The NCAA right now, in increasingly higher octavesHey, maybe we can just slip this in there and no one will notice? Maybe we’ll just slide it right in there? Maybe so it flies under the radar on this busy day? Maybe just a bit of out-of-nowhere news letting Penn State off the hook because everyone’s forgotten already? Maybe just hide it behind the Ray Rice stories because now the NFL has a huge PR thing to deal with?

Official statement:

Due to Penn State University’s significant progress toward ensuring its athletics department functions with integrity, the NCAA Executive Committee today eliminated the school’s postseason ban, effective immediately, and will return the full complement of football scholarships in 2015-16.

The committee’s action endorses recommendations released today by George Mitchell, the university’s athletics oversight monitor, in his latest report.

In addition to the scholarship and postseason participation changes, Mitchell also recommended that if Penn State continues to make impressive progress at the conclusion of the 2015 report, Mitchell’s oversight may conclude substantially earlier than 2017, the date set forth in the original agreement between the NCAA and Penn State.

Joking aside, this is good news for all the good people who enjoy and make livings off of Penn State football and it surrounding culture.