This is nothing new, all NCAA sanctions punish the current players. USC received sanctions 4 years after Bush was gone. You vacate the wins because (1) It removes Peterno from the record book (2) They gained an competitive advantage by cover this up. Do you really think PSU would have got the recruits from 98-2011 if this had come out (granted very few of those players were any good) but no one would want to play for Pedophilia University.