Penn state slammed

[piebaldpython]

Penn State Slammed by NCAA:
$60 M fine---the equivalent of 1 yr football revenue
Loss of 10 scholarships/yr for 4 yrs
No post-season play for 4 yrs
All wins 1998-2011 vacated and Joe Pa is no longer the winningest coach in college football

There may be more stuff but that's all I can remember.

 

[R_of_G]

I believe one of the other conditions is that current players are allowed to transfer to other schools without incurring any eligibility penalties.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

They are lucky it was not worst. They deserve any and every thing they get.

 

[Bookkeeper's Son]

My hope is that thought and consideration will be given about a culture where winning is so important that it supercedes decency. This goes way beyond PSU - we see this all over our societies, whether it be sports, business, government........

 

[R_of_G]

My hope is that thought and consideration will be given about a culture where winning is so important that it supercedes decency. This goes way beyond PSU - we see this all over our societies, whether it be sports, business, government........

Replace "winning" with "money" in that and I couldn't agree more.

 

[Tig]

My hope is that thought and consideration will be given about a culture where winning is so important that it supercedes decency. This goes way beyond PSU - we see this all over our societies, whether it be sports, business, government........

Replace "winning" with "money" in that and I couldn't agree more.

I agree with both. College sports has become a multi billion entertainment industry.
Also, I have a problem with coaches getting paid millions while the best professors get a fraction of that.

 

[Duffy]

They are . . . . . Penn State !

 

[duhvoodooman]

Replace "winning" with "money" in that and I couldn't agree more.

Whether it comes down to money, power, prestige, personal accomplishment, or however else a person "keeps score", when self interest (whether singular or collective in nature) becomes all-important, bad, bad things happen.

 

[R_of_G]

Whether it comes down to money, power, prestige, personal accomplishment, or however else a person "keeps score", when self interest (whether singular or collective in nature) becomes all-important, bad, bad things happen.

Well said.