By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
On this day, Penn State learned its fate two years ago from the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The university hoped that firing Joe Paterno would help their cause, but many believe it hurt their cause.
Instead of giving Penn State the “Death Penalty,” the school was hit with several sanctions. The school was hit with a $60 million sanction that was believed to be used for sexual rape victims.

“While there is more work to be done, Penn State has demonstrated its commitment to restoring integrity in its athletics program,” Penn State Independent Athletic Integrity monitor George Mitchell said at the time of the reduction. “The university has substantially completed the initial implementation of all the Freeh Report recommendations and its obligations to the Athletics Integrity Agreement, so relief from the scholarship reductions is warranted and deserved.
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“Providing relief from the scholarship restrictions will allow more student-athletes to attend Penn State on athletics scholarship while also creating an incentive for the university to continue its progress under new leadership after President Erickson’s impending departure.”
The football team was given a four-year football postseason ban. The Nittany Lions still have two years left under this sanction.
They were also given a scholarship reduction, and the football program had to vacate all of its wins from 1998 through 2011. Players could also transfer to other schools for one calendar year without sitting out a year.
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Fast forward to today, Jay Paterno and Bill Kenney, another former assistant coach at the time of the Sandusky scandal at Penn State, filed a lawsuit against the university after being linked to the Sandusky case on Tuesday in Philadelphia court.
Both Paterno and Kenney are seeking over $1 million in the lawsuit. Neither Paterno nor Kenney were kept on the staff when Bill O’Brien was hired as the school’s head coach in January 2012.
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