Negative recruiting happens on a daily basis within college football, but Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour felt some of the recent tactics from opposing coaches had gone too far. Barbour was made aware of negative recruiting efforts that suggested Penn State was in for another investigation from the NCAA and said those assertions are over the line.
“There are no more sanctions,” Barbour said. “Both the Big Ten and NCAA agreed to end the sanctions, I think it was 18 months early. There is no more monitor, and again, for someone, anyone, to try to plant in the mind of a 17-year-old that you don’t want to go to Penn State because they’re going to get hit with the death penalty or there are going to be more sanctions, is not only untrue but disingenuous and I think a real slap in the face to this profession.