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[QUOTE="PeteCalvin, post: 318978, member: 439"]
Closing the program does nothing to PSU, in reality.  As I stated in my other post, they have network in place to bring it back rather quickly, with some big time donors ready to stop the bleeding in a hurry.  They could be back and competitive within 5 years of a one year shutdown, maybe sooner if they were able to keep some players around for that year.

Losing schollies, bowl games, and revenue over a much longer span hurts them more, IMHO.  The Death Penalty could crush a private program like a Pittsburgh, but not PSU.  I think the NCAA understands that this is about more than just the football team.  This is about the culture, and the culture needs to be pruned and re-shaped over a series of seasons/years.  Losing scholarships, bowl appearances, recruiting visits, and drasitcally curbing traditional $$$ streams (ie big alumni boosters, TV revenue, etc) over a 5 year period (or more) would go much further to impacting the culture.

I have to think the NCAA has too much riding on this decision to take it too lightly.  The last thing they want is to come out looking like a laughing stock.  PSU is in deep doo doo, IMHO.
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