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Originally Posted by MRM
The university itself must be severely punished, includin but not limited to the football team because the university itself, at its highest levels, engaged in illegal activity to further its interests in football. The university benefited from its illegal behavior and must be punished. The fans, the players, etc., all benefited from the coverup that effectively pimped out ten year old boys to a pedophile in exchange for the strategy that kept Penn State at the elite level, and prevented the scandal that would have happened years ago if it had come to light then. This is just putting the team, including its fans, back in the position they would have been in had the college reported the crimes when they should have. The improper benefit of having a team to cheer for without the cloud of scandal is something the fans shouldn't have had in the first place. It should be taken away in its entirety now.
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The NCAA's penalties are an attempt to replicate the response by the community, the sports world and collegiate entities had Sandusky and the university's cover up conspiracy been exposed in 2001. Note: Sandusky's "Second Mile" youth group began in 1977; his coaching position at PS began in 1969.
Freeh Report: "The jury found Sandusky guilty of 45 of the 48 charges against him: 25 felonies and 20 misdemeanors."
Seems to me at least 10-30+ years worth of football-as-usual at Penn State (and child molestation history) justifies more sanctions than what was just announced by the NCAA.
Sherwood