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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 317774, member: 338"] This is a big article for several reasons. [I]The Big Ten Conference Handbook, which governs the league’s operations, does not contain language addressing a situation as egregious as what happened at Penn State.[/I] This underscores the difficulty of figuring out what to do in this case. The problems are so severe and incomprehensible that the entire situation is [I]sui generis[/I]. My concern has been that a necessary punishment would not be applied, since the level of punishment might fall through the cracks of existing authority. [I]Any Big Ten university that employs or retains workers who intentionally falsify or deliberately fail to provide complete and accurate information during an investigation may be required to “show cause why its membership in the conference should not be suspended or terminated,” the Big Ten’s 2011-12 handbook says.[/I] Music to my ears, and a potentially powerful weapon. The implication is that in cases where an affirmative duty applies, failure to act is severely punishable. A narrow reading would suggest that this applies only in cases where an actual "investigation" occurs. I have not read the B10 Handbook, but I wonder if horrifying violations of the Clery Act qualify as a failure to provide information during an investigation. Maybe a stretch. More germane, Joe Paterno - who is the central power figure in this whole freaking mess - apparently lied to the grand jury. Was that an investigation? [I]“This whole situation is unprecedented,” said Sally Mason, president of the University of Iowa and chair of the Council of Presidents and Chancellors. “It’s sports-related, but there were very significant moral, legal, and institutional failures.”[/I] Sounds like the academic leader of the B10 believes this is a football AND institutional issue. I am glad to hear that. I don't care who brings the hammer down, just do it. Let the B10 tell PSU that they need to get back to being a University, and not a football factory. Fine by me. [/QUOTE]

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