Ad Disclosure
Meanwhile, the NCAA Just Lifted Penn State Sanctions
By Kyle Scott
Published:
The NCAA right now, in increasingly higher octaves: Hey, 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?
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.
Kyle Scott is the founder and editor of CrossingBroad.com. He has written for CBS Philly and Philly Voice, and been a panelist or contributor on NBC Sports Philly, FOX 29 and SNY TV, as well as a recurring guest on 97.5 The Fanatic, 94 WIP, 106.7 The Fan and other stations. He has more than 10 years experience running digital media properties and in online advertising and marketing.