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[QUOTE="Cusefan95, post: 320063, member: 173"]
I do think there is a difference, not just in the cause of the sanctions but within the two school communities.  Cheating is somewhere between tolerated and expected at schools like USC, Alabama, Ohio State, etc.  It doesn't hit those fan bases hard when they get slapped on the wrist for paying kids...because that is what they do.  Getting caught once in a while is just the cost of doing business.

PSU talked endlessly about "the Penn State way"...they didn't cheat, didn't get probation, graduated their players - who all go to church on Sunday and help old ladies cross the street.  Their identity was as the good guys.  The Sandusky saga and these sanctions strip Penn State of their identity.  The Penn Staters I work with all are extremely proud of having gone there, this has put a big dent in their view of the school.

There will still be plenty of people that will buy tickets for a while (at least until watching the team lose gets old), but this is a major blow to Penn State.  The days of getting 105K to their games are rapidly coming to a close - it just may take a couple years.
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