Penn St. now fully eligible

[golfingomez]

in a case of the NCAA Backtracking, they will fully reinstate Penn St. for postseason play this year, and all scholarships will be back as of next year

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11489258/ncaa-drops-postseason-ban-penn-state-nittany-lions

[Stan R]

wow. despicable.

[Eagle1855]

Hahaha yeah, I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that they now represent the B1G's only [realistic] shot at having an undefeated participant in the inaugural playoff!

[ColoradoEagle]

They really tried to sneak that in there under the Ray Rice story.

[Mean Green 93-98]

Cue UNT90 rant.

[TIgreen01]

Eff Penn St and Eff the NCAA. Screw the death penalty, they should have been kicked out as a member institution entirely. They went on to sign a top 10 national QB just weeks after the original "punishment" was handed down. Some punishment. Looks like he made a good choice.

BIH, PSU.

[Aldo]

Terrible

[untjim1995]

Let's get this straight. Penn State, institutionally, hid the fact that several children were sexually molested by a football coach at their facilities. The head coach knew about it. The AD knew about it. The university president knew about it. And for that, their penalty was losing several scholarships and getting a bowl ban for 2 years?

MakeS perfect $en$e...

This is why I have no problem with these programs breaking off--I really don't want to be associated with the cheating and general lack of ethics at your typical P5 powerhouse. I don't care if its Miami, Florida State, Auburn, Texas A&M, OU, USC, Penn State, Ohio State, or Notre Dame--none of their "success" is what I would want at our school if it meant looking past crimes, cheating, or paying players with cash, drugs, and sex.

Its times like this when I think my rants against UNT are way off about not concetrating enough on athletics back in time...I don't think we are paying off music students or covering up crimes for teachers-to-be.

Just sickening.

Edited September 8, 2014 by untjim1995

[golfingomez]

the problem i have here is the initial dictator-like punishment the NCAA handed down... the public outcry clearly affected a decision that should not have been this harsh... they are now backtracking on this due to a lawsuit that questions whether the NCAA has the power to penalize a public university $60 Million

but yet again, the NCAA has showed how terrible it is at making rulings that fit the crime

[That_Guy_Arlo]