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1. -07-23-12 NCAA Imposes Sanctions on Penn State (CBS News)
   "The NCAA imposed a harsh set of sanctions on Penn State Monday, less than two weeks after an independent investigation found that football coach Joe Paterno and other senior school leaders failed to stop former defensive coach Jerry Sandusky from sexually abusing children on campus."
   
   "NCAA President Mark Emmert announced that the association was banning the football team from all post-season play and bowl games for four years, reducing the program's number of scholarships from 25 to 15 per year for four years, and fining the program $60 million. The association also vacated all of the program's wins between 1998 and 2011."
   
   " 'Football will never again be placed ahead of educating, nurturing and protecting young people,' Emmert said." 07-12