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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 316720, member: 405"] Personally, I'd like to see them get the death penalty. No football program for 5 years. The arrogance their fan base has shown in light of these persistent instances of abusing young boys on university property, the university acting as a facilitator, literally giving Sandusky keys to the whole place, AFTER he had been forced into retirement. Cover-up going to the very top of the university, where its former president is looking at jail time. No remorse whatsoever from the Paterno family, but rather outright arrogance, with son Jay saying about the Freeh Report "It's just an opinion", and demanding to get to conduct their own "investigation" (i.e. we are above you all, we are ENTITLED to continue to be kings of the university). The whole thing stinks, frankly, and it will take time to heal. In the meantime, do we really want to hear announcers talking about the child molestation every single time Penn State in on TV for the next couple years? Does that do anyone any good? The by-product, of course, would be crippling of one of our major opponents on the recruiting trail. A Penn State death penalty could be a huge boost to SU football prospects. Similarly, I'd like to see UConn and Rutgers trapped in the Big East for the next 10 years or so. Long enough for the league to deteriorate in status to the point that it is considered another Conference USA. If all of that happens - (a) the Penn State penalty is justified, because what has been done there is far worse than what got SMU the death penalty back in the 80s, and there is no remorse about it from the people involved, just more coverups; (b) as for local businesses, State College will still be there, as will the 80,000 students (or however many ...) who attend the university. They may not sell as much beer and food on Saturdays, but the whole town isn't moving away; and (c) if SU can get back to "Baron" status, it will become self-perpetuating for a number of years, potentially bringing us back to the level of success we enjoyed in the 80s and 90s. [/QUOTE]

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