NCAA Throws Book At Penn State!

This morning the NCAA unleashed a fury upon the University for its involvement in the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. Jerry Sandusky, a former assistant football coach at Penn State, was convicted on June 22 of 45 of 48 counts of sexual abuse. The penalties included a $60 million fine, a four year bowl ban, an annual reduction of 10 scholarships over a four year period, five years’ probation, and all of Penn State’s wins from 1998 to 2011 vacated. This means Joe Paterno, who was the football coach for 45 years, is no longer college footballs most winningest coach. The firestorm of fury began once former FBI director, Louis Freeh, investigation found that the most powerful people at Penn State covered up Sandusky’s abuse of the children for over 10 years. Indicted in Freeh’s report are President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President Finance and Business Gary Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy Curley and the late football coach Joe Paterno. The University made headlines just yesterday after removing the infamous Paterno statue from outside of Beaver Stadium. In a written statement President of the University Rodney Erickson said

"Penn State accepts the penalties and corrective actions announced today by the NCAA. With today’s announcement and the action it requires of us, the University takes a significant step forward. The NCAA ruling holds the University accountable for the failure of those in power to protect children and insists that all areas of the University community are held to the same high standards of honesty and integrity.”