friendfromlowry;1224769 wrote:IMO, this story can't come and go soon enough. Terrible story for everyone involved. I can't decide if PSU needs further punishment. Paterno's dead, Sandusky will die in jail, a few others will be due in court. I've been watching the basketball game on ESPN tonight and the bottom line on the screen is nothing but the report claiming this while the family is saying this. Who knows.

friendfromlowry;1224769 wrote:IMO, this story can't come and go soon enough. Terrible story for everyone involved. I can't decide if PSU needs further punishment. Paterno's dead, Sandusky will die in jail, a few others will be due in court. I've been watching the basketball game on ESPN tonight and the bottom line on the screen is nothing but the report claiming this while the family is saying this. Who knows.

Manhattan Buckeye;1224812 wrote:I don't know about more punishment, the university is going to suffer greatly for a long time. However, after reading the entire report I don't think this story should ever go away. It should be required reading for all institutional leaders, boards of directors/executive officers, government leaders, etc. as to what can happen when you put your own brand and reputations ahead of common human decency (not to mention legal requirements). Absolutely disgusting behavior by these so called leaders. It isn't just the big 4 (Curley, Schultz, Curley, Paterno) but the rest of their sycophants that were worried about their brand. What was the idiot lawyer's name, Cynthia something or the other, who advised against independent review because once they start it's difficult to get of them. She should be disbarred. She was in-house so it wasn't as if she enjoyed attorney-client privilege.

I wonder the legal side to that...if someone donates x amount of money to have his name on the library for y years, and he commits a terrible crime , can they take his name off the library?

Scarlet_Buckeye;1224927 wrote:To add insult to injury........in speaking with an attorney friend of mine yesterday, coming from the legal world, Penn State is a "state" instituion, therefore, there are going to be all kinds of caps and limitations (protections) on any monetary settlements any of the victims are entitled to that are going to protect Penn State as a lucrative institution. My attorney friend told me that the victims in the VA Tech tragedy got peanuts due to these same sort of caps. This attorney indicated it could very well be that all these Penn State Victims are not going to walk away from this with bucket loads of money due to the protective type statutes/caps that state instituions are shielded under.

Tiernan;1224933 wrote:^^^
which is a good thing. Just because you got raped doesn't entitle you to buckets of money. You are entitled to justice and you got that with Sandusky going to jail.

Tiernan;1224933 wrote:^^^
which is a good thing. Just because you got raped doesn't entitle you to buckets of money. You are entitled to justice and you got that with Sandusky going to jail.

queencitybuckeye;1224946 wrote:To the idea that the NCAA is a body capable of administering "justice" in a case so far beyond their scope and competence, I give you:

http://deadspin.com/5925700/prestigious-university-penalized-for-lack-of-institutional-control-in-athletics-program

NCAA needs to let the grownups handle the Penn State mess.

Manhattan Buckeye;1224956 wrote:I've got mixed feelings on this one. Despite CalTech's incredible academic reputation, it appears they want to compete (if finishing last is competing) in the NCAA, yet doesn't want the hassle of dealing with NCAA rules - even the basic ones like having a compliance department. It sounds like they wanted to draw attention themselves, and if so they succeeded with a $5,000 fine. I'm sure their basketball team with guys that wouldn't make my HS's JV feel bad about their inability to play in the postseason.

Raw Dawgin' it;1224935 wrote:So you think all civil suits that stem from criminal suits are dumb? got it. Families of murder victims deserve no compensation for their loses either.

queencitybuckeye;1224963 wrote:I'd agree if the rules were the dog and not the tail they're supposed to be.

Manhattan Buckeye;1224972 wrote:I agree but all of the penalties with teeth were self-imposed according to the article and the attached link. The NCAA really did nothing to them other than agree with the administration that they didn't meet even the most basic standards to comply with NCAA competition. The article focuses on the 3 week trial course period, but doesn't give any evidence why. Buried in the article is that there was little to no follow up by the university for enrollment other than the registration period. That can't work in collegiate sports. Note also that the NCAA committee were people from other D-III schools, certainly not a big power grab by the Michigans, Alabamas and Notre Dames of the world.

Raw Dawgin' it;1224935 wrote:So you think all civil suits that stem from criminal suits are dumb? got it. Families of murder victims deserve no compensation for their loses either.

queencitybuckeye;1224983 wrote:That they can handle situations like this one, yet can do nothing about the head of two major programs convicted of cheating being allowed to move on to arguably the top job in the country is pretty solid evidence IMO that the last thing serving the interest of justice would be this organization getting within a million miles of State College PA.

SportsAndLady;1224892 wrote:Any idea to my question above?

Sources close to the Jerry Sandusky case say that three men have come forward and told police that they were abused in the 1970s or 1980s by the convicted pedophile.


They are the first men to allege abuse before the 1990s, and if found to be credible, would directly attack the 68-year-old's defense argument that a person doesn't become pedophile in his or her 50s.

Two sources with knowledge of the investigation say police are aware these men have come forward.


It is not known, however, if these men were contacted or interviewed by Louis Freeh's team, which was hired by Penn State to do an internal review of the scandal and the university's response.