[NU Sports] one angle I wonder about

[Alan Abrahamson]

Stephen,

The argument that "no player on the football team is involved and therefore
they shouldn't be punished" holds zero water. See Reggie Bush and this
year's USC team, as I mentioned before. Life is not fair. That's the way it
is.

Alan





On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:51 PM, SjT (Stephen J. Truog) <sjtruog at yahoo.com>wrote:

> We seem to be spiraling out of control on this list faster than the media
> circus in State College.
>
> Why on earth would PSU not play in the bowl game or Big Ten title game?
>
> Should PSU cancel classes because their president is about to be fired?
> Should all sports teams cancel their weekend plans because the AD will be
> out soon as well? If the basketball coach gets arrested for DUI, would the
> hoops team cancel its season???
>
> This is starting to get a bit far fetched. NO player on the football team
> is involved in this -- why punish them?
>
> Whether Paterno finishes the season with them or not is another matter --
> getting rid of him now seems to let the school off the hook and dim the
> spotlight, finishing with him certainly could lead to awkward moments at
> the Big Ten or Rose Bowl trophy presentations. But most of the coaching
> staff and all of the players were not involved here - why punish them?
>
> I agree that because of the publicity, PSU is no longer a B(C)S at-large
> candidate (though an SEC school with a lengthy police blotter is fine
> apparently), but they should still finish their season and go to whatever
> bowl the team earns.
>
> I hate to keep comparing it to the Catholic Church, but as I said earlier,
> this is really more of a moral scandal like that than an athletic one. But
> were all the congregations shuttered? Were the parishes of the priests
> charged disbanded?
>
> Let's not get so far caught up in the media circus that we forget who the
> criminals are here. Paterno has his moral mistakes to live with, but he is
> not legally charged with anything, the facts are not all out yet and it
> doesn't involve anything with the football players or team on the field. He
> may not deserve to be the coach, but they deserve to play!!!
>
> GO CATS!!!
> -SjT
>
>
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> STEPHEN J. TRUOG
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