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NCAA penalties were excessive

I definitely agree with Rep. Charlie Dent and the other four Pennsylvania congressmen that the penalties placed against Penn State were entirely too extreme.

Where does the NCAA get the authority to impose such strict penalties that punish current and future student-players who had nothing to do with Jerry Sandusky's actions? The football team and the student athletes are being deprived of a big part of a very successful football program. These student-athletes work very hard to make the football program successful and have an excellent academic record to continue being able to play football.

They had nothing to do with Sandusky's actions. It's also was very unfair to fire Joe Paterno, after 50-plus years at Penn State and with all he has done for the university. To allow the NCAA to erase the record of wins for Paterno's Penn State football games over the last decade is criminal. Punishing the football team for something a former assistant coach did on his own, without any knowledge of the players or Paterno, is just not right. A $60 million fine and a four-year ban on bowl games is way over the line. A $10 million fine would have been more appropriate, providing that the money was used in Pennsylvania to help prevent this tragedy from happening again.

Bob Halsey

Lower Macungie Township

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