THE NCAA PUNISHES PENN STATE.
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The recent findings of former FBI Director Louis Freeh - commissioned with investigating the pedophile behavior of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, and the cover-up by Coach Joe Paterno and his superiors at the University - were the last straw, as far as the NCAA is concerned.
SOT - Mark Emmert, NCAA President
"This case involves tragic - and tragically unnecessary - circumstances." (:05)
NCAA President Mark Emmert came down hard on Penn State yesterday.
SOT - Mark Emmert
"The NCAA is imposing a fine of 60 million dollars on the university. This amount is the equivalent of one year's gross revenue of the football team." (:09)
And that's not all by any means, as you'll hear after this...
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Among the other punishments the NCAA has decided to impose...
SOT - Mark Emmert
"Penn State will be banned from Bowl games and any other postseason play for four years." (:06)
It's more than mere punishment, says Emmert.
SOT - Mark Emmert
"Our goal is not to be just punitive - but to make sure the university establishes an athletic culture and daily mindset in which football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people." (:13)
They could not erase the harm done.
SOT - Mark Emmert
"We've kept foremost in our thoughts the tragic damage that has been done to the victims and their families." (:06)
But they could erase from the record what Penn State had taken such pride in.
SOT - Mark Emmert
"The NCAA vacates all wins of the Penn State football team from 1998 to 2011, and the records will reflect these changes." (:08)
Maybe wins there were too important - maybe football there was too big.
SOT - Mark Emmert
"One of the grave dangers stemming from our love of sports is that the sports themselves can become too big to fail - indeed, too big to even challenge. The result can be an erosion of academic values that are replaced by the value of hero worship and winning at all costs." (:16)
Clearly, winning is not the only thing.
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