Penn State's postseason ban lifted effective immediately, full scholarships in '15-16

[Captain Sasquatch]

Just got the notification on my phone. As they say, discuss.

 

[t-gator]

Obviously the ncaa didn't intend on making them serve their sentence. In this case or any that involves the ncaa it's usually the innocent that gets punished anyways. I think the fans and the players who had nothing to do with this were being punished. I don't know exactly how I feel about this.

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Since this hasn't registered on anyone's radars yet, here's a link to the story that was just posted on ESPN.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...drops-postseason-ban-penn-state-nittany-lions

 

[t-gator]

Obviously the ncaa didn't intend on making them serve their sentence. In this case or any that involves the ncaa it's usually the innocent that gets punished anyways. I think the fans and the players who had nothing to do with this were being punished. I don't know exactly how I feel about this.

I don't think it sends a good message to the victims though. That part annoys me.

 

[TN G8tr]

HMMMMMM. NCAA is consistantly inconsistant. I'm kinda on this fence with this one. I agree with T-Gator most of the time the ramifications come down on the innocent ones.

Thanks for the link Sas!!

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

The NCAA sure as hell knew what they were doing with the timing of releasing this decision. Came down about 15 minutes after Ray Rice was released. Hoping nobody is paying attention.

I will say that even when the penalties were levied, the NCAA said there would be room for the penalties to be lessened if the school got their sh*t together, and apparently they have. So while this news seemingly comes out of the blue, it was always a possibility.

 

[Gator Fever]

Obviously the ncaa didn't intend on making them serve their sentence. In this case or any that involves the ncaa it's usually the innocent that gets punished anyways. I think the fans and the players who had nothing to do with this were being punished. I don't know exactly how I feel about this.

The victims are getting paid big time - most never get a dime when that mess happens to them so they can live with the sanctions being ended imo.

 

[cornbread]

ncaa sanction committee sucks, they sure as hell threw the book at us in the 80's

 

[MJMGator]

I guess they figured the B1G needed a break after the weekend they had.

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

Just got the notification on my phone. As they say, discuss.

You must have that "PSU Shower App".....

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I agree with T-Gator most of the time the ramifications come down on the innocent ones.

If you don't come down on the "innocents" the "innocents" won't provide compliance for the guilty ones. What are you going to do to Reggie Bush after he's already in the NFL? Tell him he'll never get to use that 4th year of eligibility? That really hurts.

How many people here have said it was ok for Creyer to turn his head on the Hernandez shootings, because he brought us two championships? I've heard it a bunch.

I do like that they let players leave Penn State. That should be common. They can do show causes orders, effectively banning coaches, but many, like Tressel, just move to the NFL.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

It's not really unimportant, it's just not as important as winning football games (and only 8 of them a year at that).

 

[ItsDookie87]

The innocents were allowed to leave or knew the ban when they signed up to play for Penn State. This is one of those offenses that should have been carried out in its entirety IMO. We're talking about ruining lives, not just paying a player or something of that nature.

 

[deuce]

As a Society we always seem to want to punish everyone near an offense. You are guilty by association, it seems.

 

[oxrageous]

The innocents were allowed to leave or knew the ban when they signed up to play for Penn State. This is one of those offenses that should have been carried out in its entirety IMO. We're talking about ruining lives, not just paying a player or something of that nature.

Welcome Dookie!

 

[aka]

Welcome back to "Happy Valley."

 

[ItsDookie87]

The innocents were allowed to leave or knew the ban when they signed up to play for Penn State. This is one of those offenses that should have been carried out in its entirety IMO. We're talking about ruining lives, not just paying a player or something of that nature.

Aren't they always? Thanks for the warm welcomes!

 

[itsgr82bag8r]

The innocents were allowed to leave or knew the ban when they signed up to play for Penn State. This is one of those offenses that should have been carried out in its entirety IMO. We're talking about ruining lives, not just paying a player or something of that nature.

Man, there's just nothing quite like a good dookie!

Welcome!

 

[T REX]

While they are lucky they did not get the death penalty, they also hit all of the earmarks requested in the Mitchell report. They got shellacked and the NCAA is hesitant to kill programs after SMU never recovered. Remember football funds all of the other sports, men and women.