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[MNCyGuy]

1-2 years might do more damage than you think, especially if the NCAA gives the players unrestricted right to transfer. Say they get a 2 year ban. They are starting over literally from scratch. No coaches, no players, just a tarnished legacy. How many established coaches will want to start from square one, with no players whatsoever? And then how many blue chippers are going to want to play for what will likely be a pathetic team for several years? Which means that coach is developing good at best talent for the first many years.

While I would love to see a 5+ year hiatus, even one will be extremely damaging. Look at SMU. Now, I'm not saying Penn St = SMU (that would be an insult to SMU, well, except for Craig James and the dead hookers thing), but even a one year ban would be something Penn St doesn't recover too quickly from.

You're right, Penn St. isn't SMU. Penn St. will STILL recover way quicker than SMU, because they are THE football program in that state. It's not like Pitt is going to become some powerhouse in two years that captures the hearts of Pennsylvania. I'll bet that PSU would pull a monster recruiting class its first year back, unless they faced several years of reduced scholarship even after returning.

 

[twistedredbird]

Read an article this morning, can find link, that basically said when their were rumors of people wanting Paterno replaced a few years back, he threw out the President and the Athletic Director out of his house during a public party at his home, and humiliated them in front of "donors". I cannot imagine having the audacity to do that to my bosses, and keep my job. That in itself says what a systemic cultural problem they had where football ran the state.

 

[swarthmoreCY]

Having a valid Penn St diploma and trying to get a new job may be punishment enough.

Probably so at the sports talk-radio listening level. This demographic does tend to take a reactionary, emotional, and cursory viewpoint. Even then, it depends on what region you are looking in...given the record setting fundraising, "Penn Staters" appear to be have quite the network and cash.

 

[CyJack13]

Read an article this morning, can find link, that basically said when their were rumors of people wanting Paterno replaced a few years back, he threw out the President and the Athletic Director out of his house during a public party at his home, and humiliated them in front of "donors". I cannot imagine having the audacity to do that to my bosses, and keep my job. That in itself says what a systemic cultural problem they had where football ran the state.

The football coach has more power than the AD and school president at a lot of schools. That's not just a Penn St thing. Their paychecks reflect that too.

 

[CyBer]

About a minute after Louis Freeh’s report reaffirmed what we already knew regarding Penn State’s culpability in the Jerry Sandusky Sex Scandal, everyone’s attention switched over to what’s truly important about this whole mess: whether or not some dead guy’s statue should be taken down.

Sure, innocent kids got molested. Yeah, those kids have had to live with the shame and embarrassment of what happened all their lives.

Okay, we could spend our time looking around and seeing if any similarly horrendous acts are occurring elsewhere. (They inevitably are.) But we’re not going to.

Instead, we’re going to spend days debating whether or not a dumb chunk of metal should or shouldn’t be permitted on a campus that’s dealing with actual problems right now.

It’s incredible that we still don’t get what this story is about.

Just in case you need an example of just how much people don’t get it, some clowns in airplane provided the world with a fresh illustration this morning (via The Big Lead):

Remember that ridiculous riot Penn State students staged in the aftermath of Joe Paterno’s firing? The one where they terrorized their own community to protest something that was eventually proven to be the prudent thing to do? Well, this is that, only from the other side of the spectrum.

Dumb extremism can come from both sides.

Perspective, folks. It's really great.​

Plane Flies Over Penn State with Banner: ?Take Down the Statue or We Will? (Photo)

 

[jbhtexas]

Instead, we’re going to spend days debating whether or not a dumb chunk of metal should or shouldn’t be permitted on a campus that’s dealing with actual problems right now.

It’s incredible that we still don’t get what this story is about.

In a symbolic/metaphoric sense, the statue is exactly what the story is about. Is PSU willing to give up their god, for whom they were willing to cover up disgusting crimes, in order to fix their culture?

 

[Trainer]

I know this is a random youtube vid, but this is nutty.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji7UQhr3z3M&sns=em"]Corbett's Sandusky Investigation - YouTube[/ame]