The NCAA?s sanctions against Penn State rocked the program. And the effects will be felt for years. Scholarship cuts, postseason bans ? the list went on. Another aspect of the penalties will allow any player on the Penn State roster to transfer to another school and be immediately eligible. Typically when a player transfers from […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Penn State football never will be the same. Not after today. Not after NCAA czar Mark Emmert strolled to the dais in the Palmer E. Pierce Room in the NCAA headquarters early on this Monday morning and delivered Penn State?s punishment for covering up the atrocities of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse case. […]
The NCAA dealt a series of heavy blows to the Penn State football program less than two weeks after a devastating report accused Joe Paterno and other top university officials of concealing child sex abuse allegations against a retired assistant coach. The NCAA sanctions include a $60 million fine with funds to be used for […]
From this day forward, Joe Paterno's final win is Penn State's 35-10 victory over Wisconsin on Nov. 22, 1997. That's the case because Mark Emmert and the NCAA vacated all of Penn State's victories from 1998-2011 as part of their sanctions against the school in the wake of the Freeh Report findings. @Ben_Jones88 tweeted a […]
Joe Paterno's family released a statement in response to the sanctions announced by the NCAA against Penn State on Monday. Read the whole statement in this post. [BTN.com: Penn State football family reacts on Twitter] [VIDEO: Watch all of BTN.com's Penn State video segments] Here's the entire Paterno family statement: "Sexual abuse is reprehensible, especially […]
Shortly after the NCAA released its list of sanctions, the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors released a statement with its additional penalties for Penn State. You can read the punishments in this post. The Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors Chair and University of Iowa President Sally Mason and Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany […]