Joe Paterno's name off Big Ten trophy

11/14/11

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7233492/big-ten-removes-joe-paterno-name-championship-trophy

As a result of the child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State, Joe Paterno's name has been removed from the Big Ten championship trophy. The Big Ten said that the crisis at Penn State began the decision to remove his name from the Stagg-Paterno Championship Trophy. The trophy will be awarded Dec. 3 at the Big Ten championship game. "We believe that it would be inappropriate to keep Joe Paterno's name on the trophy at this time," Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said in a statment. "The trophy and its namesake are intended to be celebratory and aspirational, not controversial. We believe that it's important to keep the focus on the players and the teams that will be competing in the inaugural championship game."


Big Ten Removes Paterno's name from trophy amidst scandal at PSU

What other sanctions will come Paterno's way? Civil Lawsuits? Criminal Charges?