[NU Sports] kill PSU football

[Tom Maycock]

Although I understand the reasoning behind cancelling games and even the 2012 season, I wouldn't be in favor of it. None of this is the kids' fault, or the fault of the fans who bought tickets and made travel plans, or of the hotel owners, restaurants, and vendors who depend on the crowds for income, etc. 

Tom



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>From: Alan Abrahamson <alan.abrahamson at gmail.com>
>To: MHRJGScott at aol.com
>Cc: nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 9, 2011 8:13 PM
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] kill PSU football
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>So this is what Neil Kaplan and I were just talking about.
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>If we were advising the governor of Pennsylvania, we would tell the
>governor:
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>1. Relieve Mr. Paterno of his duties immediately.
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>2. Ditto the university president.
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>3. Cancel the remainder of the 2011 Penn State football season.
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>4. Cancel the 2012 Penn State football season.
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>5. The state will honor the scholarships of those young men on the football
>team who wish to stay at Penn State. Those who wish to leave and pursue
>other opportunities will be released to do so.
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>6. Announce that you are taking these steps because the university's
>leaders have clearly lost their moral compass.
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>7. It is going to take some time for everyone to appropriately again
>understand how football fits into the scheme of the state's flagship
>university. Thus: no football until 2013.
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>8. Understandably, this means complications and a raft of details to be
>worked out. Today is not the day for details. Those details will be worked
>out, with the Big Ten and with our other partners.
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>Neil and I believe that if the governor was to take this sort of decisive
>action it would be applauded around the United States. Thoughts? Comments?
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>On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:59 PM, <MHRJGScott at aol.com> wrote:
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>> Like the Roman Catholic Church, Penn State is an arrogant institution
>> hiding behind its mystique, an insular world that protects its own, and
>> operates
>>  outside of societal norms as long as victories and cash continue to flow
>> bountifully.Penn State rakes in $70 million a year from its football
>>  program
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