The Penn State football family is a tight one. Current and former players hit Twitter on Monday to offer their feelings on the NCAA's stiff punishments, which included vacating wins from 1998-2011, a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason ban and the loss of 10 scholarships each of the next four seasons. See all the […]
BTN covered Monday's news conference and reaction. Our on-air guests included: University of Iowa President Sally Mason, New York Times reporter Pete Thamel, Yahoo! Sports columnist Pat Forde, former Penn State players including quarterback Michael Robinson as well as writers Mike DeCourcy (The Sporting News), Ron Musselman (statecollege.com), David Jones (Harrisburg Patriot-News) and others. Find […]
Mark Emmert and the NCAA came down hard on Penn State on Monday. The penalties were as severe as we've ever seen in college athletics, ranging from a $60 million fine to a four-year postseason ban. Read the AP story on all of the NCAA sanctions. As expected, the national media had much to say […]
Acting Penn State athletic director Dave Joyner and Penn State football coach Bill O'Brien released statements Monday reacting to Monday's news from the NCAA. Joyner stressed the importance of begin entrusted with young people while O'Brien stressed he is committed to Penn State for the long term. Joyner said in part: "Working together, the path […]
NCAA 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. [BTN.com: Penn State football family reacts to sanctions] [VIDEO: Watch all […]
The NCAA announced that it will levy "corrective and punitive measures" against Penn State in the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal and coverup allegations, and those measures will be spelled out in a 9 a.m. ET Monday press conference with NCAA President Mark Emmert and Ed Ray, the chairman of the NCAA's executive committee […]