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Another OT: Penn State sanctions lifted...

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ragtimejoe1

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Unreal...
 
I would have been fine with them tearing the whole stadium down to be honest. :twocents:
 
I'm glad Penn State can play in a bowl game.

Almost everyone that was involved with Penn State football when the Sandusky thing happened has since been removed.
Why take away potential bowl games from kids who were 16 when the scandal broke out?
I guess the freshman who were there when the scandal broke are now seniors (I think). Maybe we should still punish them for simply being enrolled at PSU?
Yeah, right.
 
If this had been a G5 school...they would have had their stadium torn down and campus burned to the ground.

With a B1G school and member of the P5, they find a way to grant pardon. Nevermind the souls of those kids that PSU (meaning the President, AD, Paterno and other admins) destroyed along the way.
 
BeaverPoke said:
I'm glad Penn State can play in a bowl game.

Almost everyone that was involved with Penn State football when the Sandusky thing happened has since been removed.
Why take away potential bowl games from kids who were 16 when the scandal broke out?
I guess the freshman who were there when the scandal broke are now seniors (I think). Maybe we should still punish them for simply being enrolled at PSU?
Yeah, right.
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But the kids could leave.....USC got a worse punishment. I don't want to see players punished but for the record they could leave without penalty.
 
The NCAA is nothing but a bunch a limp dishrags.

They exude toughness...and then, when the importance of sticking to their decision is at its apex, they wilt.

Beav, I understand and appreciate your perspective - but the whole damned institution of PSU was hell bent for leather to win and make money. When some little (now not so much so) boys potentially got in the way, they were cast aside and the powerful were protected. The only way to fight such unbridled and corrupt power is to weaken it and those that would use it to the point that their only consideration in the future is doing things the right way. By going limp, the message is clear: clean out the trash and all will be forgiven and praise will be scattered about like pixy dust for your remarkable effort. That institution allowed boys to be sexually abused to win football games and protect a brand. By taking away most of the means to win football games, you remind that institution of the correct ordering of priorities. By giving them back this early in the process, that reprioritization never takes hold as an institutional matter.
 
LawPoke said:
The NCAA is nothing but a bunch a limp dishrags.

They exude toughness...and then, when the importance of sticking to their decision is at its apex, they wilt.

Beav, I understand and appreciate your perspective - but the whole damned institution of PSU was hell bent for leather to win and make money. When some little (now not so much so) boys potentially got in the way, they were cast aside and the powerful were protected. The only way to fight such unbridled and corrupt power is to weaken it and those that would use it to the point that their only consideration in the future is doing things the right way. By going limp, the message is clear: clean out the trash and all will be forgiven and praise will be scattered about like pixy dust for your remarkable effort. That institution allowed boys to be sexually abused to win football games and protect a brand. By taking away most of the means to win football games, you remind that institution of the correct ordering of priorities. By giving them back this early in the process, that reprioritization never takes hold as an institutional matter.
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right on
 
I am probably in the extreme minority, but I agree with lifting the sanctions. Those involved are all gone and thankfully Sandusky is in prison for the rest of his life.

Outside of just the current players and coaches, the sanctions have had an impact on the State College community. These persons/parties are clearly innocent bystanders. Many of these business owners' livlihood depends on gameday. Just my perspective.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
I am probably in the extreme minority, but I agree with lifting the sanctions. Those involved are all gone and thankfully Sandusky is in prison for the rest of his life.

Outside of just the current players and coaches, the sanctions have had an impact on the State College community. These persons/parties are clearly innocent bystanders. Many of these business owners' livlihood depends on gameday. Just my perspective.
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Double Stamped
 
I agree as well. No reason to punish the current players for things that happened along time ago. Penn State is more than the coaching staff and management. The person responsible is in prison for the rest of his life. Any remaining management involved has been let go. No need to punish the current students and student-athletes for things that happened when they were 5 years old.
 
Count me in as well, no reason to punish the current group more than they have been already. The people have already been punished and the responsible parties placed in jail. Let the kids play.
 
So, Every SMU player was taking money when they were given the death penalty? Penn st. should finish their sentence. They can go back to making millions on football now. Congrats .
 
They probably did it so they can come down soft on any SEC team that gets caught paying their players.
 
Penn State's reputation will forever be tarnished and that's punishment enough. Every time I hear Penn State I immediately think of the scandal. Imagine having a degree from Penn St.... how embarrassing to bring that up during a job interview. That will follow everyone associated with the school for a very long time.
 
PSU is and will always be Pedofile State University. SMU will always be the team that got the death penalty for cheating - which is still hurting them today in a lot of ways.

PSU clearly still does not get it - at least reading and hearing comments from their fans. They blame conspiracies and the NCAA - but seldom do you hear about covering up child sex abuse to win football games and the fact that their program and university were filled with sick sons a bitches. And no, it was not just a random few, low tier sickos - it was the President, AD and coaching staff (and likely other power brokers). How morally corrupt do you have to be to preside over child sex abuse and merely feign concern (if they even did that) to ensure x number of victories in football? These jerks learned nothing - other than that the NCAA can be bowled over (not that such information accounts for news). So go ahead and do whatever the hell you want (at least if you are P5) and the Nutless Cheating (or Child-molesting) Accommodation Association (NCAA) will be as hapless as ever to make you pay. PSU is like the reformed criminal - in jail, they are repentant. I hope the NCAA at least has the sense of decency to put them on fairly still supervised parole...but it doesn't sound like it.

It would not surprise me if the sole determining factor was that spineless crapstain Delaney from the B1G and PSU boosters whining, and in terms of the latter paying to ensure that a B1G power team could go out and be a cash cow again (for the B1G and University). Lord knows that the B1G needs all the help it can get to get a team into the playoffs, given the craptastic start to 2014 for them.

As for the players that didn't cause this - well, they could have left. They had every opportunity, including a really soft landing. Their fans deserve what they got - as they perpetuate the view that Lord JoePa and the Lions win/loss record is the most important consideration. JoePa was a fraud - he preached sanctimonious vigor, but forgot about it when it came to his friend Sandusky.
 
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