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In reply to the discussion: NCAA hands out severe punishment for Penn State [View all]FarPoint
(12,387 posts)153. We are not a lynch mob.
Last edited Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:05 AM - Edit history (1)
Paterno is guilty of covering for Sandusky while he RAPED little boys.... even in the team locker room shower!
Paterno decided that keeping it a dirty little secret for the sake of the Penn State Football Team "business" was priority.... the children were horribly abused...never comforted after the trauma.....that is the freaken crime!
No lynch mob....no defending offended of the first degree.
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Well, nice knowing you (not really--never saw you before today). No "wrong man" was blamed.
MADem
Jul 2012
#62
I think it is named after both of them. They gave four million to have it built. nt
MADem
Jul 2012
#13
I'd monitor the reactions AND the attitudes at PSU over the next 4 years ...
TahitiNut
Jul 2012
#146
The people paying the price are innocent.(Current and future students, players, and fans.)
CANDO
Jul 2012
#150
I think Paterno deserves whatever they punish him with, but he is dead. There is too much
morningglory
Jul 2012
#22
I think the vacating of wins is the worst penalty, especially for a school like Penn St.
AngryOldDem
Jul 2012
#25
I agree--they have a bunch of wealthy Rah-Rah football alumni; and the win-grab was like peeing in
MADem
Jul 2012
#56
Upset much? Oh, and the 60 million is the revenue that the were earning from 1 year of football-
snooper2
Jul 2012
#23
Of course they were improperly earned--those two clowns should have been in jail, not coaching.
MADem
Jul 2012
#64
Probably ignorance, rather than stepping lightly! The JoPa crowd did a good coverup..! nt
MADem
Jul 2012
#72
I will be the first to admit I didn't follow this story until it broke, but I never heard about
MADem
Jul 2012
#93
I don't doubt your word in the slightest--even without the amplifying (and interesting) link,
MADem
Jul 2012
#116
Professional Due Dilligence pre-hire done by UVA or MD would have revealed these problems.
leveymg
Jul 2012
#118
True. But the fact that PennState continued to grant him access made PSU and its coaches vulnerable
leveymg
Jul 2012
#133
Well, then, we agree about possible motive. Knowledge of Sandusky's crimes presented opportunity.
leveymg
Jul 2012
#139
As a national program, Penn State is about to enter a ten-year sleep....
Jeff In Milwaukee
Jul 2012
#15
Not if that Shakespeare Festival was a competitive thing and brought big money to the school.
MADem
Jul 2012
#138
You don't seem to grasp what I'm saying and are too irrational to discuss with
themaguffin
Jul 2012
#45
the record books will still say victory, but it's done to punish paterno for his cover-up
Suji to Seoul
Jul 2012
#32
unfortunately, what can the ncaa do when they come down on a program? the players always suffer
Suji to Seoul
Jul 2012
#39
Student athletes being students first and athletes second? Nah. . .throwing a football is more
Suji to Seoul
Jul 2012
#168
Players don't have "wins." Teams do. Players score touchdowns and accumulate yards, and sack QBs
MADem
Jul 2012
#74
I don't think they will. I think record books from this day forward will give the wins to others.NT
MADem
Jul 2012
#59
Those wins were not legitimate, though--a guy who should have been in jail and an accessory after
MADem
Jul 2012
#57
The USA Today article contradicts itself regarding taking away wins from Paterno's record.
bulloney
Jul 2012
#28
First, I'm not a football fan and originally I thought the death penalty was appropriate. But...
Poll_Blind
Jul 2012
#63
I think you threaded the needle very nicely, there. It is, indeed, a tailored rebuke!
MADem
Jul 2012
#67
The players are not being punished. You need to read the ruling. The players are being protected.
MADem
Jul 2012
#73
No it doesn't. It doesn't change the yards they ran, the touchdowns they scored, the interceptions
MADem
Jul 2012
#90
Protecting a pedophile for the sake of a football team=winning illegitimately.
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2012
#106
The terms of the penalty went quite out of their way to protect present and future players. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2012
#78
I'm not defending the institution use your gray matter and read my posts. I have never
Historyprof77132
Jul 2012
#98
And yet you're talking like only two people were involved with this and not an entire culture. (nt)
Posteritatis
Jul 2012
#99
Editied my previous post. My point was how can you complain about the ruling given the...
Poll_Blind
Jul 2012
#97
Paterno wasn't thrown under the bus..his hubris kept him from seeing he was in the crosswalk. nt
msanthrope
Jul 2012
#144
They'll have far less reverence when all their good players run like hell to other schools.
MADem
Jul 2012
#85
We'll see how hard they cheer when Klutz McShoelacetrip and Pudge O'Waddler take the field
MADem
Jul 2012
#112
I would imagine Penn State games will be monetary losses....home and away...
Evasporque
Jul 2012
#111
Apparently the "GLEE" culture is giving the football fanatics a run for their money.
MADem
Jul 2012
#107
what does "vacating all wins" mean, exactly. anything beyond altering the record books?
unblock
Jul 2012
#105
They aren't the "winningest" team, and Paterno et.al. not the "winningest" coaches.
MADem
Jul 2012
#109
Death was the only acceptable outcome- NCAA should disband as an organization (NM)
Rambis
Jul 2012
#126