News: Joe Paterno stripped of all wins from 1998-2011

umich

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The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million sanction, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating to 1998, the organization said Monday morning.

The career record of former head football coach Joe Paterno will reflect these vacated records, the statement continued.

Penn State must also reduce 10 initial and 20 total scholarships each year for a four-year period, the release said.

The NCAA's announcement followed a day after Penn State removed Joe Paterno's statue outside Beaver Stadium, a decision that came 10 days after a scathing report by former FBI director Louis J. Freeh found that Paterno, with three other top Penn State administrators, had concealed allegations of child sexual abuse made against Sandusky.

The NCAA took unprecedented measures with the decision to penalize Penn State without the due process of a Committee on Infractions hearing, bypassing a system in which it conducts its own investigations, issues a notice of allegations and then allows the university 90 days to respond before a hearing is scheduled.

Paterno won 409 games for the school in his 46 seasons as head coach.

More here: http://espn.go.com/college-football/...ns-dating-1998

umich

Sorry, mods. Can you move to "The Lounge > News" section?

Benzene

I just turned on First Take and they're talking about this right now. They laid down the HAMMER, gotdamn. Vacated wins, $60M sanction, banned from bowl games for four years, loss of 20 scholarships/year for 4 years, and the athletes are free to transfer. Some of the top prospects are already decommitting.

The irony: Paterno's last win on record (in 1997) is with Mike McQueary as the starting quarterback, who was the main whistleblower on the whole scandal.

JDM

He looks like a dirty fartknocker.

umich

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Originally posted by Benzene

I just turned on First Take and they're talking about this right now. They laid down the HAMMER, gotdamn. Vacated wins, $60M sanction, banned from bowl games for four years, loss of 20 scholarships/year for 4 years, and the athletes are free to transfer. Some of the top prospects are already decommitting.

The irony: Paterno's last win on record (in 1997) is with Mike McQueary as the starting quarterback, who was the main whistleblower on the whole scandal.

oh my!

M##

Good. He and the university deserve it.