NCAA Sanctions: "DP" for Penn Football, or...?

Should the NCAA give Penn State the "death penalty"?


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On death's door

Inside the negotiations that brought Penn State football to the brink of extinction


http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_...-brought-penn-state-football-brink-extinction

Thanks for the great article, Reader. This is part that I feel bad about.....

• Penalties would harm many people who were not responsible: current players, the new coaching staff and, in lost dollars, central Pennsylvania residents.

So many innocent and good people will be hurt by the non actions of a few men.

moo

wm
 
Penn State Scandal: Paterno Family Appeal Creates Truly Mixed, Uneasy Feeling

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ily-appeal-creates-truly-mixed-uneasy-feeling

...........As we discussed here at Your Best 11 previously, the Board of Trustees had an opportunity to bring Erickson and the NCAA to task, except they elected to take the path of least resistance. It made sense; the school didn't need the firestorm that would come with vetoing Erickson and challenging the NCAA.

In that same vein, the Paterno family appeal makes some compelling statements: (follow)

Except it is not, because that compelling argument is linked to rhetoric like this:

To severely punish a University and its community and to condemn a great educator, philanthropist and coach without any public review or hearing is unfair on its face and a violation of NCAA guidelines.

Sure, they say "University" and "community," but ultimately, this is about the "condemnation" of the great Joe Paterno.........

So, while there are good points in the appeal, they do, and should, fall on deaf ears. This is another bad play for the Paterno family; their search to "find the truth" is a poor veil for the goal of securing a legacy.


More at link....
 
One member of the BoT is planning to challenge the NCAA ruling.

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/in...trustee_in_letter_s.html#incart_river_default

I'd assume he's going to try to get the BoT to do it.

Trustee Ryan Combie is a member of the same group as Trustee Anthony P. Lubrano, Penn Staters for Responsible Stewardship, who support all things Paterno:

http://www.ps4rs.org/we-support.html

http://www.ps4rs.org/who-we-are.html

How The Group Was Formed

The group was formed the week after the Board of Trustees made the decision to terminate Joe Paterno's position, the media had a field day with Joe's legacy and the University's reputation was tarnished.

At that moment in time the Alumni, Students, Friends and supporters experienced many different feelings - anger, frustration, sadness and heartache. What happened to Joe Paterno was wrong on so many levels. Joe was the foundation of the University we know today as Penn State, he spent a lifetime giving back to the University.

One of their main goals was to get 3 members elected to the BOT and they did get Lubrano and Combie elected out of the ones promoted, not sure about others...

http://www.ps4rs.org/docs/press-release_2-1-12.pdf

These 'top 6' candidates included Combie but he was not one of the final 3
put forth by the group:

http://www.ps4rs.org/candidates.html

They also are raising questions about the Freeh findings and the NCAA penalties:

http://www.ps4rs.org/media.html

Press Releases
July 31, 2012
PS4RS Demand Contracts and Details of Freeh Hiring be Made Public
July 26, 2012
PS4RS Gives Freeh Report a Solid "F" Using Objective Objective 95-Point Checklist
July 26, 2012
PS4RS Completed Freeh Report Checklist
July 23, 2012
PS4RS Statement on NCAA Sanctions
 
I also came across this interesting article about Mr. Lubrano:

A polarizing figure emerges in normally quiet vote for Penn State board

http://articles.philly.com/2012-04-22/news/31382693_1_penn-state-board-board-candidates-joe-paterno

......Board members have uncharacteristically spoken out about what they view as questionable behavior by a front-runner for election to the board - Anthony P. Lubrano, a wealthy businessman and school donor from Glenmoore, Chester County. His name is already on the school's 5,400-seat baseball park after he pledged $2.5 million to build it........

He has argued especially loudly that Paterno was unfairly treated by the board, and he demanded that it resign.........

But Lubrano, some trustees and university employees say, is the one who deserves the criticism.

They say he has been discourteous to female employees in the athletic department, belligerent toward investigators hired by Penn State to unravel the sex-abuse scandal, and deliberately rude to board members...........

The night before Paterno was buried in January, Lubrano approached a team of investigators from a firm run by former FBI Director Louis J. Freeh.

