I'm curious to know your opinion on what's going on with Penn State right now. I don't want to force you into writing a post, but you are a fan and usually provide an educated take on the issue. Deadspin.com had an interesting take.
http://deadspin.com/5972596/this-isnt-about-sandusky-everything-you-need-to-know-about-pennsylvanias-lawsuit-against-the-ncaa-and-why-you-should-support-it
MEAT RESPONSE:
I think the NCAA reacted way too harshly and their punishments to PSU had a lot of collateral damage to people who had no idea what was going on there. This was three or four people (and Sandusky is NOT one of them, they got punished for the cover up, not the rapes) acting like they were above the fray and ruining it for everybody. If Penn State had a bad year, they may have killed the program for all intents and purposes. Still time to do that if it costs them O'Brien or recruiting suffers too much. So I'm for the suit as a fan of the team. I think the NCAA got their message across already and doesn't need to potentially kill PSU as a major football-money making-big name-whatever institution.
However, it IS a football issue. I was originally in the "oh it's a criminal thing" boat but, it was covered up to protect the football program. It was ALL about protecting the program and its integrity and prestige by covering this up and it just made it worse and worse and worse. And the NCAA has to act in a way that deters that from happening in future instances. If Sandusky were fucking kids directly in the ear but Paterno, Curley et. al. allowed it to be reported and allowed a police investigation, it becomes a big story that lasts a month and Joe Paterno comes out with a great image as a guy who put kids first and cleaned up his school and yada yada. It was a hubristic (that's not a word but I want it to be in this instance) decision on their part and it just spiraled this thing out of control.
Soooo, in the end, I think they got their point across and they should make a deal with PSU to cut this four year thing down to two, making next year the last year of the crippling sanctions. It wasn't the same as SMU paying recruits in that it added talent to the football team in an illegal manner, but it was done with the intention of keeping talent from leaving for a less-rapey school, so in the end, yeah, it was all done with the idea of making the football team better. Just in a more roundabout way.
So sue away, I hate the NCAA, but don't act like it's not a football issue and that the NCAA can't sanction a team on those grounds.
MEAT RESPONSE:
I think the NCAA reacted way too harshly and their punishments to PSU had a lot of collateral damage to people who had no idea what was going on there. This was three or four people (and Sandusky is NOT one of them, they got punished for the cover up, not the rapes) acting like they were above the fray and ruining it for everybody. If Penn State had a bad year, they may have killed the program for all intents and purposes. Still time to do that if it costs them O'Brien or recruiting suffers too much. So I'm for the suit as a fan of the team. I think the NCAA got their message across already and doesn't need to potentially kill PSU as a major football-money making-big name-whatever institution.
However, it IS a football issue. I was originally in the "oh it's a criminal thing" boat but, it was covered up to protect the football program. It was ALL about protecting the program and its integrity and prestige by covering this up and it just made it worse and worse and worse. And the NCAA has to act in a way that deters that from happening in future instances. If Sandusky were fucking kids directly in the ear but Paterno, Curley et. al. allowed it to be reported and allowed a police investigation, it becomes a big story that lasts a month and Joe Paterno comes out with a great image as a guy who put kids first and cleaned up his school and yada yada. It was a hubristic (that's not a word but I want it to be in this instance) decision on their part and it just spiraled this thing out of control.
Soooo, in the end, I think they got their point across and they should make a deal with PSU to cut this four year thing down to two, making next year the last year of the crippling sanctions. It wasn't the same as SMU paying recruits in that it added talent to the football team in an illegal manner, but it was done with the intention of keeping talent from leaving for a less-rapey school, so in the end, yeah, it was all done with the idea of making the football team better. Just in a more roundabout way.
So sue away, I hate the NCAA, but don't act like it's not a football issue and that the NCAA can't sanction a team on those grounds.
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