Penn State faced 4-year death penalty

[mtdman]

Penn State faced 4-year death penalty

If Penn State had not accepted the package of NCAA sanctions announced Monday, the Nittany Lions faced a historic death penalty of four years, university president Rodney Erickson told "Outside the Lines" on Wednesday afternoon.

In a separate interview, NCAA president Mark Emmert confirmed that a core group of NCAA school presidents had agreed early last week that an appropriate punishment was no Penn State football for four years.

Emmert told Erickson in a phone conversation on July 17 that a majority of the NCAA's leadership wanted to levy the four-year penalty because of Penn State's leaders' roles in covering up the child sexual abuse of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

"Well, that's a pretty tough number to swallow," Erickson said he recalled thinking when told of the four-year possibility by Emmert. "It's unprecedented. It's a blow to the gut; there's no doubt about that ... I couldn't agree to that at all."

[HailtotheVictors20]

Penn State faced 4-year death penalty

Could be wrong but I thought NCAA by laws the Max is 2yrs?

[phillyfan]

Am I the only one that thought the death penalty meant permanent death?

[Lee Dog]

Am I the only one that thought the death penalty meant permanent death?

Yes.

[onionpouch]

SMU got the death penalty and while they're program is nowhere near what it once was technically it's not dead


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[phillyfan]

SMU got the death penalty and while they're program is nowhere near what it once was technically it's not dead


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How long was their death?

[onionpouch]

They were unconscious for 1987 & 88 but miraculously were revived soon after


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[mtdman]

If smu only got 2 years then 4 years for psu would be excessive. Imo what they got was pretty tough. Especially the fines.

[acman]

They were unconscious for 1987 & 88 but miraculously were revived soon after


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Actually their sentence was 1986 and all home games in 1987, but SMU chose to take an additional year in 1987 off.

[phillyfan]

I'll be damned. Death penalty doesn't seen to be the right term. One year suspension?

[GF-22a]

I'll be damned. Death penalty doesn't seen to be the right term. One year suspension?

It kills everything for a period of time...