Shame on the football culture (State College, Bloomsburg: schools, cost, tuition)

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by Katiana

You know, I read through the entire thread to this point, and no one is advocating the shutdown of PSU. Paterno's supporters, however, are shrieking about how the rest of us are advocating for same, and how that would be the end of the world, etc.



Sanctions can include suspensions.

I am not a Paterno supporter. Supporting PSU and supporting Paterno are two different things.

[Mr Yuk]

NCAA president: Penn State poses ‘unprecedented problem’ - The Early Lead - The Washington Post

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

I am not a Paterno supporter. Supporting PSU and supporting Paterno are two different things.

What's to support? An administration that covered up heinous crimes for at least 14 years? An administration that was so lily-livered it couldn't get an elderly football coach who was losing games to retire in 2004?

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by Katiana

What's to support? An administration that covered up heinous crimes for at least 14 years? An administration that was so lily-livered it couldn't get an elderly football coach who was losing games to retire in 2004?

And you say *I* am stuck on PSU Football?

I am supporting a university that has educated thousands of professionals. I am supporting an institution of learning that is about much more than football. I am supporting the idea of affordable higher education for all.

I am supporting Penn State University.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

And you say *I* am stuck on PSU Football?

I am supporting a university that has educated thousands of professionals. I am supporting an institution of learning that is about much more than football. I am supporting the idea of affordable higher education for all.

I am supporting Penn State University.

Is the administration not part of Penn State? Or are the professors just running the place themselves? My only mention of football was in regards to the admin's response to it. They all worshipped at that altar, way more than at any other university that I can think of, including the University of Nebraska.

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Is the administration not part of Penn State? Or are the professors just running the place themselves? My only mention of football was in regards to the admin's response to it. They all worshipped at that altar, way more than at any other university that I can think of, including the University of Nebraska.

Yes, it is part of Penn State. So are the vast majority of people who are completely innocent bystanders to this atrocity.

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

Yes, it is part of Penn State. So are the vast majority of people who are completely innocent bystanders to this atrocity.

No one on this thread has ever suggested closing the university or otherwise punishing any students, faculty (unless they were involved in the scandal), or graduates. That doesn't mean we can't discuss the football culture at Penn State.

[faeryedark]

Originally Posted by fisheye

Here is a catalyst for change: Penn State could face years of abuse litigation - Houston Chronicle

As per the article:
1-10 million per victim? really!?!
I read somewhere that on average a victim of an airline crash is "worth" 2-5 million and that's DEAD

Why should their LIVES be worth less?

[fisheye]

Originally Posted by faeryedark

As per the article:
1-10 million per victim? really!?!
I read somewhere that on average a victim of an airline crash is "worth" 2-5 million and that's DEAD

Why should their LIVES be worth less?

That article is only speculation at this point. We know that our legal system does not always follow a predetermined path.

[ScoPro]

Originally Posted by faeryedark

As per the article:
1-10 million per victim? really!?!
I read somewhere that on average a victim of an airline crash is "worth" 2-5 million and that's DEAD

Why should their LIVES be worth less?

Because dead is dead and that payoff goes to the relatives who aren't.

Sandusky's/conspirators' victims have to live with the pain for many more decades.