Reply to thread

Message

[QUOTE="OttoinGrotto, post: 1125146, member: 297"]
When it comes to the criminal justice system, I'm all for examining the things that you can do with the offender to reduce the likelihood that they offend again. Sometimes that might mean you don't bring the hammer.

In this case though... Penn State instituting reforms and checks and balances doesn't feel like enough to me. One would hope there's no question that they ceased the behavior that got them in to trouble in the first place - harboring a pedophile. But, you know, it just doesn't impress me that they've refrained from associating with pedophiles, because the thing that got them in to trouble is just so unbelievably awful and so far outside the realm of how an institution "messes up" that the standard of taking in to account a change in behavior just doesn't really apply.

I think you reduce a penalty for two reasons: 1), exemplary behavior warrants a reconsideration of the punitive terms (which I personally feel should NOT have applied in this case, because PSU's behavior doesn't impress me) or 2) you feel that the punishment meted out is excessive (which I feel was not the case, given the entirely unrepentant response by so much of the fanbase). And choosing to do this after the second week of the season boggles the mind.

This is an embarrassment to the NCAA.
[/QUOTE]

Verification

What is a Syracuse fan's favorite color?