Penn State

TIME IDEAS

July 31, 2012

by Doug Glanville

Now that the NCAA has come down on the football program, here's what Penn State must do for its future.

The NCAA has come down hard on Penn State — hitting them with a $60 million fine, reducing existing scholarships, and stripping the football program of Joe Paterno’s wins since 1998. Whether the punishment fits the crime is a matter of debate, but the only true opportunity that Penn State has in changing the past is with what it does in the future. It can rehabilitate itself as an institution by: