<p>If the board really wants to destroy Penn State, they will fire President Erickson for not consulting them before signing the NCAA sanctions. Or they can make it so unpleasant for him that he will resign.</p>
<p>No that board needs to be replaced IMO.</p>
<p>It’s been apparent throughout this story that the cleanup effort at PSU needs to include a big shakeup on the board of trustees.</p>
<p>I believe that Anthony Lubrano, the trustee quoted is a new board member…he’s the one who wants to make Paterno the Coach Emeritus. His term of office is just beginning.</p>
<p>^^That’s scary. He’s been mentioned before as talking off record. A lose cannon.</p>
<p>Funny tomofboston mentions the board firing Erickson. They are meeting tonight, and rumor is that’s exactly what they are going to do. There are no words for the deep incompetence of these people. No words.</p>
<p>Nice article, puts things a bit more in perspective.</p>
<p>Consider also that various teams in a number of Division I sports will be dealing with sanctions this year. Several teams will lose scholarships, and post season play due to academic requirements - in the case of UConn Men’s Basketball, none of the players who caused the disqualification remain on the team, so a whole new crop of players suffers the consequence.</p>
<p>From the perspective of a team that loses scholarships and post-season play, due to poor academic performance by past players, I would expect PSU’s sanctions to be more significant. Otherwise, you equate turning a blind eye to Sandusky’s behavior with having a low (though passing) team GPA.</p>
<p>Part of the reason for sanctions is deterrence, and maybe part of that deterrence will be on the part of the players. As far as we know, the Penn State football players didn’t know what Sandusky was up to, but there have been rumors that they considered him creepy, and may not have trusted him. Perhaps it should be partly up to the student athletes to self-police their programs. Any one of them might have been in a position to ask questions - and perhaps would have, if they realized the consequences to themselves for not asking.</p>
<p>^^ OMG. They want to fire the one guy who dropped into chaos and seems to be capable of making a decision and articulating things in a way that at least on the surface seems to address the issues without controversy? Now…they want to do this? Unbelievable.</p>
<p>The BoT needs to go. What a bunch of idiots.</p>
<p>^ They definitely need to go. This story continues to amaze me.</p>
<p>Nice, have the Trustees reject the negotiated deal, and deal with a death penalty. Poetic justice is still alive.</p>
<p>Wow is right. If they fire him now, for accepting those sanctions, they are fools. The best thing, IMO, for Penn State now is to move forward and put this behind them. I think they got off pretty easy, and they shoud thank Erikson for getting away without a death penalty.</p>
<p>I happen to think the BOT would be stupid to not accept the deal but the BOT was criticized for not overseeing the last president and allowing the relationship become one where they basically reported to him or Paterno. </p>
<p>So is the BOT wrong to claim the President does not have the authority to accept the sanctions and that he should present the findings to the BOT and have the Board decide?</p>
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<p>In this case absolutely they are wrong. If they have a problem, bring it up in six months when everything is figured out. Bring it up now and they have opened the can of worms…once again. Where were they last week when the number crunching was going on…none of this was secret. The NCAA practically publicly told the world what they were looking for and WHEN. Where was the board last week? Where was the board this weekend? What was the board’s plan and how different was it from the president…we don’t know these things but all this loud mouth is doing is showing how dysfunctional the administration STILL is.</p>
<p>“So is the BOT wrong to claim the President does not have the authority to accept the sanctions and that he should present the findings to the BOT and have the Board decide?”</p>
<p>Depends how you look at it. If you think PSU deserved the death penalty, then no they are not wrong and they may just end up with the death penalty after all.</p>
<p>So if Erickson said the school would appeal the NCAA ruling and the BOT disagreed they should wait 6 months? Is the BOT in charge or is the President in charge?</p>
<p>I do not know the answer but it is important.</p>
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<p>So to follow your logic, let’s say Sandusky had raised the money and given millions and had the library named after him prior to '98 - should the library continue to be named after him?<br>
The only place Paterno’s name should remain is the gallery of enablers. Unless they are waiting to ship his statue off to be scrapped, even that is offensive.</p>
<p>I am beginning to think the BOT is made up of pod-people.</p>
<p>“As far as we know, the Penn State football players didn’t know what Sandusky was up to, but there have been rumors that they considered him creepy, and may not have trusted him…”</p>
<p>The Freeh report says coaches and students (doesn’t specifically say football players) saw the former Professor Emeritus showering with young boys in the locker room between 1994-1997, very close to JoePa’s office.</p>
<p>“He’s selling the value of a Penn State degree, which is good to hear.”</p>
<p>What is the value of a degree from an institution that lacks academic integrity?</p>
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<p>I don’t know the answer either, but the underlying reason the NCAA gave for the sanctions were related to administrative lack of control. So from my perspective the absolute worse thing can do is put a public message out that they are not united. In times of crisis a united front and keeping the squabbles out of the press is important. This guy clearly as an agenda that HE wants to put forth. I have no idea who he is or where he came from, but I would without “peeking” guess that he’s self employed or some type of business where he’s sheltered from shareholders or public opinion.</p>