Bob Costas on Meet the Press: 'Death penalty' for PSU football.
This was Bob Costas as "commentator," not reporter. He was not suggesting that the death penalty was imminent; he was suggesting that PSU should voluntarily suspend football for a year. Or else the NCAA should do it.
It was surprising to hear the words, but it is the kind of thing that is a pretty easy position for people like Costas to take. Everybody in the media always seems to know what is best for college football.
Costas did not mention what may be the most interesting enforcement-violation in the PSU story; the university's failure to comply with the Clery Act.
Nice writing here by Casey McDermott of the PSU Daily Collegian:
Costas video appears to not yet be up at the Meet the Press website:
Instead of not allowing the football team to play for a year or more I thought of another punishment that might actually hurt PSU more and still allow the football team to compete. Would it be possible for the B1G to withold shared money from the BTN and bowl games for a year? Hit them where it really hurts, in the wallet.
Along with that hit them where their pride is, Joepa and football. Remove every win since 2001, any titles won, clean the slate like they never played. Lastly remove the statue, it's got to go and a shrine should be built to remember the victims. Instead PSU is doing it's best to remove the memory already with the plan to remodel the shower room. Disgusting.