PSU Penalties: $60 Mil Fine, 4-Year Bowl Ban, 40 Schollies Over 4 Years, Wins Vacated

[shag773]

Those are just radical PSU fans. Some of us are understanding. That is some crazy shit said by Blue and white illustrated fans. Fuck....

I was reading some of that shit too. Was wondering when it would make its way here.

 

[NAHSTE]

Robert Bolden coming in to be the scout team version of Keith Price.

:smugruss:

 

[Mogriffjr]

Also, up to 5 transfers now

Silas Redd to USC
Robert Bolden to LSU
Kevin Haplea to FSU
Jamil Pollard to Rutgers
Khairi Fortt to Cal

With several rumors
Nowicki to Illinois
Justin Brown to Oklahoma
Akeel Lynch to Iowa

And several recruits in talks with other schools.

Lynch we NEED to keep for the RB's...hope he doesn't bolt...Brown makes no sense for him as he's a rsSR and in a new offense.

Haplea was buried on the depth chart, peace.

Fortt is coming off knee surgery, he'll likely redshirt at Cal to get fully healthy, we couldn't afford to do that now. Bolden, peace...

Fera going to texas, that's gonna hurt us...

 

[JimLeavy59]

 

[Sportsbuck]

Stole this from a post on OSU's scout board:

Son, we live in a university that needed libraries, and those libraries needed to be built by men with money. Who?s gonna do it? You? You, Professor Weinburg? Joe Paterno had a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for Sandusky's victims, and you curse the football program. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know. That ass rapings, while tragic, probably built the library. And Joe Paterno's existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, built the library. You don?t want the truth because deep down in places you don?t talk about at faculty wine mixers, you wanted him on that sideline, you needed him on that sideline. He used words like success with honor and grand experiment. He used these words as the backbone of a life spent building Penn State. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to men and women who teach and research under the roofs of the very buildings that He provided, and then question the manner in which He provided them. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way, Otherwise, I suggest you pick up a whistle , and coach a play. Either way, I don?t give a damn what you think you are entitled to.

 

[Woy]

Robert Bolden coming in to be the scout team version of Keith Price.

:smugruss:

 

[JimLeavy59]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...in-brown-will-reportedly-transfer-to-oklahoma


Another one bites the dust.

 

[svetz17]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...in-brown-will-reportedly-transfer-to-oklahoma


Another one bites the dust.

The idiot won't even start LMAO.

 

[JimLeavy59]

I doubt he wants to stay a Pedo U Lion.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Derek Young ‏@Derek11W
Penn State loses WR commit Will Fuller to Notre Dame.

 

[NAHSTE]

So much for EVERYBODY IS STAYING

 

[svetz17]

I doubt he wants to stay a Pedo U Lion.

true, but he could of at least found a place he would start.

 

[packersfan4eva]

So many chances to scoop players up, Indiana...ugh

 

[shag773]

So much for EVERYBODY IS STAYING

The defensive starters are still there :lesmug:

 

[JimLeavy59]

The defensive starters are still there :lesmug:

:lol: Your defense will suck regardless.

 

[shag773]

:lol: Your defense will suck regardless.

:shotsfired:

 

[Warner2BruceTD]

So many chances to scoop players up, Indiana...ugh

You'd need baby fucking at like 70 schools before players head to Indiana.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Penn State BOT member to appeal sanctions. You've got to be kidding me. These people just don't get it.

http://espn.go.com/college-football...s-trustees-file-appeal-federal-lawsuit-denial

A Penn State Board of Trustee member filed an appeal Monday afternoon with the NCAA over sanctions levied against the university after the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal.

Three other trustees joined the appeal, which states a consent decree that university president Rodney Erickson signed with the NCAA agreeing to the sanctions is "null and void" because Erickson "lacked the legal authority" to enter into such an agreement without the board's approval.

Trustees and a person with first-hand knowledge of the discussions said the move is a precursor to a federal lawsuit asking a federal judge to invalidate the sanctions, because trustees expect the NCAA to reject the appeal.

• The NCAA did not give Penn State trustees and the university due process when it did not follow its usual investigation and enforcement procedures.

• The consent decree is fundamentally unfair because it relies on the Freeh report, which "contains findings and conclusions not that are contrary to the evidence presented ..."

• The sanctions are "excessive and unreasonable" because they inflict "permanent damage to an entire generation of student-athletes and coaches who were innocent of any wrongdoing during their time on campus ..."

Erickson signed the consent decree late last month with the NCAA after consulting with Board of Trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz and university counsel, but he did not bring the decree to the full board for review or a vote.

The package of sanctions included a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl ban, scholarship losses and the vacating of wins from 1998 through 2011.

McCombie hired Boston attorneys Paul Kelly and Gregg Clifton of Jackson Lewis to file the appeal and wrote a letter to trustees Monday afternoon asking them to join him in his effort. Three trustees nearly immediately joined him. Kelly declined to comment, and McCombie did not return a message seeking comment.

McCombie, one of three new trustees elected by alumni to the board, was one of the most outspoken trustees at a July 25 board session about Erickson not consulting a majority of trustees before signing the consent decree, trustees said.

After that three-hour session in State College, the board issued a statement saying it was standing by Erickson's decision to sign the consent decree. ESPN The Magazine reported last week the university was facing a four-year death penalty if Erickson had not signed the decree and that the NCAA had warned Penn State that if there were a leak about proposed sanctions to the media, the discussions would end and the death penalty would be all but certain.

In his letter to trustees Monday, McCombie wrote: "It is my belief that this matter did require board approval and that we should engage in a full, and complete, review. In the end, we all benefit from having this matter handled correctly and with full regard for due process -- only then can we be truly confident in the result and the actions we take as a board.

"Furthermore, only after we have given all involved the opportunity to be heard can we move forward together as one university."

Penn State spokesman David La Torre declined comment. NCAA spokesman Bob Williams could not be reached for comment.

Last week, attorneys for the family of former coach Joe Paterno requested the NCAA hold an "open hearing" before its Infractions Appeals Committee of the package of sanctions accepted by Penn State. The NCAA quickly rejected their plan. "The Penn State sanctions are not subject to appeal," Williams said last week.

McCombie closed his letter by writing: "I know my actions will be poorly received by some on this board and in the community at large. To that end it would be easier to remain silent and allow these unfair actions to remain unchallenged. I cannot do this."

Much of the McCombie appeal takes aim at the Freeh report, an investigation commissioned by the Board of Trustees last November after the Sandusky charges became known. The board hired former FBI director Louis B. Freeh for $6.5 million to investigate the university's role in the sex abuse scandal.

Freeh's report contains damning allegations against university employees and trustees, concluding that the board did not perform its oversight duties. The NCAA relied on the Freeh report to determine what sanctions should be handed down to Penn State.

 

[JimLeavy59]

Just give these fucks the death penalty for four years and be done with it.


Oh and I don't think anyone else has said this but players can transfer next year and and not have to sit as well

 

[JeremyHight]

I really hope that this appeal leads to further sanctions. If anything, make it so that the NCAA just drops Penn State and they have to apply for reinstatement in a few years, pending a majority vote by the current members.