If the people of PA aren't eating the cost of this, who is ?

Is this paid for by a tuition increase ?
Does the Athletic Department undergo austerity and live on less money for some duration ?

Ultimately, either somebody (taxpayers / students) will have to buck up to increase / replace revenue
AND / OR
The University reduces outlays for various programs or infrastructure (which hurts students / athletes / faculty).


Before this was agreed to, the BOT should have gotten some insight into this....
$60 mill (+ $13 mill in lost payments form Big Ten) spread over a number of years may not be over-whelming to
a school with typical $100 million annual athletic revenue,
but it's still a LOT of money.

To keep this in perspective, Terry Pegula (is providing [Nittany} lion's share of funding for $90 million upgrade to hockey program (including a new hockey arena).
So PSU Athletics is a huge operation (and profit center) that can withstand a short-term financial penalty....

Yes, Penn State illustrated Lack of Institutional Control.

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One of the motives by the NCAA to "vacate" Paterno wins, is that they did not want him to have this "most wins" record because he failed to report Sandusky to law enforcement authorities, and such a legacy the NCAA wanted to disassociate themselves with and not defend.

The NCAA is highly political, not necessarily objective and consistent over its many years of operation.

They were once hard on the Mississippi States' and gentle on the 'Bamas'.

Some conference supposedly king-pins would be tattletales to the NCAA on progressing upstarts who may be suddenly out-growing their britches for the moment.

Penn State was one of the "biggies", but the NCAA's actions were certainly not divorced from the "political" dimension, and wide exposure and public dismay gave the NCAA an outlet to look commanding.

How many politicians, entertainers, and athletes that are so beloved, then fall from grace and then ridiculed for indiscretions and offenses, often related to sordid sexual activity, criminal and otherwise, in some fashion? Some recover partially, sometimes; but near all shall carry the stigma for the rest of their earthly existence.

Humans like to see the "mighty" fall, proving they are vulnerable also. They are also intrigued with comeback stories.

So true....

I think PSU President Erickson (or maybe Spanier, actually) should seek forgiveness by going on "Oprah" and confessing all sins....
Wait... "Oprah" is no more !!!! Will "Ellen" or "Montel" start to fill this role ?

PSU needs to hire some top-notch "image consultants".

I certainly believe this. The NCAA has an image problem and its own lack of control within its own body. They needed this. But the problem with the NCAA "tackling" PSU was that it was not just any school in the wrong, and not just any situation in which to rule.

Sure glad the Obama Admin. hired Graham Spanier to help with "national security". He was sure good at it in State College, wasn't he?

Let me tell you about another person who looked the other way when it came to laws and rules: His name was Jack Bauer and he thwarted terrorist plots dozens of times.

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OK, the NCAA got in on the act of strong punishments for Penn State. One may argue if it is appropriate, too little, or too much, redundant, etc. The fact is, they addressed "institutional control" in a very formidable way and conveyed it was their responsibility to do so.

But the University of North Carolina situation is CLEARLY a very direct matter for the NCAA to address. The whole fabric of UNC's athletic operation is in question, and on a conspriacy level, it involves more people from the top down, including much of the "academic" sector of the institution. These are real "cheating" initiatives.
If serious and perhaps even more extensive "corrective" actions are not leveled at UNC, then the NCAA needs to seen as even greater hypocrites and completely fold in the process of doing further investigations and sanctions with anyone.

Making an example of Penn State is one thing; letting another big name slide by with a few slaps is another.

No-show classes, grade alterations, bogus majors, plagiarism, etc. for athletes, appeared rampant at UNC. Some new revelations suggest the issues were deeper than was revealed earlier.

Yup. And while UNC is the uber-biggie, UMFL is almost a literal carbon-copy of SMU. The new recruiting issues added to that mix, yikes.

I'm still curious how this could play out against the Big Ten. If the conference alluded to expulsion off the record, that could speak to one of the reasons PSU may not fight this. The fight may be a noble one (really, not saying that as a PSU alum, but the NCAA DESPERATELY NEEDS the reform), but take away the elite Big Ten association away from PSU, and you can kiss their credibility goodbye.

I fully expect the B1G is on a collision course with members 13 and 14 to tell the ACC you won't own the Atlantic Coast.

Here's hoping for Rutgers, Virginia, UMD, Navy, and/or BC to the B1G real soon.

Right here, Irish. Right here.

Idunno if you heard but 50 MILLION dollars is the new buyout. No way in hell is anyone leaving the ACC. And since ACC has said no 16th, UConn and Rutgers are gonna have to pray the B1G wants them.

If the east coast matters anything to the B1G, and I think it does...maybe the B1G reopens expansion discussions. They could do a lot worse than Rutgers and UConn.

I do agree that the buyout dampens ACC defections, but I'm curious of the due diligence in that move. If all these other schools could whittle down the numbers, it should be no different in the ACC. And within the ACC, I'm sure any number of schools would KILL for the rub of being in the Big Ten. Now, the B1G has a reason: its own visibility in eastern markets.

$50 million is enough to safely bypass the use of words like "dampens" in regards to the chances for ACC defections, and instead use "eliminate". It's $50 million dollars. To put in in perspective, if it were CUSA, that's 50 years of TV revenue for a school.

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To be fair...that's only 2 years of revenue for most BCS schools.

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I stand by "dampen," because any fraction off that $50m is far more doable. TCU, Pitt, 'Cuse...if they could weasel out of some of that dough, no reason it can't elsewhere.

And when does that amount go into effect? If ND's a part of that, I suspect it would be when they enter the conference. So...door's open.

I believe the B1G isn't the type to pony up money for a school, because it would be perceived as weak or desperate, but it's not fully off the table, either.