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if this didnt deserve the death penalty....what does?
I believe what they got was worse that a one year death penalty. They are banned from Bowl Games for four years and athletes can transfer right away. They've lost scholarships, and the legacy of Paterno will forever be gone.
Recruiting good players will be devestated for more than four years by the time the team is built up again. This was a devestating blow to Penn State Football. In one year, just try to find a football jersey on line from Penn State.
The death penalty would have affected businesses in the community that depended on out of town fans for revenue. That would have penalized the community when it wasn't warranted.
There is no punishment that doesn't come with collateral damage in a case like this one.
Just for the record, SMU's campus is said to be a masterpiece by a recent prospective student who visited there on her tours of campuses in the South. Its amazing how many more resources you have when you don't squander your treasure on meaningless games.
The treasure WAS the meaningless games. Sixty million a year came from those meaningless games.