<p>The bowls face an interesting dilemma. If they invite Penn State, their viewership could go up from the morbid curiosity factor. OTOH, I can imagine advocacy groups organizing a boycott, which always makes sponsors nervous.</p>
<p>^^ Actually I’m correcting myself–some bids have gone out already. But Penn State has not been ‘invited’ to one yet. </p>
<p>But, they still get a share of the Big10 Conference bowls revenues regardless.</p>
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<p>Well, it’s not a 4-day weekend for the faculty. I often teach on a M-Tu-W or M-Tu-W-Th schedule and much prefer it that way. But Friday’s not an extra weekend day. I like to have one day free for research & writing, grading papers & exams, and catching up on administrative work, without the distraction of class prep and classroom time. Also in my field (and in probably many others) academic conferences are usually on a Friday-Saturday schedule, so it’s less disruptive to have no classes scheduled on Friday. If I’m doing an out-of-town conference I can fly out Thursday night, attend the conference Friday and Saturday, and fly home Saturday night or Sunday without need to reschedule any classes. Less disruptive for me, less disruptive for the students.</p>
<p>Come to think of it, Saturdays and Sundays aren’t exactly “free days,” either. I work most Saturdays, though usually at home instead of my office. I like to take a little time off with my family on Sundays, but by Sunday evening I’m back doing prep for my Monday classes. I think that’s pretty typical for academics.</p>
<p>Just to clarify on the bowl thing–the Big Ten schools pool all bowl revenue. It then gets divided equally among all the schools in the conference. So it really doesn’t make much financial difference whether Penn State gets a bowl bid or not. The Big Ten gets one guaranteed BCS bowl bid, and in most years has two BCS bowl teams; that’s where the big money is This year a total of 9 Big Ten teams (including Penn State) are bowl-eligible, and bowl-eligible Big Ten teams almost always get a bid somewhere; while the payouts on most of the non-BCS bowls are smaller, the money really adds up when you’ve got that many. So for Penn State financially, getting (and accepting) a bowl bid is worth the difference between 8 and 9 sources of Bowl revenue for the conference, divided by 12 (the number of schools in the conference). Either way, Penn State is going to have a lot of bowl revenue, as is each school in the conference including those that are not bowl-eligible.</p>
<p>Also after bowl travel expenses are deducted only the few top bowls actually net any serious money for the conference to split.</p>
<p>PSU announced earlier today that they would be donating all of their share (about 1.5mil) of the Big 10 bowl revenue to a partnership with an abuse prevention organization (sorry, the name escapes me at the moment) aimed at both victim advocacy and abuse prevention.</p>
<p>Maybe they can partner with the Onion to educate the public on what to do if you are a witness. </p>
<p>[Nation’s</a> 10-Year-Old Boys: ‘If You See Someone Raping Us, Please Call The Police’ | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source](<a href=“http://www.theonion.com/articles/nations-10yearold-boys-if-you-see-someone-raping-u,26724/]Nation’s”>Nation's 10-Year-Old Boys: 'If You See Someone Raping Us, Please Call The Police')</p>
<p>but there is plenty of money to be made by the schools in t-shirts, other FB accessories, advertisement…</p>
<p>[The</a> Most Profitable College Football Teams](<a href=“The Most Profitable College Football Teams | HuffPost College”>The Most Profitable College Football Teams | HuffPost College)</p>
<p>Speaking for myself, PSU’s donation of Bowl revenue in the amount of 1.5 mil is a show of dignity and remorse. Not that my opinion counts for anything, and not that giving up money is the answer, but I think that act will go a long way in fostering goodwill.</p>
<p>According to the above article, football is a big money-making machine for colleges. PSU netted about 50 mil last year from its program. I don’t doubt that money is put to good use, and giving up 1.5 mil is a lot even by today’s standards.</p>
<p>[Penn</a> State Nittany Lions – School’s exemptions under Pennsylvania open records law could disappear - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7303944/penn-state-nittany-lions-school-exemptions-pennsylvania-open-records-law-disappear]Penn”>Penn State Nittany Lions -- School's exemptions under Pennsylvania open records law could disappear - ESPN)</p>
