it happened in rudy

Sarcasm bro. I'm asking the same question myself.

Isnt there likely to be some kinda 'bringing the league into disrepute' type rule which could be invoked?

I am not allowing my fandom to sway my opinion when I say that eliminating the football program does nothing in furthering some sort of detrerence agenda or otherwise. It would just be flat out stupid and do nothing other than hurt a large group of people who had nothing to do with this situation.

Haha, ok.



Oh, ok and fair enough - there are a lot of facts to keep straight.

I would imagine if Penn State football got shut down for some period of time (or eliminated entirely), that would act as a rather large deterrent to future violations not only at Penn State (remember, this isn't just a football issue, it's a university wide issue), but the U.S. university system as a whole.

The principle is nice I guess (about opposing players sitting out), but I would probably think the guy is pretty dumb for putting all sorts of things at risk for him personally and his team. Talk about punishing people who really didn't have anything to do with it.

How do you deter a pedo from being a pedo?

How do you deter money and power corrupting an agenda?

Answer- you can't deter either. Humans gonna human.

you can deter people from taking a lax attitude to reporting accusations of this nature

2.4 The Principle of Sportsmanship and Ethical Conduct

For intercollegiate athletics to promote the character development of participants, to enhance the integrity of
higher education and to promote civility in society, student-athletes, coaches, and all others associated with these
athletics programs and events should adhere to such fundamental values as respect, fairness, civility, honesty and
responsibility. These values should be manifest not only in athletics participation, but also in the broad spectrum
of activities affecting the athletics program. It is the responsibility of each institution to: (Revised: 1/9/96)

(a) Establish policies for sportsmanship and ethical conduct in intercollegiate athletics consistent with the educational mission and goals of the institution; and (Adopted: 1/9/96)

(b) Educate, on a continuing basis, all constituencies about the policies in Constitution 2.4-(a). (Adopted: 1/9/96)

And that is the responsibility of the criminal justice system and even the administrative system of the institution. That is not the role of the NCAA.

Kiddie rape A-OK, you just can't buy him an ice cream after.

Exactly where the **** did you gather that?

Absolutely not.

The insufferable commentators on Saturday...

"So emotional, Bob. This is a gritty and heartfelt effort by Joe Pa and his players, and proves the kind of man and coach that he is.... really full of integrity and respect for the young men he's coached sticking with this team throughout this turmoil."

Right - and the administration could choose to shut down football at Penn State as a deterrent and signal to the world that they're trying to do the right thing.

I'm not really taking a stance on whether or not the football program should be eliminated - just that if it were, it would obviously act as a natural deterrent to future crimes.

Wow. Wow.

Wow.

Great, except by the same logic you need to fire the PSU police department too, and anyone under those administrators.

Wow indeed - a full reporting on the situation back in April of this year... god the Penn State BoT are a bunch of idiots. They had so long to prepare for this likely outcome.

Lol that date is amazing. How the hell is the guy on campus working out last week lol

think the date is right look at the comments

posted at 1:59 pm on Wed, Nov 9, 2011.
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Bet you guys feel pretty stupid now huh?


MarkPA posted at 6:15 pm on Tue, Apr 5, 2011.

agreed, nice find by the good doctor

ESPN Q: Should Joe Pa coach for the rest of this year?

Herbstreit: "You have to think about the players on the team this year. These players are trying to win a Big Ten championship. You take away Joe Paterno and Mike McQueery from this team, and this season is done."

lol wut

Hm, I'm not sure what you're saying but I think a lot of us ITT are all for cleaning house wherever there has been a cover-up in the system.

And I am not saying that the Penn State football program should be eliminated, I have no real opinion on that.

Cancelling the game/program doesn't do much beyond make the point "This is really bad and the people in charge are all *******s". It would be basically totally punitive at this point. Maybe that's enough for you, but I don't see it being appropriate.

I'd hold off that outrage until we see who is left standing after the BoT meets. If they don't clean house, then I think you can start forming an argument about an institution that should be cast out from polite society.