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[cruets]

Restore USC's national BCS championship if yer they're gonna pull this shit

 

[Damaniel]

Looks like it happened.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12179571/joe-paterno-112-wins-were-vacated-restored

Congrats, NCAA. You've just condoned child rape and are enabling the scum of society. But in America, football trumps all...

 

[Gentleman Jack]

I think I need a chart to show me the last 30 years' worth of vacated wins and titles (which by and large never get restored), what it took for the NCAA to void those wins and cap the chart with 'Penn State got their wins back and they covered up child rape.'

 

[chuckddd]

The NCAA is getting to FIFA/IOC levels.

 

[SteveWinwood]

give smu their lost wins as well

i mean they didnt play but some of those games would have been wins

 

[BertramCooper]

Cross-posted from CFB:

At least Joe Paterno died in the midst of that shitshow and had to face what a disgusting pig he was before he kicked the bucket.

It would have sucked had that story broken after his death.

 

[Buckethead]

Disgusting and shameful.

 

[Lambtron]

Get the fuck out of here NCAA.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

The NCAA is getting to FIFA/IOC levels.

They've always been there, there's just more proof of it now.

 

[SummitAve]

Wow, the NCAA somehow managed to suck more.

I'll put $10 down on them vacating the wins again.

 

[DrFunk]

Fucking gross

 

[rekameohs]

This is disgusting.

Cross-posted from CFB:

At least Joe Paterno died in the midst of that shitshow and had to face what a disgusting pig he was before he kicked the bucket.

It would have sucked had that story broken after his death.

But yeah, I do agree with this.

 

[VeryGooster]

Goodell's NCAA

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Has there been an official explanation as to why the NCAA is doing this/what benefit there is?

I literally can't think of any reason even if playing devil's advocate.

 

[Random Painted HIghway]

Disgusting

 

[Battlezone]

It's a good thing none of those players traded their own belongings for goods and services, because the NCAA will not let THAT shit stand.

 

[Futureman]

who cares about the record books? only people who care too much about collegiate sports.

$60 million is going to child abuse programs. So I'm happy with that. Maybe you can make an argument that's not enough, I dunno.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

It's a good thing none of those players traded their own belongings for goods and services, because the NCAA will not let THAT shit stand.

could you imagine if a player signed their own jersey AND THEN SOLD IT FOR MONEY?

christ, just wipe that entire program off of the face of the earth, despicable.

 

[SliceSabre]

Holy crap are you freaking kidding me?

Damn guess the NCAA sactions child rape now.

 

[terrisus]

I suspect they'll institute formalized harsh rules at the same time so that these sorts of situations can be handled more uniformly in the future: anyone who molests a child will miss at least 4 games of the regular season.

2 after appeal.

Unless it's before the playoffs/bowls in which case punishment will be carried out at the beginning of the next season.

And just think, Paterno didn't even molest anyone!
And neither did "Penn State!"
Punishing either of them at all is foolish!
/s

 

[KingGondo]

It's a good thing none of those players traded their own belongings for goods and services, because the NCAA will not let THAT shit stand.

Did you hear the story about the LSU fan going to jail for "theft" because he wouldn't rat out which player gave him game-worn merchandise to sell?

http://deadspin.com/hero-chooses-jail-over-snitching-on-lsu-player-for-sell-1679680125

Awesome stuff.

 

[eznark]

Good job fighting to restore your reputation as Pedo State. Disgusting organization rewards a disgusting human being.

Bravo ncaa

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

who cares about the record books? only people who care too much about collegiate sports.

...that they'll cover up child rape to protect it.

 

[MikeRahl]

Winning-est coach in NCAA history covered for a child molester on his coaching staff but there was no Heisman Winner in 2005 because the original winner took some money.

Progress!

 

[Savitar]

You can do whatever you want in sports, as long as you win.

Kinda par the course sadly enough.

 

[Instro]

Lol scum.

 

[Trey]

Should have never vacated the wins in the first place if you were going to pull this shit. Of course they wait until after the college playoffs are over and their stock is at its highest to announce this nonsense.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

Give me a god dammed break. Fuck the NCAA.

 

[GaimeGuy]

So in the end, what was the punishment Penn State faced? One year of bowl eligibility and like 10 scholarships lost, and $60 million to child abuse programs? when the entire athletic department was complacent in the serial rape of children on campus by one of its football coaches?

Absolutely fucking ridiculous..

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

Should have never vacated the wins in the first place if you were going to pull this shit. Of course they wait until after the college playoffs are over and their stock is at its highest to announce this nonsense.

On a Friday too.

Surprised they didn't wait until 4:59 p.m.

 

[Instro]

I'm assuming the statue will be back soon then.

