Who are the Penn State University sanctions really Hurting?

Today was a very ugly day in the History of Penn State University and the N.C.A.A. By now we have all seen the sanctions $60 million over a four-year football postseason ban and a removal of all wins dating back to 1998. The career record of Joe Paterno will reflect these vacated records. Penn State also must reduce 10 initial and 20 total scholarships each year for a four-year period. The Big Ten conference also placed the university on a five-year probation to run concurrently with the NCAA’s and has declared the football program ineligible for the Big Ten championship game for the four years in which the NCAA banned the Nittany Lions from postseason play. Penn State’s proceeds from Big Ten bowl revenues from the four years, amounting to an estimated $13 million, will be allocated “to established charitable organizations in Big Ten communities dedicated to the protection of children,” the conference said. But who are these penalties really hurting.

I feel for the victims of this tragedy. I can’t imagine what the families have been going thru for the last 14 years. All the men involved should end up like Joe Pa real soon, or put away for a very long time. With that being said I think there is more to this story and that the NCAA just cares about money.

Jerry Sandusky has known Joe Pa his whole adult life. Two football coaches who traveled the United States together for Football related events their entire lives. I could almost guarantee Sandusky has seen Joe Pa at his highest and lowest points. I think this molesting thing goes a lot farther than just Sandusky. Who knows who did what before there was e-mail to catch different conversations? They said this started in 1998, I always assume if you did it openly once you defiantly had to have done it before. How long has this really been going on? For the 5 or 6 other men not to say anything over a 14 year period, in which Sandusky was investigated, baffles me. What did Sandusky have over them? Protecting the Image of Penn State could have been saved with one phone call. One man caught by the University would have given the school a black eye but not a knockout punch.

I never understood the notion of giving the school most of the punishment. I understand that they should take some blame but how do you penalize the future for the past. People do crimes not Institutions, Sandusky and every other Penn State Employee who covered it up should have to pay that $60 million dollar sanction. If they really wanted to hurt the football program they would have given them the death sentence. No football activities or programs for 5 years. This would have stopped all football related revenue. Instead what they did was guarantee that one of the oldest and traditional football programs in NCAA history will stay alive. They are banking that in 5years people would have forgotten about this incident. They know that the Penn State community will rally around the football team and with Penn State guaranteed T.V contract Penn State University football will survive. So yet again who are these penalties really hurting.

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Comments

  1. Emperor Cole says:

    This is a very very strong argument…after reading this I am convinced that Joe Paterno had a lot more to do with this than what they let on. He may have even been involved with the molesting himself because after all why wouldn’t he say anything and why did the University make sure to take away his wins?

    I feel for the victims of these crimes– NOT Penn State Football or it’s deceased coach.

    1. Nellie216 says:

      I feel bad that his cause off death was a “broken heart”…losing the one thing that keeps you going. It’s a shame that this situation led to a legacy being completely wiped out, but it would be equivalent to him having had been released from Penn State back at the time. I assume that’s how they’re looking at, and in that case…no, I can’t feel too bad about that.

  2. Nellie216 says:

    Good article…after reading some of these facts that were not exposed at the initial drop of the story, it certainly changes some of my thoughts, feelings, views and opinions. Like Emperor Cole, ultimately, I feel for the victims. However, I can’t help but to feel for the athletes that worked hard for those wins, as well as current and hepeful future athletes.

    This is just a thought: Penn’s penalty even extended into the future, which they had to have put some thought into the future as well. In their thought process, I certainly hope they thought to put aside some serious money…because the next storm (which will come and come hard) is going to be paying off and recouperating from these Civil Suits that you can count on to follow, not just years of inelligibility. So good question Derrick…who is really hurting or going to hurt????

    1. Emperor Cole says:

      The idea of punishing them for the future was to completely weaken the football program for many many years. If they can’t play in the championships and all that then what good high school football player is going to go there??

      Answer: No one. Then the football team will become comprised of walk ons and guys who should be playing Division 3.

  3. Derrick Dyer says:

    He def did have more to do with this. I hate that the University loses all that money the football team pays for alot of the other programs. So your really just strippin them. football at penn State will do fine they make way to much money off of thier TV deal to even be affected enough. We need to place the responsability on the people involved not the institution.

  4. Nellie216 says:

    I agree…completely.

    When you think about it, it’s like any organization…the people that belong to it (the members) are representative of that organization as a whole. So granted, a few memebers were directly responsible for the crimes, but the oraganization, as a whole, is responsible for the members. Sad…but “one rotten apple will spoil the whole bunch.”