INDIANAPOLIS >> Penn State
football was all but leveled today by an NCAA ruling that wiped away 14 years of coach Joe Paterno's victories and imposed a mountain of
fines and penalties, crippling a program whose pedophile assistant
coach spent uncounted years molesting children, sometimes on university
property.
The sanctions by the governing
body of college sports, which capped eight months of turmoil on the
central Pennsylvania campus, stopped short of delivering the "death
penalty" of shutting down the sport. But the NCAA hit Penn State with
$60 million in fines, ordered it out of the postseason for four years,
and will cap scholarships at 20 below the normal limit for four years.
The school also will be on probation for five years.
Any current or incoming football players are free to immediately transfer and compete at another school.
"Football will never again be
placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people," NCAA
President Mark Emmert said as he announced the penalties at a news
conference in Indianapolis.
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