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Yeah, this is the worst punishment since SMU. Not quite as bad as SMU, but a "newly-reformed" Death Penalty never seen since. Those are massive hits to Penn St. and there was reports that the B1G would release their punishment today.

If players want to transfer, do they count against the scholly limit?

i dont know about the scholly limit. I just know that urban is already on the phone with dorian johnson.

I read a couple tweets that said it won't, I'm sure they will go more in depth about it soon.

Well, that would be insane if it doesnt.

For example, OSU could take 10 PSU players, not have it count against their limit which is already lower because of penalties.

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Maybe but it still offsets the teams that have scholly limits already

psu fans on their board already giving up on psu and saying they're farewells and goodbyes to all the fans and saying they need to look for something else to do on Saturdays. i feel so bad for them. if this happened to michigan i will definitely have a heart attack. knowing that the school and football program that you love and cant wait for every saturday is completely finish is just to much. i dont blame them. they have nothing to play for anymore and are gonna have 3 win seasons for a long time

Ha. I'm sure Urban isn't the only one...

I would be surprised if Coach Hoke wasn't on the phone right now, along with every program in the country sending assistant coaches to PSU right now.

Agreed. And they had to go through the torture of having a lot of optimism return with BOB and this recruiting class.

60M, 10 years of probation, and vacated wins from 99-01 would have satisfied most people.

I think it's 10 initially, then a 65 scholarship limit (FCS standard I believe) and can only recruit 15 per year to keep it at that limit.

Full list:

Fine of $60 million. Funds will establish endowment for victims of sexual abuse. Equivalent of one year's football revenue.

Four-year postseason ban.

Scholarships reduced from 25 to 15 for four years.

Athletes will be permitted to transfer.

NCAA vacates all wins from 1998-2011.

Athletic program will serve five-year probationary period.

NCAA reserves right to initiate formal investigation to impose sanctions on individuals involved after criminal proceedings.

NCAA requiring Penn State to adopt to reforms outlined in Freeh report.

Penn State will be required to bolster compliance office.

NCAA will select independent athletics integrity monitor to report on progress Penn State is making on all provisions of agreement

It wouldn't have been a 1 season death penalty and then all is good. They would have hit them with similar stuff after that season. With a death penalty, just about every player is gone. They wouldn't have sat there and watched football on tv, they would have left to play the game. Now, most of the kids will stay and finish their career. They will have players leaving, but enough will stay.

How long do they have to get on another roster before camps start?

They aren't going anywhere. You can't just become a fan of another program. They may become quiet about their fandom, but they will always be rooting for PSU.