[NU Sports] If you ran Penn State...

[Jonathan Hodges]

>From the ESPN Big Ten Blog:

The NCAA on Monday issued the following statement from president Mark
Emmert to ESPN.com regarding the Penn State/Jerry Sandusky
situation<http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7203566/penn-state-nittany-lions-sex-abuse-case-officials-arraigned-police-seek-alleged-assault-victim>.


It reads:

"This is a criminal matter under investigation by law enforcement
authorities and I will not comment on details. However, I have read the
grand jury report and find the alleged assaults appalling. As a parent and
an educator, the notion that anyone would use a position of trust to prey
on children is despicable. My thoughts and concern goes out to the alleged
victims and their families."

--
This is obviously a matter for the courts as well as the school's board of
trustees (who have to report to the university community and the citizens
of the state).  The NCAA doesn't have jurisdiction over criminal matters,
and won't get involved here.  With the allegations out in the open, I think
there will be plenty of consequences for the PSU football program.


--
Jonathan Hodges
Contributor, HailToPurple
Web: http://www.hailtopurple.com/jhodges/
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Email: j-hodges at alumni.northwestern.edu



On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Bill Bender <bbds5951 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Another question is what the NCAA will do about this. It's by far the
> worst scandal in the history of college football.
>
> Hard to argue that you have institutional control of your program when
> your AD is facing criminal charges for covering up serial child rape.
>
> I think they should get the death penalty.
>
> BB
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Beamsley, Jeff" <Jeff.Beamsley at covisint.com>
> To: Jim Leonard <jleonard518 at yahoo.com>; Northwestern Wildcats <
> nwu-sports at tssi.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 10:08 AM
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] If you ran Penn State...
>
> Clearly a complex situation because there is the legal question and there
> is the moral question.
>
> PSU appears to have covered themselves on the legal front.
>
> There is the "he said/she said" discussion around what the Grad Assistant
> saw and then said to JoePa, the AD, and the VP.  JoePa appears to have
> followed PSU policy which was to immediately notify the AD.  The AD
> followed policy to notify the VP.  The AD and VP are now positioned to take
> the fall for the rest of the institution and the Grand Jury appeared
> willing to accept that trade.
>
> So if it was my job to protect the institution of Penn State, I would do
> exactly what they are doing.  Limit the damage, cooperate with the
> authorities, blame the fall guys for bad judgment, pay for their defense,
> and hope that some dedicated alum will take care of them once they've
> served their time.
>
> I would also have Joe's retirement agreement in my back pocket in case
> this starts to reach beyond the existing indictments.  If it goes not
> further than these two, I would allow Joe to gracefully announce his
> retirement at a time in the not too distant future when it won't resurrect
> the whole scandal.
>
> Finally, I would have to ask myself if this job is worth the moral
> compromises that it has required me to make and might start to plan my own
> retirement.  But that's just me.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Jim Leonard
> Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 10:44 AM
> To: Northwestern Wildcats
> Subject: [NU Sports] If you ran Penn State...
>
> If you were the top person at Penn State (I assume it's a chancellor or
> provost), what would you do today?
>
> Would you let Coach Paterno's staff finish the season?
> Would you selectively let Joe Paterno and Mike McQueary go?
> Would you clean house between now and Saturday?
>
> This is not an easy situation. I would imagine that the top brass are
> hoping beyond hope that Tom Bradley can honestly say he knew nothing and
> can take over the reigns for at least the rest of this season. Joe Paterno
> may have a a thin veil of protection left, depending on what he was told.
> However, if it were up to me Mike McQueary would never represent the
> university again, starting today.
>
> Jim
>
>
> PS - I have come to accept the fact that Ron Vanderlinden would never
> leave Happy Valley for Evanston but I wonder if that may change during the
> off season.
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