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[QUOTE="cuseinchina, post: 755972, member: 3079"]
I grew up in Maine, where Mitchell is from and still resides for the most part, and his reputation is better than almost anyone I can think of.   And Mainers love to hate politicians.  Point taken on the steroid report, i was living in Boston at the time this came out and I remember everyone being really scared of the outcome and then really happy that no on on the sox was named - there was some criticism since I think Mitchell was either a small share owner or on the board or something of the team - but I recall critics of his initial appointment came out afterwords and said the report was fair.  Of course it came out later that Manny was using steroids the whole time (man that guy was fun to watch at the plate)...    But in any case sticking to my guns on Mitchell - friends of mine know him very well and integrity is always the word that comes up first in reference to George.    I don't know the details of the Penn state situation, but it's possible that the initial reasons for the sanctions were not sufficiently proven --- sort of like trying to convict someone for insider trading which is difficult to prove when you know you have them on tax evasion but neglect to bring charges on that front.  It's also possible that blame flowed in the wrong directions, again I don't know the details.   Mitchell would have been very detail oriented in his work and would have made sure that substantial changes had been made by the University before making his recommendation.    the outcome still sucks, but I would bet on Mitchell being a fair arbiter 10 times out of 10.
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