NCAA Press Conference on NOW.

[charlie and algernon]

Last edited Mon Jul 23, 2012, 09:06 AM - Edit history (2)

Any predictions?

ESPN is saying it's NOT the death penalty, but it may be just as bad, if not worse.

I'm thinking 3 years of no scholarships and 5 years of no bowls.

[bluedigger]

1. Vacating all wins since 1998.

I like it.

[Auggie]

5. 111 -- Paterno is no longer major college football's all-time winningest coach

[chelsea0011]

2. Watching ESPN, it seems that these penalties

are crippling. I think it could have been far worse. Significant loss of scholarships? What does that even mean? And 4 years with no bowls? So, they take a hit for 4 years and field poor teams (and that is debatable that this will happen)? Bottom line is they still get to play football. And retroactive loss of games. They gave the university the Romney Hit.

[TZ]

3. No TV ban either

Which is where the money comes into a program. Maryland's bball program got that for far less infractions.

[joeybee12]

4. The really good thing is the vacating of the wins...

That really is a slap at Paterno, which is great.

[JonLP24]

7. They were hit

w/ a $60 million fine & their recent bowl revenue is being given away by the conference.

These days, TV money goes to the conference then it is divided equally among the teams. In the Pac-12 case, the LA schools are getting the bigger portion the first couple of seasons then it will be equal among all its teams.

My point is the $60 million + $13 million would equal a TV ban hit of a season or two.

[Condem]

6. I guess my only question is...

...if the crimes of Penn State didn't warrant the death penalty, what, in God's name, would?

[Kingofalldems]

8. From what I gather, players can leave PSU now

and be eligible for this season. If that is true there must be some heavy recruiting going on.