Penn State’s punishment: What the NCAA took away from the school

shortformblog:

  • 5 years of probation handed down by NCAA to Penn State’s program
  • 14 number of years of wins the school must vacate — basically every victory since Paterno was aware of the first allegation
  • $60M the amount the school will be sanctioned by the NCAA; the funds will go towards programs to prevent child abuse
  • four years of bowl bans for the school; they will lose 20 scholarships over four years, and students can transfer source

» No longer the winningest: As a result of the vacated seasons, Paterno will no longer be the NCAA’s winningest football coach, which means that Florida State’s Bobby Bowden is now the winningest coach in NCAA history — and a statistic that once meant everything means nothing.

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So sick of these stupid fucking straw men.

comicallyvariant:

thewordunheard:

Sure, Paterno turned a blind eye to repeated child rape on PSU property by PSU staff, but he also has served faithfully as a successful football coach.

Sure, Polanski drugged and raped a 12-year-old girl, but he made some really amazing movies.

Sure, but. Sure, but. Sure, but.

Seriously though. I am so sick of my male cousins and their friends wondering on Facebook how the players are going to react to not having a coach. I’d be much more interested in knowing how the players are going to react to their coach’s severe negligence, because suspecting it for almost 10 years and not doing anything? What kind of a person does that?

(via comicallyvariant-deactivated201)

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