A huge scandal in sports this year, shocking the nation, was
Penn State assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky sexual child abuse scandal. NCAA
just released the penalties towards Penn State’s football program. The
penalties include: $60 million fine on Penn State University, banning of the
team’s participation from post season for four years,
players can transfer without penalty, all wins from
1998-2011 will not count, and scholarships will drop from 25 to 15 each year.
Also, the Big Ten is giving $13 million from the conference bowl to charitable
organizations focusing on child abuse prevention. Yes, the actions made by
Jerry Sandusky are in no way acceptable and should be punished, but stripping
Paterno’s wins from the record is quite excessive. Paterno did withhold
evidence as well as the A.D. but the football program should not be punished
for this. The fact that they are reducing scholarships and allowing players to
transfer without penalty is going to kill the program that has been built up
for years. I feel like these penalties are outrageous and should be reduced
especially the scholarships and record erase because the program will hurt
immensely from this and may never come back to its once famous name.
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