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iossarian7/23/2012 8:54:42 am PDT

re: #153 garhighway

Yeah, and the thieve’s kids didn’t know Dad was a thief. He still goes to jail.

I AGREE.

I’m sorry if I haven’t made this clear. I agree that PSU should be punished. In fact I think they should have self-punished themselves.

My ONLY point is that any such punishment pretty much automatically is visited on students who had nothing to do with the actual offenses. And my ONLY reason for bringing it up is that some people opposed suspending the football program on the basis that it would “punish current players”.

The current solution that the NCAA has devised essentially makes PSU pay out, without damaging the lucrative TV contracts that the Big 10 has negotiated (though we will see what the Big 10 punishment, apparently arriving soon, will be). The hit that PSU takes will be mostly visited on non-revenue sports and the general student/academic body, because that is how the budget system works.