Articles Tagged with Joe Paterno

NCAA Gives Penn State $60 Million Fine, 4-Year Bowl Suspension

NCAA hits Penn State with harsh sanctions

The NCAA has hit Penn State with a $60 million fine and has suspended the school’s football team from post-season bowl play for four years. The team also has to vacate all of its wins from 1998 to 2011. The NCAA has also been tweeting the sanctions they’ve handed down to the school, which include… Read more »

Joe Paterno’s State Pension Worth $13.4 Million

Joe Paterno Pension Worth Almost 14 Million Dollars

Joe Paterno spent 61-years coaching at Penn State and for his efforts he earned $13.4 million in state pension funds. Sue Paterno, the widow of the late Joe Paterno said through her spokesman on Tuesday that the family would receive a single payment of $10.1 million from the state of Pennsylvania by the end of… Read more »

Penn State Football Stadium Should Be Named After Joe Paterno [Poll Results]

Penn State - Joe Paterno Stadium

A recent poll of Pennsylvania’s registered voters shows that 46 percent of the state’s citizens support renaming Penn State’s Beaver Stadium to “Joe Paterno Stadium.” Joe Paterno died in January after he was fired as the football teams head coach following the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal. According to the Quinnipiac University survey 46 percent of… Read more »