 

[SliceSabre]

So in the end, what was the punishment Penn State faced? One year of bowl eligibility and like 10 scholarships lost, and $60 million to child abuse programs? when the entire athletic department was complacent in the serial rape of children on campus by one of its football coaches?

Absolutely fucking ridiculous..

They basically were not punished at all now.

 

[Calamari41]

Meanwhile, USC lost a national title, a Heisman, thirty scholarship players, and untold amounts of money due to severely crippled performance because a player was paid money by an outside agent in order to entice him to leave the school.

Reggie Bush should have raped children with the full knowledge and implicit backing of Pete Carrol during his years at the school instead.

 

[eznark]

So in the end, what was the punishment Penn State faced? One year of bowl eligibility and like 10 scholarships lost, and $60 million to child abuse programs? when the entire athletic department was complacent in the serial rape of children on campus by one of its football coaches?

Absolutely fucking ridiculous..

Not complacent, complicit.

 

[GaimeGuy]

Meanwhile, USC lost a national title, a Heisman, thirty scholarship players, and untold amounts of money due to severely crippled performance because a player was paid money by an outside agent in order to entice him to leave the school.

Reggie Bush should have raped children with the full knowledge and implicit backing of Pete Carrol during his years at the school instead.

Hey, it's okay if you rape a child (or a few dozen), just don't fuck with our money

 

[Sanjuro]

Meanwhile, USC lost a national title, a Heisman, thirty scholarship players, and untold amounts of money due to severely crippled performance because a player was paid money by an outside agent in order to entice him to leave the school.

Reggie Bush should have raped children with the full knowledge and implicit backing of Pete Carrol during his years at the school instead.

That is going too far and absolutely unexceptionable. He only needs to witness the rape, and we coo.

/NCAA

 

[perfectchaos007]

The statue should be back up soon for the pen state fans to worship

 

[GaimeGuy]

Not complacent, complicit.

I blame autocorrect :|

 

[smurfx]

Meanwhile, USC lost a national title, a Heisman, thirty scholarship players, and untold amounts of money due to severely crippled performance because a player was paid money by an outside agent in order to entice him to leave the school.

Reggie Bush should have raped children with the full knowledge and implicit backing of Pete Carrol during his years at the school instead.

has anybody at USC protested this farce?

 

[Futurevoid]

Disgusting. No other word for it.

 

[Trey]

Complacent actually works, too.

 

[Calamari41]

has anybody at USC protested this farce?

The running backs coach who was fired in the wake of the sanctions is suing the NCAA and in the process of discovery right now, but Pat Haden's stance has been to "move on and win the right way." So basically no.

 

[Grexeno]

Onion is flawless as usual.

 

[VeryGooster]

Kids should have gotten free tattoos to get the NCAA to do something.

 

[eznark]

Hey, it's okay if you rape a child (or a few dozen), just don't fuck with our money

It's too bad Sandusky didn't autograph one of his victims. Boy Rape U would be fucked.

 

[Dragon]

Congrats, NCAA. You've just condoned child rape and are enabling the scum of society. But in America, football trumps all...

The wins should never have been vacated. No one's vacating Florida wins when Aaron Hernandez was there even though he murdered people. It was a dumb thing to do.

 

[HalfBakedProphet]

Edit: beaten

So in the end, what was the punishment Penn State faced? One year of bowl eligibility and like 10 scholarships lost, and $60 million to child abuse programs? when the entire athletic department was complacent in the serial rape of children on campus by one of its football coaches?

Absolutely fucking ridiculous..

I agree

Original post-So what was Penn State's actual punishment at this point?

On July 23, 2012, the NCAA imposed a $60 million fine, four-year postseason ban, scholarship reductions, and vacated all victories from 1998–2011

they already reduced the bowl ban and scholarship reduction. They'll be at full strength next season. They got their wins back.

They "restructured" the 60 million dollar fine but I can't find any specifics as to what that means

 

[Fenderputty]

I'm a Penn State alum, and this was a complicated situation. Lots of reductionist and ignorant commentary here. The Freeh report had a lot of issues.
.

It isn't complicated and there weren't many issues.

 

[NYCmetsfan]

who cares about the record books? only people who care too much about collegiate sports.

$60 million is going to child abuse programs. So I'm happy with that. Maybe you can make an argument that's not enough, I dunno.

It shows no punishment. Others in the future know they don't have to act, they can cover this stuff up and get a slap on the wrist

 

[Fotheringay]

The running backs coach who was fired in the wake of the sanctions is suing the NCAA and in the process of discovery right now, but Pat Haden's stance has been to "move on and win the right way." So basically no.

And the NCAA fought to seal all documents in that initial trial because it showed how incredibly biased and incompetent they were in their investigation.

Edit: Also this, http://sports.yahoo.com/news/report-three-violated-ncaa-ethics-051013372--ncaaf.html