The Hammer Falls, Part V: Damn the bylaws, the NCAA was going to throw Penn State out for FOUR years!

Yahoo! Sports has just tweeted less than ten minutes ago (as of posting) that the President of Penn State University, Rodney Erickson, has declared that, contrary to NCAA by-laws, Penn State University, had it not unconditionally and without appeal accepted the Freeh Report and the sanctions brought down Monday that the Penn State football program would've been terminated for FOUR seasons.

ESPN has confirmed that Mark Emmert, President of the NCAA, had contacted a "core group of NCAA school Presidents" and that a four-year Death Penalty had been agreed to.

One PSU trustee has said the eventual cost of the agreed-upon sanction could be half a billion dollars.

At least one PSU trustee has declared the possibility of challenging the plea bargain.