While the Nittany Lions will play this upcoming season and won't be held off television, they did incur heavy penalties for looking the other way during defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky's child sex abuse scandal.
That's 112 wins, enough to knock the late Joe Paterno from No. 1 winningest coach all the way down to No. 12 on the list.
But sports fans appear to be split down the middle. Some folks think the punishment didn't fit the crime, and that Paterno deserved better, having built the football program practically from scratch.
Others feel Paterno looked the other way, showing he valued his dearly beloved football program over human life. So I pose this question to you...
I was in support of as strong as a punishment as possible, yet I am glad they didn't cancel the season. It would have made them a natural "triumph" story when they came back and that would have been equally as disgusting. I think this is the right way to go.
ReplyDeleteThe wrong people are paying the price for these heinous acts. Current student athletes who have worked their whole lives for D-I opportunities and more now have lost chances to play in bowl games, their sports have lost funding, etc. I understand the program had to be punished, but you just wish there was a way to more directly tie the reprimands to those who were responsible for the crimes.
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