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Big news this morning as the NCAA -- delivers a severe blow to Penn State over the handling of the child sex abuse scandal.
That played out there for so many years involving former assistant coach Jerry -- -- They have imposed penalties that include a sixty million dollar fine.
Against the university.
They've also vacated all of the wins from 1998.
To 2011.
Which knocks.
Joseph Paterno from the winningest coach -- -- That he held for so long.
Here's the head of NCAA from earlier this morning as they made this announcement.
We've.
-- foremost in our thoughts.
The tragic damage that has been done to the victims and their families.
No matter what we do here today there is no action we can take.
That'll remove their pain and anguish.
But what we can do is impose sanctions that both reflect the magnitude of these terrible acts.
And that are also that and that also ensure that Penn State will rebuild an athletic culture.
That went horribly awry.
So this latest one out comes after 48 hours after the school itself removed the iconic statue you being coached Joseph Paterno they put up a scaffolding basically around it at Indy shrouded it with a blanket and took it out of there nobody knows exactly where they put it into storage at this point.
Joining me now -- might -- now sports editor for the -- national.
And Evan Cohen -- the host of Sirius XM's mad dog radio -- to have both of you with us Evan Evan let me start with you.
And -- what was your reaction as you heard president -- start to make this list.
Of very vary as to -- Why thank they had to do two things and they did it really well I think they had to do.
One thing in order to help the victims and raising sixty million dollars -- comes directly from Penn State's budget not who cares -- sixty million dollars towards the victims.
And Schwartz -- head of this is the safe future victims -- we know that their child sex abuse in our country.
And the world is not over unfortunate that's number one they did that -- raising that money number two which changed the culture Penn State the culture Penn State was based upon.
Football and that football is king.
We'll give less scholarships you can't go to the post season and maybe more to come with a Big Ten press conference and a little bit relative to TV -- -- what exactly is Penn State football and if you diminish Penn State football you diminish the culture of the university and you take that heroism.
-- -- Joseph Paterno is a god.
You take that out of there and I think that's -- what they had to do help the victims and help the culture and they did it.
But let's take a look -- that there's a statement that just came man and this is from Gillibrand equivalent let's try to pull this up on the screen we -- Angeles and I will do everything in my power.
To not only comply but help guide the university forward to become a national leader.
In ethics compliance and operational excellence I knew when I accepted this position that there would be tough times again this is a former.
Patriots coach who came down to take over this program and it seems to me what the things that goes in my mind.
When you look at -- this.
Is could Penn State have staunch.
The bleeding so to speak and they stepped forward initially when all of this started to unravel.
And make you -- you can take this -- If they have been tougher on themselves.
Well absolutely but what they actually did in terms of being tough on themselves is allow the free report.
To be the basis of all of these penalties they sanctioned at their board of trustees sanctioned it.
This is really unprecedented by the NCAA not to have due process and due diligence on their own part.
And Penn State.
Bout sanctioned this -- this report and they let everything happen that the NCAA wanted in terms of penalties so they're really.
Taken it upon himself to say OK you know what this is what we need to.
You know -- one of the other measures that they took was that if you're a player -- been -- -- Penn State and now the program is not what it was promised to BTU.
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That the good thing is that -- those student athletes want to stay at Penn State and they don't wanna be athletes but they wanna be students they still have this college -- paid for and that's important that.
You know for those who -- stay at Penn State who may never play in the NFL.
They need to do something with the -- to learn from this and getting that further education -- help them and that being paid for is a huge thing as well.
Policy thank you very much my -- and in -- big story today and we watch -- throughout the day thanks very much if it hadn't thought there.
