Why are you responding to my reply to someone else? I questioned his reading comprehension. Are you having trouble with yours and you felt compelled to respond as well? Because I was insulting a certain class of reader?
Well, since you wanted a longer post from me, let me explain to you what everyone here understands. The NCAA issues punishments. They issued punishments to PSU, they issued punishments to many others. Furthermore, because PSU happened long after SMU, the punishment was very different as the NCAA's thinking had evolved. In a thread about punishing scandal, it is relevant to look at the NCAA's history.