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MILWAUKEE -- The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced a $60 million fine against Penn State University on Monday, July 23rd and took away 14 seasons of football victories from the late Joe Paterno. The school was also banned from the postseason for four years and will lose 20 football scholarships a year for four seasons. This, after the Jerry Sandusky sex assault scandal that rocked the university with a storied football history.
Dave Robinson is a former Green Bay Packers linebacker and also a Penn State alumnus. In fact, Sandusky was his teammate.
Robinson had a lot to say after the NCAA leveled its sanctions on Penn State Monday. FOX6 News spoke with Robinson at a golf tournament in Milwaukee that raises money for Alzheimer's Disease.
Robinson was an All-American tight end and linebacker for Penn State. He told FOX6 News he woke up early Monday to hear what sanctions would be issued against his Alma Mater.
"I played with Jerry and I was kind of in denial up until I heard evidence come out in the trial. They can do anything to Jerry -- he earned it. They can do anything to him. It's hard on the town, it's hard on the university and not every ball player goes to Penn State just to go to the pros. A lot of those guys are there for the education. You're killing them when you take away all of that stuff. You're punishing those guys," Robinson said.
Robinson became a draft choice in 1963, and then became a star player for the Packers. He says his concerns are for young players at Penn State now put in a bind.
"You can go to another school -- blah, blah, blah. It's not that simple. Guys want to play football and get an education, and they're not going to be able to do it," Robinson said.
Robinson is also concerned the NCAA came down so hard on Penn State, when in the end, the university cooperated with the investigation.
"Why would a school cooperate with the NCAA when they find out what they're going to get now? They would have been better off lying and hiding it. It's not the nature of the people there, but the way the NCAA came down on them you might as well hide it and not even cooperate," Robinson said.
Robinson played for the Packers from 1963 to 1972. He was inducted into the Packers Hall of Fame in 1982.
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