Former football players at Penn State University, coached by the late Joe Paterno, are reacting after a major announcement by the NCAA Friday.
The school and the association reached an agreement that reinstates 112 wins vacated in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.
The reinstatement also makes Paterno the winningest coach in college history, with 409 wins as head coach.
"I think it's a great thing for the players, the people that were a part of those wins, the coaching staff, the people that put all of the work into it," said Matt Senneca, a who played quarterback for the Nittany Lions and graduated in 2002.
Mike Cerimele played for Paterno from 1996-2000 as a fullback.
He called the announcement a victory for not only players and Paterno, but the entire Penn State family.
Though, he went on to say the announcement means much more than a winning record.
"It's not about the wins, it's about replacing, I guess getting people to understand how important Joe was and how things went down," Cerimele said.
Both players are hoping to see the Paterno statue, brought down in 2012, erected on campus.
"It was pretty ugly, but this is a step in the right direction and you have to keep the ball rolling," Cerimele said. "We can start by getting that statue back on campus, naming that field after him.
He wouldn't want that, but it's what is right and what he deserves."
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