E-Mails Suggest Paterno Role in Silence on Sandusky

[SydneyK]

So, as long as one player is participating in something wrong, it's ok for all of them to be punished?

The way I see it is that, in all of these cases, the institutions have done something wrong. Whether one or more players is caught up in the wrong-doing is less important. It seems completely arbitrary to say that if one player is involved, then it's fair for all of them to be punished. But if none are involved, then it's not.

But that's obviously just my opinion. Which is clearly not the popular one here.

Back to DrPhil and her attempt to get this to a point where it's not about Penn State.

[33girl]

I have an easy peasy solution.

Take all the profits the school has made from merchandising for the past 5 (capricious and arbitrary number, you may want to pick one smaller or larger) years, and use it to first pay the victims, and second to help victims of child abuse across the state.

It makes no sense to shut the football program down and screw the athletes, many of whom are there in hopes of making it to a professional career. I haven't heard of a single PSU player who knew about this stuff and covered it up.

No Penn State players got cars because Jerry Sandusky molested children.

No Penn State players got weekly allowances (or if you will, salaries) because Jerry Sandusky molested children.

No Penn State players' parents got condos in State College rent-free because Jerry Sandusky molested children.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by SydneyK

Back to DrPhil and her attempt to get this to a point where it's not about Penn State.

After I type this:

The artist painted over Paterno's halo. The halo was dumb in the first place. Another life lesson.

As for the current thread topic, it is really a point beyond Penn State that is being made. This is very subjective and with minimal set standards to go by. Student athletes should not be punished for the coaches' and school officials' indiscretions but it will not be the first time that has happened at schools. Perhaps a better but darn near impossible decision would be to fire the coaches and school officials (who are still living) who are proven to have aided or ignored Sandusky's issues and/or taking back some of that hefty salary they received over the years. Some of this stuff may already be happening without the general public's knowledge.