Penn State Gets Smacked

This isn’t really Virginia Tech related, but like everybody else, I can’t help but throw out my two cents about the Penn State situation. The NCAA delivered massive penalties to the Nittany Lion program on Monday morning. It’s not quite the Death Penalty, but Penn State football is going to be significantly damaged for the foreseeable future.

Take a look at these sanctions:

A $60 million fine: I’ve written articles in the past that suggested the NCAA start fining offenders a significant amount of money. $60 million is as significant as it gets, and Penn State isn’t allowed to cut funding for non-revenue sports to pay the fine.

Vacate all games from 1998 through the present: This one is a big yawner, but it does take JoePa down to 298 wins. Bobby Bowden now sits at #1 amongst all Division 1-A football coaches.

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