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[QUOTE="007, post: 71720, member: 393"]
The president of the NCAA stated with respect to PSU that "As the facts are established through the justice system, we will determine whether Association bylaws have been violated and act accordingly. To be clear, civil and criminal law will always take precedence over Association rules." The NCAA can only act if bylaws were violated.

Moreover, the "death penalty" applies only to repeat violators and can include eliminating the involved sport for at least one year, the elimination of athletics aid in that sport for two years and the school relinquishing its Association voting privileges for a four-year period. A school is a repeat violator if a second major violation occurs within five years of the start date of the penalty from the first case. The cases do not have to be in the same sport.

Clearly, 2 things need to happen to get the death penalty: The Sandusky atrocities or the university's lack of action would have to also include violations of NCAA bylaws AND this would have to be a 2nd major violation within 5 years of the date of the penalties from the first violation. Has PSU been found guilty of a major NCAA violation in any sport in the last 5 years?

I think it's highly unlike that PSU will get the death penalty.
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