[NU Sports] Penn State or State Pen ?

[Jonathan Hodges]

I think what Tiller is trying to say for the most part is correct.  With the
advent of multiple 24-hour sports networks on cable and, especially, the
internet, the stories about these arrests are disseminated quickly and reach
a broad spectrum of people.  Just a few years back people just didn't have
the access to such information; the only people who would find out are close
to the program or are in the surrounding area (served by the school
newspaper).  Whether this information reaching so many people is good or not
is up in the air; obviously it's harder for schools to sweep things under
the rug when there are real problems, but also these are college kids who
sometimes make mistakes and need to learn and develop during their time
there (which is hard to do when in the limelight constantly).

Jonathan

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 9:08 AM, <cherron604 at aol.com> wrote:

> Good article in the Indy paper:
>
>
> http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/SPORTS/810100467/1070/SPORTS0602
>
> 46 PSU players arrested in the last 6 years.? Is Joe Pa securing his
> reputation, or trashing it ??
>
> Also this from Joe Tiller:
>
>
> "I think that all of us today are under greater scrutiny than we ever have
> been," Purdue coach Joe Tiller said. "It's just part of the landscape. Any
> of the high-profile sports, any sport really, but the higher the profile,
> the more the scrutinization."
>
> Scrutinization ?? I don't have my OED handy, but is this even a word ??
> Microsoft Word sets off alarms when I try and type it...
>
> Chuck Herron?? Tech '85
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