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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 757490, member: 837"] Yeah, I shouldn't really knock the guy's reputation, I just tend to be skeptical that way. But what I don't think I quite understand is what the criminal charges have to do with the university's punishment (unless the NCAA cited criminal proceedings as part of it's ruling). My point is, let's take the best view possible of Ped St in this whole scandal. We still know the following is true: -- There was a pedophile running around on campus (sickening, but admittedly it can happen anywhere) -- The suspect's actions were unquestionably brought to the attention of the AD and head coach. -- The university failed to take the allegations to authorities and act in a proactive fashion, an error in judgment (again, I"m being kind here) that caused irreparable harm to many (dozens?) of young, disadvantaged kids. So maybe paterno truly was not in great health and simply made a wrong decision. But any way you slice it the university clearly had lost control of it's football program and, in fact, may have even been on board with the decision to handle the matter quietly in order to preserve the football program's and the university's reputation. In what world is not proactively and aggressively seeking justice on a matter as grave as sexual abuse of already disadvantaged youth not worthy of an extremely heavy-handed punishment? What fact comes to light that makes people feel better about the conduct of the university over the course of a 5, 10 or 20-year period? In what world do we give credit to the university for, after the fact, complying with the requirements set forth in the punishment that was handed down? It just makes no sense. I'm not out to punish the new coach and the current players, but I simply can't think of an example of a program acting in a more self-serving way at the expense of trampling the simple human rights of a group of children. It makes SMU seem laughable in almost every way imaginable. [/QUOTE]

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