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How to Come Up With $60 Mil

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As you know, Penn State is faced with the requirement of paying a directed $60 million fine assessed by the NCAA. How will the University amass the resources to deal with what seems to be such a huge financial hit?

Athletic Director Dave Joyner describes the situation as a war. “We’re in an occupation, if you will, and so now we’re rebuilding.”

Mark Dent of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has written a two-part, informative piece in this subject area. In the first part, he focuses on where the money will come from, and along the way he discusses in detail the trade-offs involved in the notorious STEP program. In the second, he examines the effect of the financial pinch on other sports beside football.

Check it out.

ESPN Still Beating on PSU

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Our “friends” at ESPN don’t think Penn State has suffered enough damage through the existing NCAA sanctions. Peter Keating argues in ESPN the Magazine that the NCAA should impose a TV ban on Penn State. When are these people going to get off our case?

AIA Released

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Curley Joe, Moe, and Larry
Per the terms of the Athletic Integrity Agreement, Curly Joe, Moe, and Larry are busy modifying the Penn State showers to provide for direct communication to the NCAA when any nudity is detected.

As required by the Consent Decree of July 23, 2012 between Penn State and the NCAA, the Athletics Integrity Agreement is now a reality and it has been released to the public after a month of diligent effort. I’ve made a copy of it available here for your perusal. This copy must have been pre-signed by Jim Delany, commissioner of the B1G; the lines for Hot Rod Erickson and Deutschmark Emmert are blank. Yeah, blank is a good description.

I haven’t had a chance to read it yet — I’d have no objection whatsoever if someone wants to abstract it and summarize it in the interest of saving me the trouble. Otherwise, if you have any comments on it at all, I’d love to read them.