Those that continue to defend Penn State have to come to grips with the facts
Not only that, they fail to acknowledge that Penn State was given a tremendous pass when it came to sanctions....SMU was given the death sentence i.e.
The 1987 season was canceled; only conditioning drills (without pads) were permitted until the spring of 1988. All home games in 1988 were canceled. SMU was allowed to play their seven regularly scheduled away games so that other institutions would not be financially affected. The university ultimately chose to cancel the away games as well. The team's existing probation was extended to 1990. Its existing ban from bowl games and live television was extended to 1989. SMU lost 55 new scholarship positions over 4 years. The team was allowed to hire only five full-time assistant coaches instead of the typical nine. No off-campus recruiting was permitted until August 1988, and no paid visits could be made to campus by potential recruits until the start of the 1988–89 school year
This for a recruiting violation!!!
This for a recruiting violation!!!
...sorry to keep bumping old threads, but this thread I find interesting...I do believe SMU’s sins were a bit more involved than some recruiting violations...included were illicit payments and other such perks...and when it became common knowledge, they showed a studied indifference to it and made no attempt to correct...of course today, with so many calling for players to be paid, maybe SMU was just ahead of the curve...