<p>pariswit, we discussed that about 100 pages ago.</p>
<p>cosmicfish, regarding your post #6782. Thanks for proving my point. ;)</p>
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<p>And nobody else sees anything wrong with this picture? This is one problem with college athletics too. The B1G is run by a bunch of idiots who don’t care about the B1G itself. I don’t have a problem with somebody not caring about athletics. But that same group of people should not be running an athletic conference! Ohio State’s president is in the same boat. See what he did at Vanderbilt…</p>
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<p>You mean the ones who cherry-pick who gets an education and who doesn’t? You cannot compare the United States to other countries in terms of education. The systems are COMPLETELY different.</p>
<p>At least Penn State still gets to play and hopefully still part of the B1G after all that’s been said and done. The Nittany Lions should drop top dollars for the 2017 season to hire a top profile head football coach for the new era, someone like Urban Meyer or Nick Saban caliber in order to speed up its recovery.</p>
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No, I don’t mean those.</p>
<p>"don’t believe the NCAA that they will be giving this money to all these groups. Who is going to monitor them to make sure that do what they are saying now?</p>
<p>They are going to line their pockects with this money"</p>
<p>We are not talking about the likes of Paterno, Spanier, Schultz and Curley here. No reason to distrust.</p>
<p>Big Ten presser @ 11AM EST, Delaney will levy sanctions…</p>
<p>I agreed with Emmert that Penn State did an admirable job of opening its doors for the investigation. They agreed to take the Freeh report as fact, and they did so. They are moving forward with integrity, and that is impressive.</p>
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Which point was that? Your comment adds nothing to this discussion other than making you sound snide and condescending.</p>
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<p>This is the lamest red-herring attempt to protect PSU from consequences at all costs in the entire thread. Please, stop.</p>
<p>Well, the NCAA has avoided the death penalty while still choosing sanctions that will lead to change at Penn State. Good for them.</p>
<p>Although I do love the idea someone had of using the stadium for major art fairs and other such activities to earn revenue.</p>
<p>Statement by PSU president Rodney Erickson</p>
<p><a href=“http://sports.yahoo.com/news/statement-psu-president-rodney-erickson-140016529--ncaaf.html[/url]”>http://sports.yahoo.com/news/statement-psu-president-rodney-erickson-140016529--ncaaf.html</a></p>
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I find this statement absolutely hilarious! PSU students, staff, faculty, and supporters are being castigated for trusting the senior admininistration of the university to do the right thing… but apparently everyone else blindly trusting the motivations of higher administration figures is perfectly reasonable!</p>
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<p>Not me. Anything less than the death penalty is a hand-slap, IMO. The fine is chump change. Loss of scholarships? Big Deal. Back date some changes in records? Snooze.</p>
<p>btw: I’m a BIG college football fan, so not anti-sports.</p>
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For the same reason Sandusky shouldn’t be filing an appeal. It reeks of arrogance and denial, and comes across as sickeningly self-serving. But, the point is now moot, as the football program has not been given the death penalty.</p>
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My fear here is that once again football was given too much importance. I almost cringed when Emmert said that they considered everyone who would be collateral damage to the program closing. Weren’t the victims considered collateral damage to protecting the program’s good name?</p>
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<p>Vacated wins= last win for PSU was with McQueary as QB.</p>
<p>Re: the loss of scholarships penalty … I’ve long felt that simply not being allowed to award a certain number of scholarships is a misguided penalty. I think schools being given such a penalty should be made to award the scholarships on the academic side. Or, alternatively, such schools should be made to fund<em>additional</em>scholarships at competing schools.</p>
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<p>Penn State is almost certainly going to lose some of its CURRENT top players, as they can now transfer and play immediately. The loss of scholarships IS a big deal–10 fewer top prospects per year. PLUS the fact that top prospects are not going to want to play for a team that is barred from bowl games or any post-season play for 4 years. </p>
<p>Heck–maybe the football team will end up playing some of the red-shirted players, or even take walk-ons. </p>
<p>This is going to affect recruiting for a long time.</p>
<p>The $60 million is paid over 5 years in $12 million installments. Hmmmm…</p>
<p>Perhaps they were lenient due to forthcoming civil penalties.</p>
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<p>I’m just wondering how long it’s going to take the Paterno family to argue that it’s not fair to him to vacate HIS wins, without consulting with lawyer for his estate.</p>
<p>While seeming excessive, these sanctions also seem appropriate. </p>
<p>The local economy shouldn’t suffer too much, the games can continue. If the fans were ever really worried about that, all they have to do is keep attending the games. Maybe with fewer scholarships the program won’t be as string, but die hard PSU fans could learn from Red Sox fans - support your team in the good times and the bad.</p>
<p>The football players will also not suffer. In fact, they get a pretty good deal - you can transfer, if you really want to play football and have a chance at a pro career, or you can stay at PSU and finish out your education, and play for PSU or not.</p>
<p>Now maybe with this decision behind them, PSU can move on. Yes, these sanctions could kill the football program, but they don’t have to. A healthy fan base willing to accept these sanctions, and stand by their team, can prevent that from happening.</p>