Penn State got hit with severe sanctions by the NCAA on Monday morning, including a $60 million fine, a four-year football postseason ban and a vacation of all wins dating back to 1998.
A death penalty may have been better. Instead, the NCAA delivered a verdict that virtually kills Penn State football success for the next half decade after findings of egregious neglect of the sexual abuse charges against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.
An investigation into the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has revealed that legendary head coach Joe Paterno and other university leaders “repeatedly concealed critical facts” that could have stopped the abuse long before it was made public.