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Old 07-23-2012, 04:27 PM
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(Not at you. At the article.)
What about the article? Are you rolling your eyes at the article (it is just reporting what is happening) or the fine? That big fine is setting a big precedent.

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
The first step has been taken. Paterno and every person he put in power at PSU is gone. Hopefully they have learned the lesson that checks and balances are good. Allowing one man to wield too much power (even when he seems to be the benevolent grandfather) can backfire and bring down the whole institution like a house of cards. The next step is for the people of PSU and PA to stop playing the victims and place their anger where it belongs and where it will do some good...at the PSU administration that allowed this culture to thrive.
Co-sign.

The symbols of Paterno's undying (no pun intended) awesomeness have also been minimized (removing the halo) or removed (the statue). The good that Paterno (athletic and community-based good) and Penn State officials have done over the years is not being ignored but, as with everyone else in the world, the bad can at least temporarily outweigh the good depending on the circumstances. It baffles me that some people cannot grasp this concept. Any institution that benefits from ignoring or seeming to encourage bad deeds will eventually reap what they sew. That is not a new concept and it has happened to athletic and academic bigwigs.
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