January 16, 201511 yr Author http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/01/16/joe-paterno-penn-state-wins-restored The NCAA will restore all of Joe Paterno's vacated wins at Penn State, the organization announced on Friday. ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr. first reported the news. The restoration is part of a proposed settlement in Pa. Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman's lawsuit against the NCAA. The settlement, which is subject to board approval from Penn State and the NCAA, will replace the July 2012 consent decree between the school and the NCAA, which sanctioned Penn State in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The school was forced to vacate 112 victories from 1998 through 2011, all but one of which came under Paterno, as part of the sanctions following the release of the Freeh Report in 2012. The NCAA penalized the school for the Jerry Sandusky scandal, in which the longtime Penn State assistant football coach was convicted on 45 counts of sex abuse earlier that year. ..... The sanctions had also included the NCAA giving Penn State a four-year postseason ban, restricting the team to 65 scholarships per year through 2017 and a $60 million fine. Under the new settlement, the university has agreed to commit a total of $60 million to activities and programs for the prevention of child sexual abuse and the treatment of victims of child sexual abuse. Penn State and the NCAA will also "enter into a new Athletics Integrity Agreement that (with concurrence of the Big Ten) includes best practices with which the university is committed to comply" as part of the settlement.
January 16, 201511 yr I could never understand the wins so I don't really care if they give them back or not. I guess it would be important to Penn St. fans.
January 16, 201511 yr Bobby Bowden just said "Dadgum Paterno" some where in a retirement village in Florida!
January 16, 201511 yr The fact the Paterno crew has fought so hard to have college football wins restored is all you need to know about this situation. Yes, I know it was a criminal act and a lot of innocent folks were harmed who should not have. But you are kidding yourself if you believe Joe Pa should be absolved of this. The culture he helped foster and wanted to be preserved allowed this to occur. The evidence is in today's ruling. PSU settles to payback to fight against sexual abuse, which is great, but also make it a priority to have wins restored. Seriously. We are talking about the rape of children and you want to throw that in as part of your settlement? This case should always have been about the pursuit of the truth, not the unjust vilification of the culture of a great institution and the scapegoating of coaches, players players and administrators who were never given a chance to defend themselves. "You can't handle the truth." Edited July 12, 201610 yr by bugatti
January 16, 201511 yr Calipari should be given his wins back as well. If true all he did was arrange for a kid from an underprivileged Chicago neighborhood to gain admittance to college. No children were rapped in the process.
January 16, 201511 yr Calipari should be given his wins back as well. If true all he did was arrange for a kid from an underprivileged Chicago neighborhood to gain admittance to college. No children were rapped in the process. Actually all Cal did was offer the kid an athletic scholarship.
January 17, 201511 yr I always thought reversing Paterno's wins was a strange reaction to the Sandusky mess. Did Penn St not win the games? Did they win the games using illegal players? How does "taking away" wins help solve anything?
January 17, 201511 yr I always thought reversing Paterno's wins was a strange reaction to the Sandusky mess. Did Penn St not win the games? Did they win the games using illegal players? How does "taking away" wins help solve anything?It does nothing. And for the record I've always been against stripping wins because it makes no sense. My point is just showing that getting wins restored is a priority for PSU in this case.
January 18, 201511 yr The N.C.A.A. is becoming more and more irrelevant by the hour. Which has taken place for a countless amount of hours impossible to determine..
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