The encounter at a restaurant at the Nittany Lion Inn apparently was so disturbing to one of the lead investigators that he wrote an e-mail to the board of trustees outlining his concerns.

Lubrano, the investigator wrote, used foul language, appeared to be "inebriated," and "confronted them in a belligerent manner," according to the e-mail obtained by The Inquirer........

Three sources in the athletic department complained of Lubrano's treatment of women, including one incident in which he is alleged to have called a secretary a "dumb b**ch" after she asked him to spell his name.

"To say that I'm afraid of him is accurate," the source said.............

Behavior of this sort is alleged in papers filed in his 2011 divorce in Chester County. The lawyer for his wife, Sara Jane, described Lubrano's behavior as "increasingly threatening" in an Aug. 31 letter to Lubrano's lawyer that is part of the divorce file.............

Board chair Karen Peetz received a phone call from Lubrano that upset some trustees who heard the message, according to a university source.

"I have an upcoming press conference," Lubrano said, according to an e-mailed transcript of the message. "I prefer not to say bad things about her, but if she does not return my call this weekend, she'll be forcing my hand."

"This is very unfortunate," said Keith W. Eckel, a longtime trustee and Lackawanna County farmer. "It's very sad that Mr. Lubrano has resorted to threatening tactics to achieve some goal. . . . There is no room for this type of alleged activity in leadership in any organization and at any level."


More at link....
 
I'm not pointing fingers. I'm asking why is Penn State being treated differently? Why are all the 680,000+ alumni and 40,000+ students being lumped in with those who actually committed crimes or had knowledge of crimes? Saying that Penn State is culpable is like saying Catholics are culpable for the abuses committed by their priests. It is absolutely an appropriate analogy. They looked up to their leaders, they considered them above such behavior, should they be blamed for their trust and loyalty? Should it be demanded that they lose the loyalty they have to the entire organization and their fellow Catholics?

Or can we accept that they had good intentions, but they were fooled, not because of some character flaw of their own, but because of some particularly devious individuals who hid within the walls of their organization? Can we allow them to keep their faith, their relationships, and their bonds with the good guys within the organization, to sift through and pick out that is worth saving without having to lump it all into one giant trash heap?

Actually, a lot of us have questioned how Catholics continue to support the Vatican as an institution.
 
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120804/OPINION01/308040003/A-good-man

I'm so sickened by this... flat out blaming the victims. I really need to stop clicking on anything PSU related, my blood pressure can't take it.

Sickening. Sorry if anyone takes offense at this. I think that Happy Valley is a small minded and parochial world. Jerry Sandusky was allowed to thrive because of his enablers and environment he was in. He whines that Joe Paterno was paid less than other coaches. Well, the other coaches did not harbor a pervert and knew about it, like Paterno did.
 
http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20120804/OPINION01/308040003/A-good-man

I'm so sickened by this... flat out blaming the victims. I really need to stop clicking on anything PSU related, my blood pressure can't take it.

Absolutely disgusting!!!! I cannot believe what I just read.

How about the abused children; they accepted tickets to Penn State games, lunches, dinners, etc. Didn’t they have motives? Why didn’t they go to their parents, police or school officials? Why are they held blameless? Now, years later, they come forward, including Sandusky’s son.

OT The author bears the same last name as a certain actress who made an appearance in Bellefonte during JS' trial. I wonder if there is any relation?

wm
 
Penn State Scandal: Board of Trustees Set to Become Next 'Bad Guy' in Scandal

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...rustees-set-to-become-next-bad-guy-in-scandal

Right now, the Board of Trustees appears to be in it for the long haul. This isn't just an NCAA issue, as ESPN stated in their report:

Trustees and a person with first-hand knowledge of the discussions said the move is a precursor to a federal lawsuit asking a judge to invalidate the sanctions, because trustees expect the NCAA to reject the appeal.

That's easy to say now, but when things get heavy, when they get ugly, the Board of Trustees is going to have to have their boots laced up and be prepared to wade through the muck. As word of the appeal gets out, the public is going to battle it. The Board of Trustees will have a fight on their hands, a battle on two fronts—both publicly and with the legal system.

Pardon my language but this is pure stupidity as far as I'm concerned, IMO.
Why do they want to start all this nastiness when the school and players were starting to settle down and get back to their real business of education?
Pride goeth before a fall.....
 
