NCAA: Penn State situation doesn't rise to death penalty status. After all, its only been used 5 times before

http://abcnews.go.com/US/penn-state-hit-60-million-fine-avoids-death/story?id=16835444#.UA1UrbQQsSU

Penn State Fined $60 Million, But Football Team Avoids the 'Death Penalty'

"Only handed down five times in the NCAA's history, the so-called death penalty effectively dismantles the offending sports program for at least one academic year. Coaches cannot recruit or spend any time planning for the following season during the ban, and the program cannot collect any revenues."