Comments on: Penn State President Rodney Erickson Says School Made Concessions to Avoid Death Penalty

By: Monster is Meth

Monster is Meth — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:48:38 +0000

Better than having your hands on the shower wall no?

Definitely. My back would most certainly be meeting and saying hello to that wall.

By: roger from oz

roger from oz — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:29:45 +0000

NCAA is a hypocritical piece of shit organization. I would tell them to f$#@ off. PSU deserved to be penalized, but this was over the top without doing their own investigation. Total kangaroo court. I hope this leads to the eventual decline of the NCAA.

By: jstaylor62

jstaylor62 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:18:48 +0000

I love the idea doling out punishment to people that have nothing to do with a heinous act. It must be an awesome feeling wielding that NCAA hammer every few months.

Penn State University is a member of the NCAA. The NCAA is punishing Penn State University for their involvement in harboring a effing pedofile!

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:28:43 +0000

As easily as they accepted this “deal” I think those on the BOT and the Academic realm viewed this as an opportunity to diminish the relevance of the football program at the school.

By: orly57

orly57 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:55:16 +0000

“we had our backs to the wall on this.”
Better than having your hands on the shower wall no?

By: jayhawk88

jayhawk88 — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 00:57:06 +0000

I love the idea doling out punishment to people that have nothing to do with a heinous act. It must be an awesome feeling wielding that NCAA hammer every few months.

I see this argument get thrown around a lot, but no one ever has an alternative solution. Should the NCAA just throw up their hands every time they don’t catch a school cheating in time? “Ha ha, corrupt school, you got over on us again, but we’ll get you next time!”

Even if schools plowed every dollar made back into program infrastructure/player salaries, there would still be corruption issues. The NCAA is bipolar at best, corrupt themselves at worst, but what’s the solution?

By: Cheesus

Cheesus — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:24:00 +0000

The NCAA ordered Penn State to pay the penalty funds into an endowment for “external programs preventing child sexual abuse or assisting victims and may not be used to fund such programs at the university.”

Unbelievably, it seems the NCAA actually made the right decision. I’ve seen people ask, “What NCAA violation did they commit?” I’m guessing this qualifies as a “lack of institutional control.”

By: squawkbox

squawkbox — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:22:01 +0000

Where is that $60 million going? Should we be surprised when Emmert unveils a new private jet?

It’s been said that it’s going to a fund for victims of similar acts. Great. My follow-up question is “Who’s gonna benefit from the $59.85M needed to administer the $150K hat actually get put in the bank?”

By: squawkbox

squawkbox — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:19:00 +0000

I love the idea doling out punishment to people that have nothing to do with a heinous act. It must be an awesome feeling wielding that NCAA hammer every few months.

By: Wide Word of Sport (?)

Wide Word of Sport (?) — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 23:00:47 +0000

Where is that $60 million going? Should we be surprised when Emmert unveils a new private jet?

By: The Fan's Attic

The Fan's Attic — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:55:52 +0000

Rodney Erickson to the PSUBOT:
“Well, folks, we are fucked. We can either take our chances with perhaps having the death penalty imposed on the football program and try to appeal the penalty as outside the jurisdiction of the NCAA or we can cut a deal that will make Penn State football irrelevant for 10 years, pay $60 million dollars and handcuff the rest of the university for a long time. I like to call the second option a near-death-by-drowning-with-lasting-brain-damage penalty. I think we should go for door number.”

[Erickson opens briefcase, holds up cloth bag, opens it up and dumps his balls in the briefcase.]

Erickson: “Anybody who is with me can stick their balls in this briefcase.”

[PSUBOT collectively cuts off their balls and puts them in the briefcase.]

By: Sir Spicious

Sir Spicious — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:39:31 +0000

Mark Emmert and the NCAA had Penn State in a rear naked choke hold

Interesting choice of analogy.

By: ohheelyeah

ohheelyeah — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:32:56 +0000

Not to mention that fighting the NCAA’s penalties would have been a terrible PR look for the school.

says who? I, for one, have mental capacity to separate the heinous acts of a few individuals (and their subsequent punishment) from the very real, extremely detrimental results that will stem from this semi-railroading job be the NCAA. Sure, there would be some backlash, but if you honestly have a “wait just a damn minute, here” feeling, then you need to stand up for yourself. However, if the path of least resistance is to roll over and be willfully complicit in your own extortion, then by all means don’t let me stop you.

By: AssaultWithAConcreteDildo

AssaultWithAConcreteDildo — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:20:44 +0000

OHHHHHHH so the NCAA extorted them, that makes everything okay then

By: Walking Underwear

Walking Underwear — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:13:31 +0000

Lots of fail, par5

By: PAR5N2

PAR5N2 — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:11:40 +0000

I don’t know what this has to do with Adam Scott.

By: Walking Underwear

Walking Underwear — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:08:09 +0000

They made a deal….promise not to appeal and we wont death penalty ya