Harsh Sanctions Against Penn State Warranted

[Jackson]

if this didnt deserve the death penalty....what does?

I believe what they got was worse that a one year death penalty. They are banned from Bowl Games for four years and athletes can transfer right away. They've lost scholarships, and the legacy of Paterno will forever be gone.

Recruiting good players will be devestated for more than four years by the time the team is built up again. This was a devestating blow to Penn State Football. In one year, just try to find a football jersey on line from Penn State.

The death penalty would have affected businesses in the community that depended on out of town fans for revenue. That would have penalized the community when it wasn't warranted.

There is no punishment that doesn't come with collateral damage in a case like this one.

Just for the record, SMU's campus is said to be a masterpiece by a recent prospective student who visited there on her tours of campuses in the South. Its amazing how many more resources you have when you don't squander your treasure on meaningless games.

The treasure WAS the meaningless games. Sixty million a year came from those meaningless games.

 

[Papageorgio]

Good punishment, it will be a financial hardship but those abused will suffer many more years than this punishment. I would support the NCAA giving all that money to the organizations that works with sexually abused children.

I also think there maybe civil action that some may chose to launch against university.

 

[rightwinger]

Why bother with a death sentence, the NCAA accomplished that with one stroke of the pen, and bailed out the administration. Punish the students, student athletes, for the actions of one man and reputation and accomplishments of another that informed his superiors is pathetic. The argument could and should be made that Paterno needed to step out of the Penn State Box and reported it to the police once it was clear that the university would do nothing, however, that is counter to the chain of command, philosophy, the very culture he was raised to respect. To think the university would sacrifice the reputation and accomplishments of a man for their own protection speaks volumes as to the integrity of the institution and administrators. In closing, punish the university, not the athletic program, that will only serve to further insulate and detract from real issue, corrupt and morally deficient administration

If one more little boy was raped because Penn State did nothing......were the sanctions worth it?

 

[Peach]

The punishment was warranted.

The big issue is that the A-Bomb was dropped on a symptom but not the problem. The out-sized influence of college football on State universities. In this day and age of scrimping and saving every nickel of taxpayer money, funding the largess of college football is antithetical to the reality of the situation.

Yes, but some programs, like UF, MAKE money, for the school. In this case what other choices were there? A slap on the wrist?

 

[OohPooPahDoo]

I agree they deserve sanction, but I'm confused on two points:

1) The NCAA is handing down a sentence without an ounce of investigation.
2) If the University president and other high-ranking officials are the primary culprits of the cover-up, why are the sanctions only coming against the football program?

What else should the NCAA impose sanctions on? The baseball team? Would that make sense?

 

[candycorn]

I believe what they got was worse that a one year death penalty. They are banned from Bowl Games for four years and athletes can transfer right away. They've lost scholarships, and the legacy of Paterno will forever be gone.

Recruiting good players will be devestated for more than four years by the time the team is built up again. This was a devestating blow to Penn State Football. In one year, just try to find a football jersey on line from Penn State.

The death penalty would have affected businesses in the community that depended on out of town fans for revenue. That would have penalized the community when it wasn't warranted.

There is no punishment that doesn't come with collateral damage in a case like this one.

Just for the record, SMU's campus is said to be a masterpiece by a recent prospective student who visited there on her tours of campuses in the South. Its amazing how many more resources you have when you don't squander your treasure on meaningless games.

The treasure WAS the meaningless games. Sixty million a year came from those meaningless games.

Probably much more than the $60 million actually. As things stand now, they will still get a cut of the the TV contract and $$$ from other conference schools going to bowl games etc... They won't miss the $60,000,000 as a university. The good news is that, hopefully, the powers that be at Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, UK, KU, UT, TU, Florida State, NC State, etc.... may invest a little more of their treasure into improving the girl's dorms, providing nutritional assistance to younger students....etc.

The misplaced priorities are storied and should be addressed.

#1 Party School | This American Life

Act 4 is pretty informative and pre-scandal.

 

[Jackson]

There is no punishment that doesn't come with collateral damage in a case like this one.

Just for the record, SMU's campus is said to be a masterpiece by a recent prospective student who visited there on her tours of campuses in the South. Its amazing how many more resources you have when you don't squander your treasure on meaningless games.

The treasure WAS the meaningless games. Sixty million a year came from those meaningless games.

Probably much more than the $60 million actually. As things stand now, they will still get a cut of the the TV contract and $$$ from other conference schools going to bowl games etc... They won't miss the $60,000,000 as a university. The good news is that, hopefully, the powers that be at Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, UK, KU, UT, TU, Florida State, NC State, etc.... may invest a little more of their treasure into improving the girl's dorms, providing nutritional assistance to younger students....etc.

The misplaced priorities are storied and should be addressed.

#1 Party School | This American Life

Act 4 is pretty informative and pre-scandal.

It doesn't affect the rest of the Big 10.

 

[candycorn]

The treasure WAS the meaningless games. Sixty million a year came from those meaningless games.

Probably much more than the $60 million actually. As things stand now, they will still get a cut of the the TV contract and $$$ from other conference schools going to bowl games etc... They won't miss the $60,000,000 as a university. The good news is that, hopefully, the powers that be at Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, UK, KU, UT, TU, Florida State, NC State, etc.... may invest a little more of their treasure into improving the girl's dorms, providing nutritional assistance to younger students....etc.

The misplaced priorities are storied and should be addressed.

#1 Party School | This American Life

Act 4 is pretty informative and pre-scandal.

It doesn't affect the rest of the Big 10.

I didn't say that it would.