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NCAA drops the hammer on Penn State
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Palovana
Inner Fire Inc.
#1 - 2012-07-23 16:30:11 UTC
stoicfaux
#2 - 2012-07-23 17:21:44 UTC
The cynical voice in my head says that the NCAA levied such large and dramatic fines as a distraction from the ongoing Sports/Money versus Education debate in college sports, and also so the NCAA can point to Penn State as a counter argument that the NCAA doesn't put sports above everything else.

Also, how exactly does voiding previous wins work? Is anyone going to really believe that Penn State didn't win those games?

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Domer Pyle
Republic University
Minmatar Republic
#3 - 2012-07-23 17:24:36 UTC
Now they just gotta do something similar to OSU and sparty will be in great shape! :D

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FloppieTheBanjoClown
Arcana Imperii Ltd.
#4 - 2012-07-23 17:25:01 UTC
Good to see an organization getting slapped hard after trying to stay above the law for so long.

They knew a man was hurting kids and they allowed it to continue. They're lucky they aren't going to prison along with him.

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Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#5 - 2012-07-24 00:40:11 UTC
I bet he liked Nestle's Quick.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#6 - 2012-07-24 00:52:56 UTC
http://youtu.be/6Mf-HhDFAko Bear

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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#7 - 2012-07-24 02:46:58 UTC
What a shame they will never get down to the fact that there was more than one pervert involved and this goes all the way up to very rich and powerful donors.


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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2012-07-24 03:02:09 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
What a shame they will never get down to the fact that there was more than one pervert involved and this goes all the way up to very rich and powerful donors.




oh Herzog, you and your drugs P

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rodyas
Tie Fighters Inc
#9 - 2012-07-24 03:59:43 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
What a shame they will never get down to the fact that there was more than one pervert involved and this goes all the way up to very rich and powerful donors.




And this thread finally became, Law and Order: SUV

Too bad we don't have enough minorities to investigate everything or this donor matter, the world may never know.

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baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#10 - 2012-07-24 05:02:21 UTC
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Delmarva Starseeker
Royal Amarr Institute
Amarr Empire
#11 - 2012-07-24 06:04:48 UTC
rodyas wrote:
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:
What a shame they will never get down to the fact that there was more than one pervert involved and this goes all the way up to very rich and powerful donors.




And this thread finally became, Law and Order: SUV

Too bad we don't have enough minorities to investigate everything or this donor matter, the world may never know.


I am sure by fall or winter a case like this will be nicely worked into an L&O SVU episode.
Shameless Avenger
Can Preachers of Kador
#12 - 2012-07-24 08:51:35 UTC
Delmarva Starseeker wrote:

I am sure by fall or winter a case like this will be nicely worked into an L&O SVU episode.


And a South Park Episode too... oh wait.

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Dak Dallocort
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#13 - 2012-07-24 17:16:54 UTC
They'll have underclassmen bailing soon enough, like rats off a sinking ship. The lack of scholarships and no prospect for bowl games won't attract much new talent either. The Big Ten has a new punching bag for the next decade or so, Indiana has got to be stoked.

Telegram Sam
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#14 - 2012-07-24 17:29:21 UTC  |  Edited by: Telegram Sam
Let's see if the idiot students riot and burn cars again, like they did when the abuse allegations first came out.
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Karma
Vortex Incorporated
#15 - 2012-07-25 00:03:12 UTC
the pessimistic cynic in me thinks their reasoning isn't entirely up-front ...

but the optimistic cynic in me thinks that it will stop other schools from ignoring similar cases in the future.
"if we go public with this, we'll lose some goodwill... but if we bury it and it gets out that we did so, we'll lose not only goodwill but X, Y, and Z as well"...

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Xenuria
#16 - 2012-07-25 00:28:45 UTC
If every College sporting entity was fined this much for the amount of abuse that was documented at pen state then there would be hardly any college sporting entities remaining. This stuff happens all the time, everywhere. People just look the other way and don't talk about it. I can't tell you how many times girls were more interested in their coaches than me.

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Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2012-07-25 01:59:17 UTC
Xenuria wrote:
If every College sporting entity was fined this much for the amount of abuse that was documented at pen state then there would be hardly any college sporting entities remaining. This stuff happens all the time, everywhere. People just look the other way and don't talk about it. I can't tell you how many times girls were more interested in their coaches than me.


Every time? Big smile

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Xenuria
#18 - 2012-07-25 02:16:04 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Xenuria wrote:
If every College sporting entity was fined this much for the amount of abuse that was documented at pen state then there would be hardly any college sporting entities remaining. This stuff happens all the time, everywhere. People just look the other way and don't talk about it. I can't tell you how many times girls were more interested in their coaches than me.


Every time? Big smile


There are two kinds of relationships I will never understand.
Fathers who are way over protective of their 20something daughters.
&
Coaches who are way to intimate with their girls.

Both are major cockblocks for sure but they are also inappropriate.

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Zack Korth
Livid CO.
#19 - 2012-07-25 06:10:04 UTC
i would be mad if i were a penn state fan, your team loses out like this all because some freak wanted to bang kids, people bang kids every day, and unluckily for penn state fan, one of those people was their D coordinator. I think I would abandon my college if something like this happened there, the stigma is overpowering and its never going away, I think it set them back 20 years.