by the way, my innocent children will suffer for any infractions that I commit, ie embarrassment, loss of my income, loss of our family status . . . this thought keeps me honest . . . the representatives of PSU committed these infractions (in the name of PSU and for the sake of the PROGRAM) so the entire PSU family suffers from teachers to students to alumni to vendors . . .
ajbull - 12 years ago
Teachable Moment>>> the PROGRAM would have survived the blemish had they acted responsibly... but they tried to save the PROGRAM at the expense of the the children... if my kids try to hide a ticket to save their driving privileges, than they loose not only those privileges, but much much more when I find out. . . So Pa looses the reputation he was trying to save, the team looses the wins he was trying to accumulate, and the school looses the PROGRAM that they were willing to sacrifice everything for . . .
em - 12 years ago
the problem is that the football program was soooo important to paterno that he ignored children being raped on the premises to not tarnish the reputation, who knows, maybe sandusky threatened to go public if he was barred access, but the fact is, that even after he retired in 1998, sandusky was allowed full access to the grounds and buildings and lured boys there to rape them, this is after things were known and continued after paterno made his decision. He should have said, "screw the reputation of the football coaching staff! I need to save those little boys!" but he didnt, did he, and neither did too many powerful people who also knew, they weighed the crime as less than the monetary loss for the damn football program, should be shut down in my opinion and the focus placed back on the outstanding academics of the university
Football is not only important to the school Penn State, it is important to that community in the form of jobs and revenue for that community. By doing most of these sanctions the NCAA punishes a community who hand no prior knowledge of or had a hand in Jerry Sandusky's pedophilia.
Take every dollar Penn State makes from now till hell freezes over but do not cripple the students, athletes, staff, community members who profit from Penn State football as their livelihood, and fans who did not cover up the monster Jerry Sandusky's action.
Joe Paterno is dead, Sandusky is in jail for life, now go after the big wig administrators who covered up this atrocious crime against children.
Football has become too important on many campus's across the country. The level of importance of a football coach in relationship to any other faculty member is way out of line. mr Paterno in his final days was trying to insure access to the Universities private jet. My suggestion is sell the Jet, save the money and pay the fine. You reap what you sow.
Frank - 12 years ago
They just want to make a scapegoat out of Joe Pa. The football team has nothing to do with Jerry and what he did.
Nelly - 12 years ago
It's just not fair to make the whole school (PSU) and the students suffer and pay for what a select few did or didn't do. It's just not fair and it's not right. I think they are too harsh with their decision. I also think that removing JoePa's statue doesn't solve or change anything. That, too, is a bad move. Literally.
You PS 'kool-aid' drinkers....
'The Nitney Loins' future.....
Maybe 'Animal Planets', 'Puppy Boul'?
gramps
by the way, my innocent children will suffer for any infractions that I commit, ie embarrassment, loss of my income, loss of our family status . . . this thought keeps me honest . . . the representatives of PSU committed these infractions (in the name of PSU and for the sake of the PROGRAM) so the entire PSU family suffers from teachers to students to alumni to vendors . . .
Teachable Moment>>> the PROGRAM would have survived the blemish had they acted responsibly... but they tried to save the PROGRAM at the expense of the the children... if my kids try to hide a ticket to save their driving privileges, than they loose not only those privileges, but much much more when I find out. . . So Pa looses the reputation he was trying to save, the team looses the wins he was trying to accumulate, and the school looses the PROGRAM that they were willing to sacrifice everything for . . .
the problem is that the football program was soooo important to paterno that he ignored children being raped on the premises to not tarnish the reputation, who knows, maybe sandusky threatened to go public if he was barred access, but the fact is, that even after he retired in 1998, sandusky was allowed full access to the grounds and buildings and lured boys there to rape them, this is after things were known and continued after paterno made his decision. He should have said, "screw the reputation of the football coaching staff! I need to save those little boys!" but he didnt, did he, and neither did too many powerful people who also knew, they weighed the crime as less than the monetary loss for the damn football program, should be shut down in my opinion and the focus placed back on the outstanding academics of the university
Football is not only important to the school Penn State, it is important to that community in the form of jobs and revenue for that community. By doing most of these sanctions the NCAA punishes a community who hand no prior knowledge of or had a hand in Jerry Sandusky's pedophilia.
Take every dollar Penn State makes from now till hell freezes over but do not cripple the students, athletes, staff, community members who profit from Penn State football as their livelihood, and fans who did not cover up the monster Jerry Sandusky's action.
Joe Paterno is dead, Sandusky is in jail for life, now go after the big wig administrators who covered up this atrocious crime against children.
Football has become too important on many campus's across the country. The level of importance of a football coach in relationship to any other faculty member is way out of line. mr Paterno in his final days was trying to insure access to the Universities private jet. My suggestion is sell the Jet, save the money and pay the fine. You reap what you sow.
They just want to make a scapegoat out of Joe Pa. The football team has nothing to do with Jerry and what he did.
It's just not fair to make the whole school (PSU) and the students suffer and pay for what a select few did or didn't do. It's just not fair and it's not right. I think they are too harsh with their decision. I also think that removing JoePa's statue doesn't solve or change anything. That, too, is a bad move. Literally.