Oh yeah they also vacate all wins from 1998-2011, and are on a five year probation.
So I guess that would make Eddie Robinson the official all-time coaching win leader again, and make Bobby Bowden #1 in Division I.
No bowls for 4 years, 5 years probation, a $60 million fine, reduced scholarships, and a few wins taken off Paterno’s lifetime record.....
But the football program STILL EXISTS.
WHY?
“....vacate all wins from 1998-2011...”
OK, I’m not really a follower of college sports, so what does this really accomplish? It’s not like the kids who lost are suddenly gonna feel like they won. I guess what I’m asking is, does this really have any practical effect or is it just a “feel good” measure?
Bu doing that they just convicted Paterno.
Also, any FB player who wants to stay at Penn St but NOT play football, will be allowed to keep their full scholarship without penalty.
I don’t understand vacating wins. The games happened. They were played, and someone won. They didn’t cheat. Passes were thrown, caught or dropped, etc - it all happened.
Paterno will face the Great Judge at the end of time. Had he lived, he would be facing the loss of everything that he cared about. No one is looking at what happened and saying, “I’d like to follow his example!” His reputation will forever be in the gutter.
I confess I don’t see where any of this involves football or the NCAA. An assistant coach working there today - why should he be penalized for something he had no involvement with? Why couldn’t the NCAA simply say, “It seems crimes were committed, and we trust the courts to handle these crimes” - and then let them do so?