Quote Originally Posted by Capper007:
Thisguyiswise i dont wanna pile on you, you had nothing to do with any of it ...your a fan, but can you at least admit that Penn state deserved something for this??? And say sorry we were wrong..it was fucked; we were wrong, we feel like bone-heads!!!
when i have i not said, since the freeh report, they deserve what they get, statue should come down, etc etc
if you chose not to read my "joe paterno" thread, that was your choice.
in regards to this particular punishment, i feel the entire BOT should be forced to step down, as i said in that thread mentioned, and the ncaa should have done their own investigation and "own" that as their own, not one penn state paid 6.5 million for and then punish the players, students, and alumni all while leaving the BOT intact.
the BOT doesnt suffer, Tom Corbett doesnt suffer, the players, students, alumni and most importantly victims of these disgusting crimes still suffer. it did not help anyone.
this free agency bonanza that is going on is just a mess and puts teenage kids, some just 2 months out of high school, in an awful position and given a real grown up decision to make in just a short amount of time.
the fines, which are irrelevant, penn state coughs that out, the wins vacated (should be since 01), the bowl games dont bother me at all since they are paying 13 mill assuming they would have made bowl games to the big 10. Fine. The scholarship stuff is what really dents the program.
But the good thing is, and what i care most about, is the education is and always will be top notch and its a school first, which means education first, sports way down the chain.
As Kirk Herbstreit has said, "Penn State alums are always the most impressive people i come across" that is because there are a ton of very very good people there that are getting blamed for what one man did and what 3 or 4 men helped cover for.