Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Penn State's brush with a 4-year death penalty.

According to ESPN, the NCAA leadership had actually approved a 4-year death penalty for Penn State.

Did your jaw drop?

Imagine what would have happened if PSU had received a 4-year death penalty rather than the already-difficult 4-year post-season ban and scholarship reductions -- a decade from now, we'd be asking, "Penn State has a football team?"

The NCAA basically gave the PSU president an ultimatum: accept our lesser sanctions, or face a prolonged investigation that would probably result in a 4-year death penalty that was already approved by the NCAA leadership.

Well no wonder Penn State had signed onto the sanctions when it was revealed, eh?  Having a leg cut off is better than your heart cut out.

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