NCAA Lifts Penn State's Postseason Ban, Restores Scholarships

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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has lifted the on-the-field sanctions placed on the Penn State football team in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, including immediately eliminating the postseason ban and restoring scholarships.

Penn State was halfway through a four-year postseason ban handed down during the summer of 2012; the NCAA rescinded some of the scholarship sanctions last year.

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"Due to Penn State University’s significant progress toward ensuring its athletics department functions with integrity, the NCAA Executive Committee today eliminated the school’s postseason ban, effective immediately, and will return the full complement of football scholarships in 2015-16," the NCAA said in a statement. Read more...

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