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PSU did not get the Death Penalty because
Posted: Jul 23, 2012
The NCAA says the Death Penality does not fit in this case. The FOOTBALL TEAM would have to be guilty of crimes committed while on probation. The FOOTBALL TEAM did not commit any crimes. Current and incoming football players are released to play at other universities if they so desire, or are now "free agents." I so agree with this. It is a shame that they will feel the affects of the punishment to the university, but there is no getting around it. It had to be done and it had to be as severe as possible. The death penalty was not appropriate to these young athletes, other employees, and actually to the revenue generated to the whole town.
However, the punishments, fines, and penalities handed down are the closest thing you can get to the death penalty. The school's football program is basically ruined. Paterno's statue has been removed, and he has been stripped of 111 wins from his record. PSU has been fined $60 million to be paid to programs for the prevention of child abuse (NOT BY PSU). More fines and penalties are likely to follow. This essentially ruins the people involved, the football program for the most part, and reverses Paterno's winning record. I wish the money had been awarded to the victims, but I guess that is another law suit. I also hope that all who covered this up from the counselor, other football authorities, and the police chief will be prosecuted as well. I hope the former university president shares a jail cell with Sandusky!!!
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yeah, they deserve each other! - my thoughts
[ In Reply To ..]Plus they lost half their scholarships and no post season play for 4 years. What good player would want to play for a team that gets no post season recognition? Also, they lose all the money from TV contracts for post season.
This pretty much is a death penalty. I'm satisfied.
$60mil sounds like a ton of $, but... - sm
[ In Reply To ..]It actually is only 1 year's worth of revenue from the football program.
As a parent whose child has been abused, I am completely disgusted and nauseated by people who are crying over Joe Paterno's "legacy" being ruined by this and saying he didn't do anything to the kids - it was Sandusky. He KNEW what was going on and he turned a blind eye. He was JUST as guilty as if he had molested those kids himself. He was an educator and their job is to PROTECT and GUIDE young people...not allow them to be victimized just so he can continue puffing up his ego and winning football games.
I hope they all rot in hell, but that's even too good for someone who hurts a child (or knowingly allows it to continue).
I agree, but it was not only Paterno. - sm
[ In Reply To ..]Or was it just that they wanted to protect Paterno's record/reputation? Hah! The greatest thing he could have done for his reputation was to put a stop to it. Talk about screwed up priorities!! As well, there was a counselor (I think at Sandusky's facility, not PSU), of course the janitor, the university president, and especially the police! They should be fired and prosecuted as well. They should all be named by name on TV and in the news media as "contributors" to this continued abuse.
It was not just the $60 million. There will be other penalities and fines, as well as additional law suits by the victims I am sure. I forgot the number of years, but there will be no post season $13 million yearly for them for a while. This will have a long lasting affect. Actually, the death penalty may have been easier on them, so I am glad they got what they did. Plus, the death penalty would have punished the football team more than the people who deserved punishment in the first place. I am satisfied as well. Will people ever learn? I am sure abuse will never stop, but if people are in a position to do something about it or stop, why do they turn their head? How can they sleep at night?
PSU - mt1347
[ In Reply To ..]I think the decision was just. The football players didn't commit the transgressions, but the administration of the university allowed this to go on. Just like the Catholic bishops who didn't report molesting priests but shielded them from the legal system, PSU as represented by the administration needs to pay for this. I don't for one minute believe Sandusky was the only one at PSU raping children. There is far more of that going on every day than people want to admit. PSU is not the only college where it is happening. Who is ever going to hear "PSU" and not remember this scandal?
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