<p>The school has long had a reputation for guarding its secrets closely and zealously, and when the state attorney general announced the charges against Sandusky, she said their investigation – by a grand jury with subpoena power – had been hampered by an uncooperative atmosphere among unnamed school officials.</p>
<p>STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – The lawyer for former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky said Wednesday that he might have to talk to his client at some point about pleading guilty to charges of child sex abuse.</p>
<p>Sandusky’s attorney, Joe Amendola, made the comment to The Patriot-News of Harrisburg (Pa.) on the same day a new accuser, a Philadelphia man who is now 29, became the first plaintiff to file a lawsuit in the scandal.</p>
<p>In new comments Thursday, Amendola said he would consider “possible alternatives” with Sandusky if new charges are filed that involve more victims than the eight covered by the 40 pending criminal counts.</p>
<p>Sandusky has never considered a plea in his case, Amendola said.</p>
<p>According to court papers, the man filing the lawsuit, identified only as John Doe, said he was sexually abused by Sandusky more than 100 times starting in 1992, and that Sandusky threatened to harm his family to keep him quiet</p>
<p>I realize Amendola is Sandusky’s attorney, and he will say anything, but how does he get on tv and claim Sandusky’s innocence, even stating they have knowledge that the child in the shower back in 2002 was located and said nothing happened, then days later he says, he might have to talk to his client about pleading guilty?</p>
<p>Sadly, IMO, this case has been already decided by public opinion. To be a fair, the lawyer needs to work with prosecutor to proceed, but it has been so public – most especially that Bob Costas interview – that it will be very hard to find anyone who doesn’t know about the case. For all I know, this lawyer could be trying to get this case a mistrial.</p>
<p>[Jerry</a> Sandusky?s lawyer, Joe Amendola, got a 16-year- old client pregnant and later married her - NY Daily News](<a href=“College Sports News - New York Daily News”>http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/jerry-sandusky-lawyer-joe-amendola-a-16-year-old-client-pregnant-married-article-1.977873)</p>
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<p>Worst. Lawyer. Ever. Amendola may or may not decide to advise his client to plead guilty, but what on earth is he doing telling the press about it?</p>
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<p>Read more: [Plaintiff</a> in first civil lawsuit against Jerry Sandusky claims he was abused more than 100 times by former Penn State coach - NY Daily News](<a href=“Plaintiff in first civil lawsuit against Jerry Sandusky claims he was abused more than 100 times by former Penn State coach – New York Daily News”>Plaintiff in first civil lawsuit against Jerry Sandusky claims he was abused more than 100 times by former Penn State coach – New York Daily News)</p>
<p>Ew ew ew. Another victim saying he was raped right in the Penn State football locker room.</p>
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<p>Setting up the basis of an appeal on the grounds of incompetent counsel?</p>
<p>Strategy or not, Sandusky himself can’t keep his mouth shut. He gave a four-hour long interview to the New York Times, to explain his relationship with Second Mile kids. He also says Paterno never confronted him about the various incidents.</p>
<p><a href=“At Center of Penn State Scandal, Jerry Sandusky Tells His Own Story - The New York Times”>At Center of Penn State Scandal, Jerry Sandusky Tells His Own Story - The New York Times;
<p>^^ Just read that article. What becomes increasingly clear to me is that this guy is going to wind up confessing in the national media. He just can’t stop trying to justify himself. </p>
<p>And as for his attorney…oy vey.</p>
<p>He has such an odd air. Another Peter Pan (a la MJ), who seems to NEED to be around kids, to feel like a kid, to “never grow up.”
Even without actual sexual activity, didn’t other adults think he was a little strange, off, immature, irresponsible?</p>
<p>^^ When you’re as powerful as Penn State officials seem to have been in the community at large, then such things tend to become “charm” and “eccentricities” and “quirks” rather than “character flaws” and “red flags.”</p>