re: Penn State vacates all wins from 1998-2011, 4 year postseason ban, $73M fine

quote:

---

PSU will, IMHO, slowly fade and then have to slowly build back up. It will be nearly a decade before they are back to full strength in scholarship athletes.

---

This. The idea wasn't to completely destroy Penn State athletics for all-time, the idea was to punish them long enough so they can concentrate more on getting their house in order than on whether or not they're going to make a bowl game.