Joe Pa gonna testify for the prosecution

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/ind...cting_app.html

didn't really think about it but man...if major campus officials knew about this for years and did nothing, man the lawsuits could be ****ing enormous

Not forwarding an email about a tattoo: FIRED!

Covering up pedophilia: ALL GOOD!

LOL NCAA, LOL COLLEGE SPORTS, THIS WHOLE THING MAKES ME PHYSICALLY ILL

Mens rea makes a big difference between sticking a guy to the wall and giving him a cozy deal to testify bro.

I don't even know where to begin. I just read the grand jury report. Embarrassment and disgust are not enough.

re the NCAA has no power: Couldn't the NCAA simply refuse to let Penn State compete in their leagues/tournaments? Wouldn't that be effectively the same as a 'death sentence'?

The other member institutions presumably could kick out Penn State but that's
not going to happen

yes in theory

but the NCAA's hold over the colleges is very tenuous. they used to make money off the TV revenue on college football, but in the 80s the colleges got pissed with having to give them a share and split off on their own. and there's nothing stopping the colleges from cutting out the NCAA when it comes to the March Madness TV contract, which is the only reason the NCAA makes any money.

if they piss off enough big schools, they'll be told to **** off, so they can't overplay their hand.

I see

NCAA is quite a strange organisation

The lesson here for parents is that if you're about to send your kid off to a camp or retreat of some kind, make sure the kid knows what innapproprite behavior is. The people most likely to do this sort of thing have often purposively worked their way into positions of trust where they have access to pre-teens whose parents have not educated them on the facts-of-life.

Yes, but I am saying in laws requiring reporting these type of crimes the mens rea just falls under "recklessness."

yeah

NCAA exists to police improper benefits and ****, so the colleges can collude to keep from paying any of the players and maintain the amateurism charade that everyone knows is a joke but pretend exists anyways. however, if the NCAA put too many schools on probation, the schools will get pissed off and go out on their own, so it's a balancing act.

if you haven't read Taylor Branch's brilliant article in the Atlantic about all this, do so

Never thought I'd say this, but adgci is owning this thread.

I hadn't laid the banhammer out in over a year. But that **** is ****ing wrong, even if it is just a gimmick.