 23, 2012
Rather than doing it in hindsight, I'll say it now: Not a word out of you, Jay Paterno.—
Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelCBS) July 23, 2012
The NCAA is going to handle stuff that matters now? Awesome. Keep doing it and quit acting like a kid committed murder if he sold a jersey.—
Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) July 23, 2012
Penn State might have to trot out Scott Bakula at quarterback and Kathy Ireland at kicker next season.—
LukeMeredith (@LukeMeredithAP) July 23, 2012
If the NCAA is suddenly concerned about schools where athletic culture trumps academic culture, they have a lot of programs to investigate.—
Erin Sorensen (@helloerinmarie) July 23, 2012
Applause for Mark Emmert (and NCAA) for "walking the walk". The toothless committee just grew fangs overnight.—
Desmond Howard (@DesmondHoward) July 23, 2012
Penn State, don't even think about eliminating smaller sports because of this. This was not THEIR fault.—
Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelCBS) July 23, 2012
I'm still lost as to how this "changes the culture" of Penn State. Like, the 107k people in the stadium won't want to win that bad, now?—
Michael Felder (@InTheBleachers) July 23, 2012
No comparison to usc's ncaa sanctions. Penn state football has been crushed. Rival coaches already scrambling to get PSU players.—
Bruce Feldman (@BFeldmanCBS) July 23, 2012
Bill O'Brien already at work trying to break that 176-game losing streak—
Ray Ratto (@RattoCSN) July 23, 2012
Last quarterback to field a winning team for Penn State: Mike McQueary—
Ben Jones (@Ben_Jones88) July 23, 2012
PSU RB Silas Redd, DL Jordan Hill, LB Gerald Hodges will be highly, highly sought after.—
Jim Weber (@JimMWeber) July 23, 2012
I cannot imagine Bill O'Brien staying in this job. He seems like a decent man, but loyalty has its limits.—
Ralph D. Russo (@ralphDrussoAP) July 23, 2012
Vacating wins makes us feel good b/c it knocks down Paterno. But PSU did win those games. And this was criminal behavior, not cheating.—
Teddy Greenstein (@TeddyGreenstein) July 23, 2012
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Wow, the scholarship reductions are really going to hurt PSU.