But, sanctions may warn the next school that thinks about enabling a child molestor (the university president, AD and head coach) that maybe doing the right thing is more important than protecting the “Penn State Way”.

And if you think that a school wouldn’t do that, would you have ever thought Joe Paterno and the hierachy at Penn State would?

It’s too bad that so many bystanders at Penn State saw the warning signs and had the chance to do the right thing.. and they didn’t.

Tell me something wayne, do you think that the sanctions and punitive actions doled out for Penn State will stop any future pedophiles from committing their heinous acts, I would venture to say NO. More emphasis needs to be placed on how we as bystanders can recognize the warning signs and help these innocent victims before their lives are destroyed.
Football sanctions may prevent participants in a football program from committing crimes of greed but they are certainly not going to mean anything to a pedophile. These are sick evil individuals whose crimes will continue until we learn how to recognize them before it is too late.
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The NCAA isn’t going to be handing down the punishment because of the crime that happened, but because of the Universities lack of proper monitoring that allowed this type of cover up to happen.

Penn State has severely misunderstood, much less implemented, the proper measures according to the Clery Act regarding crimes/potential crimes on its campus including those sexual in nature.

The administration failed miserably in properly reporting these events to the BOT. The administration failed miserably in not reporting events to the proper authorites including the DPW.

While all the guilty victims will and have paid a price, the administration and model that existed around these former employees also enabled them to do what they did.

I have little doubt that the LOIC charge that the NCAA will stand behind for these sanctions is the reason in large part of the institutions lack of proper monitoring and controls that allowed for these acts to continue for an extreme amount of time.

If the Dept. Of Education decides to take action…which they are considering, they will withhold Federal funding, then the University will be in BIG trouble.

I feel bad for the many innocent people being tarnished for actions that they had no involvement with. Many good people at Penn State (football players and fans/alumni) are being punished for the actions for a few…

But I do feel the school deserves punishment. The criminals involved are no longer there. But for a university to turn a blind eye to what happened.. the football program was bigger than the university.

The individuals represnted the university. They represented them poorly (the understaement of the year). There has to be a punishment for the lack of institutional control.

I do think that the real perps in this case (the molestor and his enablers).. they’ll eventually get what they truly deserve.

The NCAA isn’t going to be administering the death penalty.

The sanctions will be severe, but games will go on and a football team will still be in place at Penn State.

Will the program pay a dear price that will effect its Ws and Ls? Undoubtedly, however the vendors and fans will still get to attend games and support their program.

Are you seriously implying that Penn State University shoudln’t shoulder responsibilty for this?

You don’t sound dumb. You do sound naive, or sound like a blind apologist.

It’s too bad Paterno didn’t live long enough to see his legacy destroyed. To see his statue taken down, to see his name taken off of centers and awards. To see his “halo” painted over.

That would be a fitting punishment for an enabler of a child molestor.

I live in the PSU community of central PA. We, as a community, all feel like victims of this scandal. Most of us, however, refer to it as the Sandusky scandal as he is the one true evil monster in this whole mess. Yes, there are others who need to share the blame. HOWEVER, those of you who think that Penn State should be given a major death penalty are forgetting just will be punished. It will be the student body who will miss out on funding that the football program brings to the university…monies that are uses and needed by many other programs who could not exist without those revenues. It will hurt the current football players & coaches that had nothing to do with this mess (although I see some of you have no sympathy for this group.) It would majorly hurt our community….think of all of the hotels, restaurants, retailers, employees, etc. that would be majorly hurt, if not put out of business, if you “kill” the football program. Lets add all of these people to the list of victims if the death penalty is handed down. OR, we could shift our attention to the real victims to help them heal and not get on “our” high horses to bring down the “almighty” Penn State program. I can just see some of you licking your lips & salivating at the though of bringing down Penn State…not to help heal the victims but to make yourselves feel “better”. You, Penn State haters, are not the victims. You, Penn State haters, are not making any suggestions to help with true healing. You, Penn State haters, are on a fast track to bring down a beloved university comprised of many, many more people than Sandusky and a wonderful community who depends on that university. Hate, hate, hate…..that is all I’m hearing. Be smug and proud of yourselves for spewing your hate. I live here….I’m living this mess….I feel like my “family” is under attack.

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Was it fair for thousands of Enron employees that lost literally everything they had worked for? 401K retirement plans, gone. Jobs, gone. Homes and entire lifes crippled and severely hampered. Was if fair for them?

Was it fair for millions of homeowners across the country when the housing scandal of 2008 broke? Was it fair for literally every investor across the country that the actions of a small percentage of big wigs of major banking organizations that escaped with millions and received little to no punishment. A scandal that nearly every American is still paying an extremely steep price.

Life isn’t fair. Actions of few often times effect the lives of many. There are examples of this that happen nearly every day in this country.

I don’t think the NCAA should hand out much punishment, if any, against Penn State, and for them to let the legal system run its course and punish the guilty. On the other hand it wouldn’t be fair for schools like USC, Ohio State, and others that received stern punishment for deeds far less egregious than what happend at Penn State.

Either way, the masses won’t be happy with whatever punishment is handed down by the NCAA this morning. Many will say it is too light, many will say it is too harsh, and likely nobody will say the punishment is just and fair.

You are delusional.

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This is more than Sandusky. This is unprecedented. Be glad that Jerry or the JoePa crew did not commit these heinous acts to your family and friends.

My feeling is that the message should be directed at the University muckymucks. That means tens of millions in fines and maybe…. 1 yr bowl ban and 5 lost scholarships max per year for 3 or 4 years. I only suggest the ban and scholarships because the angry among us will accept nothing less…not because it’s warranted.

Just for the record I have no horse in the Big Ten race as my teams are the CU Buffs and Wash Huskies. If anything, you’d think I’d want bigger punishment rather than smaller. I just think they should do what’s fair and not what the angry mob will accept. These players didn’t molest anybody.

Sandusky perpetrated a series of heinous crimes

Paterno ran the program and after getting an eye witness report, he turned his head for over a decade and allowed it to continue on his watch.

PSUs governing bodies were complicit in that coverup.

If Paterno had simply done the sane thing that anyone would do, call the police, PSU wouldn’t be in this spot.

You know why PSU as an organization did it? For money… the football program produces cash…

PSU as an organization kept quiet and profited off a conspiracy to allow the continued rape of children so as to not hurt the football program.

You should be ashamed to even try to sever your responsibility as an organization from this cover up.

In fact, every PSU alumni, student, faculty member, and employee should be ashamed…