NCAA slams Penn State with $60 million fine

Penn State football was all but dismantled by an NCAA ruling that imposed a mountain of fines and penalties on the university football program and wiped away 111 of coach Joe Paterno’s victories — all of his wins from 1998 to 2011, the period during which, according to the Freeh report, the coach helped cover up allegations of child sexual abuse.

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July 23, 2012

Ed Ray, left, NCAA Executive Committee chair and Oregon State University president, answers questions about the penalties against Penn State during a news conference in Indianapolis, as NCAA President Mark Emmert stands by. The NCAA has slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties, including a $60 million fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998 to 2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

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July 23, 2012

Penn State University student Laura Lovins, second from right, gasps with fellow students while watching a live broadcast of the announcement of the NCAA penalties and sanctions, at the HUB-Robeson Center on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa.

Craig Houz / Reuters

July 12, 2012

Former FBI director Louis J. Freeh speaks during a news conference in Philadelphia. After an eight-month inquiry, Freeh produced a 267-page report concluding that Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials hushed up child sex abuse allegations against former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky more than a decade ago for fear of bad publicity, allowing Sandusky to prey on other youngsters.

Matt Rourke / AP

July 12, 2012

Penn State freshmen Jessica Knoll, from Lebanon, Pa., listens to former FBI director Louis J. Freeh speak after the release of his report on the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal. She viewed the news conference via television in the HUB-Robeson Center on the main campus in State College, Pa.

Gene J. Puskar / AP

July 12, 2012

Penn State students gather around a television in the HUB-Robeson Center on the main campus in State College, Pa., to listen to the news conference held by former FBI director Louis J. Freeh.

Gene J. Puskar / AP

July 12, 2012

A reporter downloads the Freeh report before a news conference in Philadelphia. Former FBI director Louis J. Freeh led a Penn State-funded investigation into the university's handling of molestation allegations against former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. The investigation concluded that the administrators who fielded a 2001 complaint about Sandusky created a dangerous situation for future victims by not reporting the matter.

Matt Rourke / AP

July 12, 2012

Journalists read the Freeh report at the Westin Hotel in Philadelphia.

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July 12, 2012

An excerpt from the Freeh report on the Jerry Sandusky scandal. It concludes that Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials at Penn State "concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse."

Matt Rourke / AP

July 12, 2012

Karen B. Peetz, chairman of Penn State University's Board of Trustees, speaks as Kenneth C. Frazier, right, chair of the school's investigation committee, listens during a news conference in Scranton, Pa. The school's leaders, including former president Graham Spanier and late football coach Joe Paterno, covered up Jerry Sandusky's child sexual abuse for years to save the reputation of the school and its multimillon-dollar football program, former FBI director Louis Freeh said.

Eric Thayer / Reuters

Dec. 13, 2011

A police officer walks with Jerry Sandusky as he arrives at the Centre County Courthouse for a preliminary hearing.

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Dec. 7, 2011

This booking photo released by the Centre County Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, Pa., shows former Penn State football defensive coordinator Gerald "Jerry" Sandusky. Sandusky is charged with more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving boys he met through the children's charity he founded.

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Dec. 7, 2011

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, right, leaves the office of Centre County District Justice Daniel A. Hoffman under escort by Pennsylvania State Police and attorney general's office officials in Bellefonte, Pa. Sandusky was arrested and jailed on new child sex abuse charges brought by two new accusers, including one who claims Sandusky molested him numerous times in a basement bedroom, according to authorities.

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Nov. 30, 2011

Jeff Anderson, an attorney for one of Jerry Sandusky’s alleged victims, addresses the media during a news conference in Philadelphia.

Matt Rourke / AP

Nov. 15, 2011

Former Penn State graduate assistant Mike McQueary, left, speaks to CBS News correspondent Armen Keteyian. McQueary is cited by a grand jury report as witnessing Jerry Sandusky allegedly sodomizing a 10-year-old boy in a Penn State locker room.

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Nov. 14, 2011

NBC News anchor Brian Williams, left, talks with Bob Costas about Costas's interview with Jerry Sandusky during NBC News' "Rock Center With Brian Williams." Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach charged with sexually abusing eight boys, said that there was no abuse and that any activities in a campus shower with a boy were just horseplay, not molestation.

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Nov. 12, 2011

Penn State's Cody Castor (96) and Adrian Amos (4) kneel in prayer with teammates before an NCAA college football game against Nebraska in State College, Pa.

Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nov. 10, 2011

Penn State interim head football coach Tom Bradley answers questions during a news conference in State College, Pa., Bradley says he is replacing Joe Paterno with "very mixed emotions."

Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nov. 10, 2011

Sue Paterno, the wife of former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, greets well-wishers at their home in State College, Pa.

Matt Rourke / AP

Nov. 10, 2011

Penn State students gather at Old Main, at the center of Penn State University's campus, to express solidarity with the alleged rape victims.

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Nov. 9, 2011

Michael Pilato paints over the image of Jerry Sandusky, a former defensive coordinator at Penn State, on a mural on College Avenue in State College. Pilato is the original artist of the mural.

Lake Fong / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

Nov. 9, 2011

Penn State students flip a television news van during a riot after it was announced that Joe Paterno would no longer be head coach of Penn State Football.

Michael Henninger / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

Nov. 9, 2011

After the announcement by the board of trustees, Joe Paterno and his wife Susan stand on their porch to thank well wishers gathered outside.

Gene J. Puskar / AP

Nov. 9, 2011

Penn State students gather together after the announcement that longtime football coach Joe Paterno had been fired.

Pat Little / Reuters

Nov. 8, 2011

Students pose with a cardboard cutout of Penn State coach Joe Paterno near Beaver Stadium in State College, Pa.

Tim Shaffer / Reuters

Nov. 8, 2011

Penn State football coach Joe Paterno leaves the Louis and Mildred Lasch Football Building on the Penn State campus in State College, Pa.. Paterno's support among the Penn State board of trustees was described as "eroding" Tuesday, threatening to end the 84-year-old coach's career amid a child sex-abuse scandal involving a former assistant and onetime heir apparent.

Matt Rourke / AP

Nov. 7, 2011

Former Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley exits a district judge's office after an arraignment in Harrisburg, Pa. Curley has been charged with perjury and failure to report under Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law in connection with the investigation into allegations that former football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky sexually abused boys, the state attorney general’s office said Saturday.

Matt Rourke / AP

Nov. 7, 2011

Former Penn State Vice President Gary Schultz leaves his arraignment in Harrisburg, Pa. Schultz and Athletic Director Tim Curley are accused of failing to alert police to allegations that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had sexually abused boys. They are also charged with lying to a state grand jury investigating the former defensive coordinator.

Bradley C Bower / AP

Nov. 7, 2011

Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda Kelly, center, and Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan, third from right, hold a news conference to discuss details surrounding the case of Penn State former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa.

Christine Baker / Patriot News via AP

Nov. 5, 2011

Former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, center, arrives in handcuffs at the office of Centre County Magisterial District Judge Leslie A. Dutchcot while being escorted by Pennsylvania State Police and attorney general's office officials in State College, Pa. Sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys.

Andy Colwell / Patriot News via AP

Aug. 6, 1999

Penn State Coach Joe Paterno, right, with Jerry Sandusky during a Penn State football’s media day at State College, Pa., when Sandusky was defensive coordinator.

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