To many links
 

Hello,
I have a site that uses a javascript menu, if js is turned off it degrades as a unordered list. This main menu is located at the top of the design, there is another menu with even more links down the left hand side of the design. The problem Im having is Google appears to be indexing the top level pages but it doesnt appear to be following links in the center content area. After looking at the page in lynx browser I noticed that google would have to go through over 200 links before getting to the center content. I read in the google guidelines they recommend no more than 100 links per page, but I also read from the google forums that is just a recommendation. Google will still go past 100 links. Could all these links cause Google not to want to follow the main links in the center content? Could I be penalized too because Google could consider this spamming?:o