Swift, severe punishment from the NCAA for Penn State:
Penn State was socked with a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 40 scholarships over four years and a $60 million fine stemming from its actions in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.
In addition, all victories from 1998-2011 have been vacated, a huge blow to the coaching legacy of Joe Paterno, now formerly the leader in Division I college football victories.
NCAA President Mark Emmert announced the penalties, saying that “one of the dangers in our love of sports is that sports themselves can become too big to fail, too big to challenge.”
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the NCAA could punish Wall Street & banksters????
And next they’ll bring down sanctions on schools which don’t pursue allegations of sexual misconduct by the student athletes. Well, those in the Big Sports.
Riiiight.
Don’t hold your breath.
Also, as a guest on WNYC this morning said, these fines, supposedly against the football program, will affect all the smaller sports programs as well (football subsidized those scholarships).
But what’s a little collective punishment if it results in the NCAA covering its butt and the butts of other Big Program schools, eh?
All sports should be small time on all college campuses. Once professional athletes dominated the US Olympic basketball team the entire amateur facade in all sports on all levels was blown to bits. Purification is required.
I think that the Penn State dressage program is being unfairly punished.