What in the world is the NCAA thinking?
Penn State has been stripped of their victories dating back
to 1998—they have now tarnished every STUDENT Athlete that put on the Nittany
Lion Blue, and for what? Because the NCAA think that its best to penalize the
entire program and not those who were or ARE involved!
They take away scholarships, they take away bowl
appearances, they take away the wins, they take away Bowl victories, they take
away the statue of the long standing coach—they take away all the things that
we connect with Penn State!
BECAUSE LARRY SANDUSKY is a moron! Sandusky is a Pedophile!
Not the kid who lined up on the gridiron against his opponent every week and
played the game, he didn’t hold the children in the showers, he had nothing to
do with the problem of ONE man—and one system that protected him.
The Administration, the Athletic Director, the Coach, the
President of the University, they all should be thrown in jail, they all should
be taken to the wood shed… and let the penalty be stiff!
BUT to make the kids that go to school, because of the
education, and the tradition of what Penn State has been, and to throw all of
that away, because of this one person’s psycho background these kids are going
to suffer!
And for those others who have the rings from their bowl
championships, or their trophies, that they won—they are now gone!
When SMU was given the death penalty—it sorta made a bit
more sense, mainly because it was the program that was corrupt—THE PROGRAM—this
is not the PROGRAM—this is one PERSON who is corrupted, and because of his
mental problem of wanting to take showers with little boys—the entire program
will suffer! NO! that’s not whats suppose to happen! NOT THE PROGRAM!
Attack the school! Go after those in charge, take those to
task—but leave the kids alone!
No where in the NCAA BY-LAWS does it state, that the action
of the administration should be taken out on the student athlete that had
nothing to do with the crime! In short—when a recruiting violation takes place—the
School must forfeit its scholarships and then have sanctions placed upon it,
because the program as a whole failed. This is NOT the case—this is about a MAN
who has a sickness, and illness, and it was with adolescents, who could not
speak for themselves!
This will never be reversed, and for those athletes who
played for, and are still at the school are now told what you did during your
time there doesn’t matter! It was all for not! It just sickens the soul, and
worse, it gives these former players and students a sense of LOSS that they can
never get back! Your records mean nothing now!
SMU for the most part, hasn’t fully recovered from those
days, and its been almost 25 years since that happened! How long is it going to
take Penn State? No one knows!
Joe Paterno’s name has been removed as the coach with most
wins in a career, his statue taken down, however the University says that his
name will remain on the School Library…. Don’t know if that is a good consolation
or not, but none the less, what does need to happen is for the School to police
itself, and let the court system run its course.
The bottom line here is, the NCAA got this one wrong. The
Penalty should not have taken ANYTHING away from the student athlete, it should
have left the program in-tact, and let those involved been dealt with by the
proper authorities.
Its just a thought!
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