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| NCAA restores Penn State’s postseason eligibility immediately, allows Nittany Lions to offer full scholarships in 2015-16 | NCAA restores Penn State’s postseason eligibility immediately, allows Nittany Lions to offer full scholarships in 2015-16 |
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| Citing “significant progress toward ensuring its athletics department functions with integrity,” the NCAA announced Monday that it is restoring Penn State’s postseason eligibility immediately and will allow the Nittany Lions’ football team to offer a full complement of scholarships beginning next season. | Citing “significant progress toward ensuring its athletics department functions with integrity,” the NCAA announced Monday that it is restoring Penn State’s postseason eligibility immediately and will allow the Nittany Lions’ football team to offer a full complement of scholarships beginning next season. |
| In the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the NCAA in 2012 levied unprecedented penalties on Penn State, banning the Nittany Lions from bowl games for four years, cutting 40 football scholarships over four years and fining the school $60 million. But former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, a university-appointed athletics oversight monitor, recommended that the NCAA restore Penn State’s postseason eligibility in his latest report, and the NCAA Executive Committee agreed. | In the wake of the child sex-abuse scandal involving former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, the NCAA in 2012 levied unprecedented penalties on Penn State, banning the Nittany Lions from bowl games for four years, cutting 40 football scholarships over four years and fining the school $60 million. But former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell, a university-appointed athletics oversight monitor, recommended that the NCAA restore Penn State’s postseason eligibility in his latest report, and the NCAA Executive Committee agreed. |
| “Penn State’s commitment to the integrity of its athletics department and its progress toward meeting the requirements of the Consent Decree are clear,” Northern Arizona President Rita Hartung Cheng, who chaired Monday’s Executive Committee meeting, said in an NCAA news release. “We thank Senator Mitchell for his meticulous and exhaustive work over the past two years. Mitchell’s efforts and the dedication of Penn State officials made today’s decisions possible.” | “Penn State’s commitment to the integrity of its athletics department and its progress toward meeting the requirements of the Consent Decree are clear,” Northern Arizona President Rita Hartung Cheng, who chaired Monday’s Executive Committee meeting, said in an NCAA news release. “We thank Senator Mitchell for his meticulous and exhaustive work over the past two years. Mitchell’s efforts and the dedication of Penn State officials made today’s decisions possible.” |
| Said Harris Pastides, the University of South Carolina president and Executive Committee member: “The board members and I believe the Executive Committee’s decision is the right one. It allows both the university and the association to continue to move toward a common goal of ensuring that educating, nurturing and protecting young people is a top priority.” | |
| According to the Big Ten, the $60 million fine imposed by the NCAA will remain, and Penn State will remain on NCAA probation through 2017. | According to the Big Ten, the $60 million fine imposed by the NCAA will remain, and Penn State will remain on NCAA probation through 2017. |
| The NCAA already had restored some football scholarships at Penn State after Michell’s first report last year. | The NCAA already had restored some football scholarships at Penn State after Michell’s first report last year. |
| Many observers on social media cheered the NCAA’s move Monday. To some, the NCAA overstepped its boundaries when it handed down the punishment in 2012 because Penn State’s misdeeds were not violations of NCAA rules, and because the NCAA bypassed its usual protocol for doling out punishment, putting Penn State’s fate in the hands of the NCAA Executive Committee and Board of Directors instead of its Committee on Infractions. | Many observers on social media cheered the NCAA’s move Monday. To some, the NCAA overstepped its boundaries when it handed down the punishment in 2012 because Penn State’s misdeeds were not violations of NCAA rules, and because the NCAA bypassed its usual protocol for doling out punishment, putting Penn State’s fate in the hands of the NCAA Executive Committee and Board of Directors instead of its Committee on Infractions. |
| Others, meanwhile, are wondering if Penn State is getting off easy, as compared with how other schools were punished for much less shocking allegations. | Others, meanwhile, are wondering if Penn State is getting off easy, as compared with how other schools were punished for much less shocking allegations. |
| In terms of punishment, USC was hit harder for Reggie Bush than Penn State was for Jerry Sandusky. #NCAA — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | In terms of punishment, USC was hit harder for Reggie Bush than Penn State was for Jerry Sandusky. #NCAA — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 |
| In terms of punishment, USC was hit harder for Reggie Bush than Penn State was for Jerry Sandusky. #NCAA | In terms of punishment, USC was hit harder for Reggie Bush than Penn State was for Jerry Sandusky. #NCAA |
| — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 |
| Post sanctions, USC hired a new president, AD, coach, largest compliance office in the country. Could not have done more to show “progress.” — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | Post sanctions, USC hired a new president, AD, coach, largest compliance office in the country. Could not have done more to show “progress.” — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 |
| Post sanctions, USC hired a new president, AD, coach, largest compliance office in the country. Could not have done more to show “progress.” — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | |
| Reggie Bush took gifts from a family friend in San Diego, not associated with USC, hoping to be his agent. Jerry Sandusky, well, you know. — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | Reggie Bush took gifts from a family friend in San Diego, not associated with USC, hoping to be his agent. Jerry Sandusky, well, you know. — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 |
| Reggie Bush took gifts from a family friend in San Diego, not associated with USC, hoping to be his agent. Jerry Sandusky, well, you know. | Reggie Bush took gifts from a family friend in San Diego, not associated with USC, hoping to be his agent. Jerry Sandusky, well, you know. |
| — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 | — Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) September 8, 2014 |
| Former coach Bill O’Brien, who helped shepherd Penn State through its first seasons after the death of Joe Paterno before leaving last year to coach the NFL’s Houston Texans, applauded the move. | |
| OBrien “Penn State is a special place. I’m happy for the players and for the coaching staff that’s there now.” — John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) September 8, 2014 | |
| OBrien “Penn State is a special place. I’m happy for the players and for the coaching staff that’s there now.” | |
| — John McClain (@McClain_on_NFL) September 8, 2014 | |
| Good for @penn_state and my old coach James Franklin who is deserving of a fresh start from a tragic situation #NCAA — Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) September 8, 2014 | |
| Good for @penn_state and my old coach James Franklin who is deserving of a fresh start from a tragic situation #NCAA | |
| — Shawne Merriman (@shawnemerriman) September 8, 2014 |