Hi. My name is OH8CH and I am a Penn-State-scandal-aholic. Right after this post I am checking into Betty Ford where I will be denied access to all Penn State forums until my system is cleansed. If I don't take this action my head will soon explode.
But before I go -
From the Scout Board:
I can't believe people who know nothing about PSU football are lecturing us on our culture. The culture that allowed this to happen was a culture related to the dynamic at the very top of the university, not the culture of the fans, team, or anything else related to a single athletic program. That culture died the moment Joe Paterno, his lap dog Curley, and Pres. Spanier were fired. Anyone that thinks PSU needs a "few years away to clear the culture" is clueless and just wants to punish more innocent people.
Almost everything you read on the Penn State boards is a convoluted argument as to why the Penn State football program must be spared. It is ALL that matters to these folks. Like the prospective employee Jax interviewed, it is ALL that matters to these folks.
That culture did not die with Paterno. The true culture was exposed when this scandal broke.
I would argue that we have suffered. This situation has been on my mind constantly. I've felt embarrassment, anger, frustration...you name it. As Penn Staters we have suffered.
JS is in jail and others will follow. There will be numerous civil suits. People have been fired or not retained. I'm sure there are some football players who chose not to come because of the scandal.
As the one former NCAA guy said anything more would be shooting road kill.
What would the point be in making the student athletes and the new coaching staff suffer?
It's time to heal.
And the healing can only begin when they take the field against Ohio U.
Penn State will lose law suits that will cost millions. That money will impact its ability to deliver on the academic side. Will students not suffer from that? Where is the hue and cry?
Over and over again I read that the NCAA can't punish them because there is no specific bylaw against covering up the rape of children. That no competitive advantage was gained.
Yet recruiting letters highlight the very culture that led to these rapes. The Penn State Way has been exposed. The Great Experiment has proven to be worthy of Josef Mengele. "If you come to Penn State you will be allowed to play football even if our coach covers up the rape of children."
The children who were raped weren't just "seduced" by Jerry Sandusky. They were seduced by LaVar Arrington and Joe Paterno. They were seduced by the Penn State culture. And the louder fans scream that it isn't so the more they underscore this very fact.
It is not the fault of the culture that it was thus used. But when Paterno, et al acted to cover it up they acted not as private individuals, but as agents of Penn State, agents of that culture. How can anyone suggest that the University can be held financially accountable to the victims, but that the culture that seduced them is not also accountable?
These kids were raped because of the importance of Penn State football. Jerry Sandusky - also acting as an agent of the University - knew that. He used that.
Yet the football culture shows no remorse.
They only want to take the field. They only want to land a top 10 class. They only want to see if O'Brien can become the next Joe Paterno.
Shut it down.
(I hope the folks at Betty Ford don't find the tablet I am hiding in my underwear.)
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SBB is a joke. He rips of other people's info and passes it on as his own, and is prone to extreme hyperbole.
