It?s been almost one year since Penn State?s football program was handed sanctions that some said were worse than SMU?s death penalty.
No postseason games for four years. A 65-scholarship limit for four years beginning in 2014. A $60 million fine. Victories vacated between 1998 and 2011. Players have until the start of training camp in August 2013 to transfer to any school ? and don?t have to sit out a year.
Missing out on bowl games hurts recruiting because it?s every football player?s dream to play in one. Penn State came up with a creative way around it ? start the 2014 season with a ?bowl-like? game against Central Florida in Ireland.
The fine hits the school?s bottom line. Losing the wins hurts the players who were on those teams and the man who coached them.
The scholarship limit is a double-edged sword. Players will see plenty of action, but heaven forbid someone gets hurt. That depth teams crave is gone.
The players who are on the team are working harder than ever to prepare for the season. Offensive lineman Adam Gress told PennLive reporter Audrey Snyder that the guys ?are here to play football. We?re here to win games and that?s what we?re going to do.?
As the first anniversary of the sanctions approaches, PennLive wanted to know where the fans stand. How do you view the NCAA sanctions against Penn State, we asked.
As of Friday night, nearly 3,000 people voted in our poll. The overwhelming majority (45.09 percent) believe the Sandusky scandal was outside the NCAA?s purview, so none of the sanctions should have been leveled.
Nearly 29 percent of the voters say the NCAA and Mark Emmert grossly overstepped their bounds, and all of the sanctions should be wiped away immediately.
Less than three percent say the NCAA and Emmert got it about right, saying it was a tough call, but they wouldn?t change a thing.
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