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Sandusky Report
July 12, 2012 - 9:10am
Hall of Fame coach Joe Paterno and other senior officials "concealed critical facts" about Jerry Sandusky's child abuse because they were worried about bad publicity, according to an internal investigation into the scandal.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/story/2012/07/12/penn-state-jerry-...
The most recent Sports Illustrated has a great article (can't seem to find it online) about a college football player at Virginia who joins a hunger strike as part of a campaign to get the school to pay a living wage to janitors, cafeteria workers, etc.
But it really gives great examples of what a pure business college sports have become. It's worth tens of millions of dollars a year at some schools. And it means a lot of bad shit goes down because nothing can be allowed to threaten the sports programs, particularly football. I was shocked at what Sandusky did, but not surprised that others would cover it up.
The NCAA slammed Penn State with an unprecedented series of penalties Monday, including a $60 million US fine and the loss of all coach Joe Paterno's victories from 1998-2011, in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
Other sanctions include a four-year ban on bowl games, the loss of 20 scholarships per year over four years and five years' probation. The NCAA also said that any current or incoming football players are free to immediately transfer and compete at another school.
NCAA President Mark Emmert announced the staggering sanctions at a news conference in Indianapolis. Though the NCAA stopped short of imposing the "death penalty" - shutting down the Nittany Lions' program completely - the punishment is still crippling for a team that is trying to start over with a new coach and a new outlook.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/story/2012/07/23/sp-football-joe-paterno-jerry-sandusky-penn-state-ncaa-punishment.html I presume this will be challenged in the courts.Penn State announced they will not challenge the sanctions at all but will accept them in their entirety
I just heard that on the CBC news. Interesting.
This shouldn't even be in the hands of the NCAA. This wasn't an athletic issue. They didn't recruit players illegally, pay them under the table or help them cheat in their academics. This is a criminal matter. People need to go to jail, including the former president of the university.
Jerry Sandusky was sentenced today to a minimum of 30 years and maximum of 60 years in prison. Given that he's now 68 years old, it almost certainly means that he'll spend the rest of his life in prison.