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Busy morning at Penn State

I made friends with some of the SMU people over the years like Alyssa and they add points like this:
The PSU fans still get to watch their team play.
They still get TV money.
They don't lose fans for over 20 years like what happened to SMU and SMU hasn't been able to gain new fans for that time period to create a fan base to fill the stadium of about 30,000 or so.
From SMU fans, "It doesn't compare to the death penalty" over a long term basis, which goes with what I said above.
It doesn't destroy the program like SMU.
It doesn't destroy the revenue like SMU.
Many of the SMU fans can still see by what has been happening over the years that the death penalty doesn't seem to be for any big state school receiving big state money and is a big money making brand like Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama and more.

Also I remember reading that donations to Penn State have come in record numbers.
It seems that most of those who understand the death penalty by experience can't stand Emmert (spelling?) and Joe Schad (spelling?) are very ignorant in saying that Penn State's penalties are worse than what SMU experienced. It seems true. It seems that no one can stop mentioning SMU and death penalty together. So there it is still lingering and still harmful. SMU was not the worst offenders. They just pissed off Texas and were winning championships with their spending. Fair and balanced doesn't really seem to exist. It's too difficult to find.
The Big 10 didn't hurt them with their penalties.
Maybe the victims will continue to go after PSU civilly.
 
I made friends with some of the SMU people over the years like Alyssa and they add points like this:
The PSU fans still get to watch their team play.
They still get TV money.
They don't lose fans for over 20 years like what happened to SMU and SMU hasn't been able to gain new fans for that time period to create a fan base to fill the stadium of about 30,000 or so.
From SMU fans, "It doesn't compare to the death penalty" over a long term basis, which goes with what I said above.
It doesn't destroy the program like SMU.
It doesn't destroy the revenue like SMU.
Many of the SMU fans can still see by what has been happening over the years that the death penalty doesn't seem to be for any big state school receiving big state money and is a big money making brand like Texas, Oklahoma, LSU, Alabama and more.

Also I remember reading that donations to Penn State have come in record numbers.
It seems that most of those who understand the death penalty by experience can't stand Emmert (spelling?) and Joe Schad (spelling?) are very ignorant in saying that Penn State's penalties are worse than what SMU experienced. It seems true. It seems that no one can stop mentioning SMU and death penalty together. So there it is still lingering and still harmful. SMU was not the worst offenders. They just pissed off Texas and were winning championships with their spending. Fair and balanced doesn't really seem to exist. It's too difficult to find.
The Big 10 didn't hurt them with their penalties.
Maybe the victims will continue to go after PSU civilly.
 
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 Joe Paterno will reflect these vacated records, the NCAA said.

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

The Penn State athletic program also will be put on a five-year probation and must work with an athletic-integrity monitor of NCAA's choosing. Any current or incoming football players are free to immediately transfer and compete at another school.


It was close to what was rumored but some parts were different.
 
These sanctions won't kill the program, unless a load of current scholarshipped players leave right now, to take advantage of the one-time transfer offer. There are so many kids in Pennsylvania that want to play for Penn State that they might rather pay for Penn State then get a partial scholarship at a PA DII school or a scholarship at a PA 1AA It'll be a drop in talent, but not 100%. There are many kids that are missed that can now step up and many players that are scholarshipped that end up not doing well. They'll still get their 15 scholarships a year and if they are prudent and smart, as USC has been these past few years, they'll field a competitive team. A school in a less populated state with the same conditions wouldn't fare as well, as the out-of-state tuition would exclude too many players ability to pay. They won't be challenging for the Big 10 title any time soon, but they won't be a doormat for the next decade either.
 
But where would current players go? It's too late in the year - almost all other schools have completed their rosters. Now if this stuff had all taken place, say, last February, the player transfer problem wouldn't
be there as much.
 
Sanctions are worse than Death: http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ncaaf--penn-state-sanctions-postseason-ban-mark-emmert-ncaa--60-million-scholarships-.html

Open season on PSU players: http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/19640509/in-wake-of-ncaa-penalties-its-open-season-to-pluck-penn-state-players/rss
 
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