[NU Sports] NYT Column on Penn State

[Jonathan Hodges]

Update on PSU & Bowls:
http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16128082/mcmurphys-law-penn-state-is-the-one-team-no-bowl-wants-to-invite

If they don't win their division, it seems very likely that all the Big Ten
bowls may pass them over (even with 8 or 9 wins).

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Jonathan Hodges
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On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Weinbaum, Willie
<Willie.Weinbaum at espn.com>wrote:

> Another interesting Times column on the PSU scandal:
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html?src=me&ref=general
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
> Behalf Of Mike Nolan
> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2011 1:02 PM
> To: tbng at comcast.net
> Cc: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
> Subject: Re: [NU Sports] NYT Column on Penn State
>
> > <Third, it must promise not to use its status as a state institution
> > to shield itself from the inevitable civil lawsuits
> >
> > Pragmatically, there is nothing Penn State can do to prevent law
> > suits, and it would be an unmitigated PR disaster for the university if
> they tried.
>
> The taxpayers of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania might have a different
> opinion on that issue, because any damages assessed to Penn State will
> eventually, one way or another, be paid out of the state treasury.
>
> It's fine for the New York Times, among others, to propose grandiose
> steps, it's a lot different for those whose lives would be impacted by
> those steps.
>
> I don't recall the New York Times being willing to cease publication for a
> few months when it had a writer who was fired for falsifying stories.
> And the NY TImes has hid behind the Sullivan decision MANY MANY times.
> --
> Mike Nolan
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