MSU Red Cedar Message Board

We'd have to keep the LGT for 5 more years? NOOOOOO!!!!!

I agree about tearing down the statue - some things are unforgivable - but I don't really see what closing down the athletic program accomplishes. I would fire who deserves to be fired and bring in an independent investigator to thoroughly (and publicly) document the university's moral and legal failings. Anyone who interferes with the investigation or is found to be less than honest is fired. No need to directly punish the current student/athletes or the fans that enjoy watching PSU sports.

Joe Pa at PSU goes a lot further than just a statue and the Athletic Department. He gave money to almost every University department...and basically paid for their entire Library system.

I see what you are saying to a certain extent. The fact is, Penn State is probably shaking in its boots right now with how much of this is going to come out. I am not saying they are trying to cover things up, these are probably great people, but the University is going to get sued through the roof.

They need to find the people who had any knowledge of this and deal with them appropriately this time around. Some volleyball player who is on the dean's list doesn't need to be punished for this. That I completely agree with.

JoePa was one of the biggest scumbags to ever coach.

Nahh..you'd probably SAY you would on an internet message board. And then not do much.

I believe it was Andy Staples today on SI.com who raised the excellent point that the US Department of Education has ultimate jurisdiction here and may investigate, with the loss of PSU's accreditation the issue at hand. That, in crude sports terminology, is basically the death penalty for the entire university. Doubt it gets that far, but I don't think the NCAA is going anywhere near this for a long time, no matter what Emmert said three months ago. It's bigger than that. They'll probably be told not to, and I seriously doubt any one hears about it publicly.

So you think all of those student-athletes are at PSU just to play their respective sport? As long as they can continue to be on another team's roster (let alone play) in that sport, in a different school, in a different city and probably in a different state, taking a setback in their education, all would be ok for them as long as they could freely transfer?

Then how do you explain this?

"The e-mails also would suggest Paterno knew more than he said: On Feb. 26, 2001, CNN reported, Schultz suggests contacting authorities, but the next night, Curley writes to Spanier that after talking with Paterno, he would like to "work with" Sandusky instead."

Yeah...or, they can stay at the school and finish out as a student (supposing their department has not been burned down as a result of the sanctions).

Why punish any corrupt school's athletic department if the "not fair to punish current student athletes" bottom level line of logic is allowed to prevail...

The odd thing is that Sandusky could grant interviews one day and talk about communication with school officials asking him to "tone things down" or "stop using the showers", etc... essentially hanging Penn State out to dry. Sandusky likes to babble on about things and will probably eventually grant interviews. Who knows what he'll say.

If he doesn't off himself (or someone else kills him in prison), once his appeals are used up, I bet Sandusky leaks all sorts of info in interviews.

Why would anyone believe anything he says?