And you are obviously trying to outdo chadskins defending his saints for the "beat a dead horse award"
The difference is that the Saints got nailed for breaking a rule that actually exists. Again, it doesn't bother me at all that Penn State got hammered. They sure as fuck deserved it. I'm just concerned that apparently, now the NCAA can basically approach schools and tell them "Even though what happened might not be a violation, we don't like what you did, so you better agree to these penalties. Otherwise we are going to turn you upside down and see what shakes out. Then it will be way worse if we find the slightest bit of dirt on any kind of violation."
The point is, what else will they use this methodology on? I don't feel sorry for PSU at all. But the NCAA just created a precedent for themselves where they can penalize a team without them violating a bylaw, as long as they can intimidate the institution into accepting it.