Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Penn State's hears from the NCAA

This week Penn State got a punishment from the NCAA in the form of losing scholarships for football, a fine,  loss of post season eligibility, and changed wins in the records.  Much what I expected, but what I am disgusted by is the crying or upset Penn State students and fans.  Most of the fans I know (alumni) understand the actions and are really reasonable about the outcome.  Maybe it's the fact the people the media found or decided to air are just the ones with the emotional responses.  Is it because they are young and naive or just immature?  Either way their selfish attitude disgusts me.  They claim the wrong doers are dead, going to jail or awaiting their day in court. The punishment should rest with them.  Do they not understand the problem is bigger than those people, but lies with the culture that the institution created?  That is what must be punished in addition to the people.  See those crying students are the ones who empowered the criminal acts by (as I mentioned in previous posts) created this atmosphere that the football team and the coach are above the law and beyond reproach.  If they hadn't been canonized they would have acted differently faced with the accusations.  Only the empowering of these figures would allow someone to weigh justice for abuse victims over the reputation of a school.  I only ask that this never happen at another institution and to achieve that the athletics departments (or any departments) must be help to higher standards with regard to personal conduct.  Also no man or team should ever  become a deity.   

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