E-Mails Suggest Paterno Role in Silence on Sandusky

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by als463

Okay, for the sake of reasoning and not to make anyone feel the least bit slighted (since that is definitely not what I intended), the point that I was trying to make--thank you ASTAlumna06 for helping me try to explain and agreeing--was that when you have such a strong alumni base, many times a family may choose to go into debt before sending their child elsewhere. Let me use LSU, Alabama, Michigan, whatever school we want to use that is super into football (or that university for whatever reason).

If Matthew Michigan comes from a long line of Michigan Alumni and a big scandal like what is going on now happened there, I believe that he may stay at Michigan because his family is all about the generational pride in the university. That is the only point I was trying to make. You can change that to Louis LSU or Adam Alabama (or whatever you want--it doesn't matter--just pick a school) and that may happen. That is the point I was making. If my future child chose Penn State over many other schools, I would be over the moon because I bleed blue and white (not for the sports, either). It's just something to think about when talking about students leaving the team. That's all I was trying to say. I hope I explained it without offending/ upsetting anyone.

Isn't this a massive strawman though? Like, this point literally doesn't matter to this discussion, at all - and nobody really argued against it with any real aplomb.

The point you were making is that Penn State will still be able to field a football team? OK, acknowledged.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Isn't this a massive strawman though? Like, this point literally doesn't matter to this discussion, at all - and nobody really argued against it with any real aplomb.

The point you were making is that Penn State will still be able to field a football team? OK, acknowledged.

That is why als463 comes in these threads.

(((als463)))

[als463]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Isn't this a massive strawman though? Like, this point literally doesn't matter to this discussion, at all - and nobody really argued against it with any real aplomb.

The point you were making is that Penn State will still be able to field a football team? OK, acknowledged.

WOW. You.Are.A.Jackass. It was brought up in the discussion about how some people won't leave the team simply because they may have family members who attended Penn State and feel a sense of tradition. If you didn't see that in this thread at all, then maybe you should get your eyes checked.

You sure had me pegged! I'm a HUGE football fan! I live and breathe football! In fact, I graduated from a major basketball university and I literally breathe that sport too! Let's hope that no big scandals happen because I would hate for my beloved sports to be tarnished at that university too! Clearly, I attended Penn State for the football team! That's all us inbred Penn State rednecks have going for us. We don't do no book-learnin' or anything remotely important. Who cares about academics or raising money for philanthropy? Not us! We are too busy worryin' about whether or not we can play ball!

I'm pretty annoyed by the fact that I am expected to apologize for my university over and over again. I didn't do anything wrong. Frankly, I don't really care what you think.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by als463

WOW. You.Are.A.Jackass. It was brought up in the discussion about how some people won't leave the team simply because they may have family members who attended Penn State and feel a sense of tradition. If you didn't see that in this thread at all, then maybe you should get your eyes checked.

You sure had me pegged! I'm a HUGE football fan! I live and breathe football! In fact, I graduated from a major basketball university and I literally breathe that sport too! Let's hope that no big scandals happen because I would hate for my beloved sports to be tarnished at that university too! Clearly, I attended Penn State for the football team! That's all us inbred Penn State rednecks have going for us. We don't do no book-learnin' or anything remotely important. Who cares about academics or raising money for philanthropy? Not us! We are too busy worryin' about whether or not we can play ball!

I'm pretty annoyed by the fact that I am expected to apologize for my university over and over again. I didn't do anything wrong. Frankly, I don't really care what you think.

LOL. Does it hurt you that much? Really?

You kind of seem like a jackass in these threads. You are absent from any discourse but show up for discussions like this. You were definitely not this visible, passionate, and clearly outraged when discussing the details of the allegations, trial, and conviction.

We get it! You give a darn about your alma mater and are silent until it comes time to express how much you give a darn. We get it!