Penn State Board of Trustees Appeal Exposes Paterno Family Hypocrisy

http://1045theteam.com/penn-state-board-of-trustees-appeal-exposes-paterno-family-hypocrisy/

Four members of Penn State’s Board of Trustees are a part of an appeal to declare the consent agreement for the sanctions levied against Penn State between the NCAA and the University “null and void” on the grounds that Penn State President Rodney Erickson did not have the legal authority to agree without the board’s approval.

First of all, this is a ridiculous idea on the end of the Board of Trustees. One of two things are going to come of this: either your appeal is going to be denied (the likely option), or you will win, the sanctions will be lifted, then the NCAA will say “you know what, we’ve changed our minds, we’re just going to nuke the entire football program like we were going to if Erickson didn’t agree to the sanctions.” Talk about a battle worth fighting.

But let’s forget all of that for a minute. I want to talk about a very important group of people in all of this, who have made sure to deliver a statement at every turn during this entire ordeal; the Paterno family...........

So far, we have yet to hear a statement from the Paterno family about the choice of members of the Board of Trustees to appeal the sanctions. But, let me ask you a question: how does appealing these sanctions serve to fix any of the things that the Paternos lamented about in the above quotes?

Does this appeal serve the victims of Jerry Sandusky’s horrible crimes or help heal the Penn State community? Does it help the victims by uncovering the full truth? Does it serve justice for Sandusky’s crimes? No, it doesn’t.

So why aren’t the Paternos nearly as concerned or statement happy about this appeal by four Board of Trustees members? The answer is, as it usually is in cases like this, a raging case of hypocrisy.............
 
Standing Order 10 of the BoT actually specifically gives the president the authority to enter into agreements, at least absent instructions from the Board to the contrary. Erickson was granted the authority to sign the consent agree, and the board met several days before and, if properly prepared, could have ordered him not to sign it. They did not.
 
Penn State’s trustees to consider ratifying NCAA penalties over Sandusky scandal response

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...ece4d6-e247-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State trustees will meet this weekend to consider whether to ratify the school’s consent decree with the NCAA that imposed penalties for how the university handled the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal...........

A notice posted on Penn State’s website says the Sunday afternoon telephone conference will be broadcast live online.

ETA: the link is actually on the BOT site with link to the online conference:

Aug 09, 2012

Trustees to hold special meeting on NCAA consent decree

The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting via conference call at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. The sole purpose of the special meeting is for the trustees to consider ratification of the binding consent decree imposed by the NCAA and accepted by the University. The public can listen to the meeting at the following web site online: WPSU.org/live.

I'll post it on the BOT thread also.....

http://progress.psu.edu/resource-li...o-hold-special-meeting-on-ncaa-consent-decree


Good move to me since only 4 of the trustees are part of the appeal this would let the majority have a voice in how to proceed....
 
Penn State’s trustees to consider ratifying NCAA penalties over Sandusky scandal response

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...ece4d6-e247-11e1-89f7-76e23a982d06_story.html

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Penn State trustees will meet this weekend to consider whether to ratify the school’s consent decree with the NCAA that imposed penalties for how the university handled the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal...........

A notice posted on Penn State’s website says the Sunday afternoon telephone conference will be broadcast live online.

ETA: the link is actually on the BOT site with link to the online conference:

Aug 09, 2012

Trustees to hold special meeting on NCAA consent decree

The Penn State Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting via conference call at 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12. The sole purpose of the special meeting is for the trustees to consider ratification of the binding consent decree imposed by the NCAA and accepted by the University. The public can listen to the meeting at the following web site online: WPSU.org/live.

I'll post it on the BOT thread also.....

http://progress.psu.edu/resource-li...o-hold-special-meeting-on-ncaa-consent-decree


Good move to me since only 4 of the trustees are part of the appeal this would let the majority have a voice in how to proceed....

Now long-time Trustee Joel Myers, founder of Accu-Weather, is seeking to postpone the telephone conference and take time to review the Freeh Report prior to any further Board action.

http://www.centredaily.com/2012/08/...sanctions.html#storylink=omni_popular#wgt=pop
 

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