Brent Yarina, BTN.com Senior Editor, July 23, 2012
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.
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Penn State put on five years probation
— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) 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
https://twitter.com/PeteThamelNYT/status/227390269375520768
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 (@TonyGerdeman) 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 (@TomDienhart1) 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 (@AdamHoge) 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
https://twitter.com/cbrennansports/status/227392706635235329
Rather than doing it in hindsight, I'll say it now: Not a word out of you, Jay Paterno.
— Gregg Doyel (@GreggDoyelStar) 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.
— Luke Meredith (@LukeyMeredith) 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 (@erinsorensen) 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 (@GreggDoyelStar) 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 (@BruceFeldmanCFB) July 23, 2012
Bill O'Brien already at work trying to break that 176-game losing streak
— Ray Ratto (@RattoIndy) 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.
— The Walmart Wolverine (@TheWalMartWolv) 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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