It amazes me how backwards and irresponsible the thinking of one school can be. Congrats PSU you lobbied and lobbied the No Clue Athletic Association and finally got rewarded with a lift of your bowl ban and scholarship reduction after ONLY two years. Football is restored and all the 100,000 Nittany Lion fans can get back to cheering for a team that was made and rewarded under the cloud of abuse for almost the entirety of its relevancy as a powerhouse! The NCAA should not have had to get involved in this mess "FIRST", rather this prestigious university should have self governed and shut their football program down for 4 years minimum! No need for a NCAA investigation, Penn ST. should just have put out a press statement like this "these horrific crimes happened on our campus, mostly on our football facilities for many years and we covered it up as an institution. Our football program and its leadership clearly needs to be reassessed from the top down and for the next 4 years that's exactly what we'll do! All the other sports programs will remain in tact but this step must be taken to send a message to the seriousness of these crimes!" PSU had the power to do just that, instead they put it in the hands of an organization that is so corrupt many wonder why it's still around. I wouldn't allow the NCAA to govern a pie eating contest let alone a multi billion dollar college sport. I'm sure USC must be marveling at the HYPROCASY shown in this latest NCAA blunder! Today PSU looks like a university more concerned with football boosters, bowl games, recruiting and ticket sales than one of a leading academic institution taking full responsibility for the actions of its faculty and football program that seriously went astray at the tragic expense of the kids in its own community. The fact the PSU was lobbying the NCAA from day 1 of the initial punishment should clearly shows this institution itself didn't fully understand as a whole how egregious these crimes look like to the rest of the country. Embarrassment and humility should have been the only thing coming out of PSU as opposed to anger or resentment for their punishment. Some will say that PSU football players shouldn't be punished, CORRECT! They should have all been allowed to transfer without any eligibility issues. Happy Valley then should have been put on ice for 4 years by their own school! PSU has used the NCAA as a scapegoat to avoid addressing the lack of institutional control on their own campus spanning over decades. Making this a football issue is completely cowardly. This is a PSU issue and "THEIR" football PROGRAM just happens to be the responsible party. These horrible crimes could have happened just as easily in the Math Department but that wing doesn't sell 110k seats at 130 a ticket on a Saturday now do they?
Right. The only person not responsible is the sexual predator himself. I'm sure shutting down PSU football would deter other perverts from molesting kids.
Sorry, that was more sarcastic than needed or helpful. This is just an issue that sets my teeth on edge. If Colt Lyerla goes out tomorrow and shoots somebody, there will be people who suggest Helf be fired, the FB program shut down, etc. Collective guilt. An unarmed black kid gets shot by a cop who is scared of black people. Collective guilt. The protesters scream "kill the police". Collective guilt. Hell, I do it myself everytime the debate turns to Islam. It isn't a constructive way to deal with things. The person you should be angry at is Sandusky....and when they tore down Paterno's statue, he was the one who sat and LHFAO.
Sandusky is in segregation afraid to leave his cell for life, believe that! His life has been green lighted! That said PSU the INSTITUTION covered his sickness and for that the football program which benefitted from his football knowledge should be dually punished for his crime upon their own community! There is no grey area here. He was on staff for over 15 years. A sexual predator of his proclivity does not become one at 45 with this type of sickness he has, GOD knows how many victims there really are! If Colt was snorting coke and tweeting socially unacceptable propaganda and cutting practice because he was coming down or hung over, it's in Oregon's best interest to part ways with a kid on a death spiral and OREGON DID! PSU covered this creep and reports of his activities. The institution needs to take care of this not the NCAA! This is an in house clean up! The integrity of your school is worth far more than your football teams success!
