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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 315416, member: 289"] I've read all 8 pages now and here is a summary of my views: 1) It's clearly a football issue. 2) The people who covered Sandusky's crimes up committed crimes themselves. If Paterno had lived, he'd be looking at some severe legal repercussions right now. Some of the others may be as well. 3) It's within the purview of the NCAA and they should take some kind of action. If a player had a DWI he'd be facing elgal consequnces but could be punished for a violation of team rules on top of that. 4) I have always felt and still feel that the punishment should not only fit the crime but should also fit the criminal. People who did nothing wrong should not suffer under the punishment. You can suspend or ban people who did wrong things and you can fine the school but I don't like probation or the death penalty because the coaches and players on the current team didn't do anything wrong but they will be punished. Penn State fans didn't root for kids to be raped, tiehr. I saw an old western recently where a hew Sherif took over and found hyis jail full of debtors who couldn't even try to repay their debts because they were in jail for not paying debts. He released them with the understanding that if they didn';t get jobs and begin to repay the debts within a certian time, they'd be back in jail. Why not suspend, ban and/or put in jail the actual people who did things wrong and have 10% of Penn State's football revenues go to the victims and child advocacy organizations, (the victims could also sue the university) with comercials against child abuse being run during their games. That would do the victims more good than a "death penalty". 5) An exchange of well thought out opinions is always good. Insulting people because of a disagreement or asserting that someone else's opinion isn't as valuable as your own is nt useful. The opinions of lawyers on legal issues certainly has value, so long as you realize you are not the only lawyer and that lawyers don't have the only valuable opinions. [/QUOTE]

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