Was the punishment enough for PSU?

[volberry]

I am confused. Does this hurt as bad as a 2 year ban? What does the future look like for PSU?

 

[allvol123]

As some say, this was worse than the death penalty. But they are idiots, so continue.

 

[milohimself]

Association with a child rapist notwithstanding, Penn State was basically just rendered irrelevant for at least the next decade.

The bowl ban doesn't hurt quite so bad. See USC during their 2 year bowl ban, they were still playing quality football. Granted convincing a kid to go live in LA is a whole lot easier than central PA, but yeah.

What will absolutely destroy Penn State is the scholarship reductions.

 

[UTRavens]

I just don't think this hurts anyone who's actually guilty. The vacating of wins, I'm totally cool with - that's a good way to send a message to Paterno and I guess the administrators.

Unfortunately, the fact that Penn State is continuously referred to as if it's a sentient being leads people to point their fingers at an abstract culprit rather than the real, human cilprit who were purged from the university when their actions were discovered.

 

[bleedorange0037]

I just don't think this hurts anyone who's actually guilty. The vacating of wins, I'm totally cool with - that's a good way to send a message to Paterno and I guess the administrators.

Unfortunately, the fact that Penn State is continuously referred to as if it's a sentient being leads people to point their fingers at an abstract culprit rather than the real, human cilprit who were purged from the university when their actions were discovered.

People are just clamoring for more blood. Paterno died before he could ever really be held accountable for his actions, and while Sandusky may face up to 400+ years in prison, the reality is that his best case scenario is to spend the 10-15 years he has left in his life in prison. Understandably, that doesn't really seem like adequate justice in many people's eyes for such horrible crimes. So instead, people look for the next best scapegoat to place the blame on, which just so happens to be an abstract institution, and in the process end up hurting the lives of hundreds of innocent people.