The U could be in trouble again

But coincidentally has deep roots to Penn State so maybe he is not a good guy after all.

 

Such a stupid statement. It doesn't deserve a response.

 

Hey it was not long ago that people were responding to Joe Paterno statements like that.

Sorry but at this point my default mode is to view anyone who has been associated with Penn State Football in a skeptical manner.

 

This is collateral damage from the "Sandusky Affair". I did not read all of the Freeh Report but I did read about 80% of it onlline. Nowhere do I recall any aspersions being cast on Al Golden as a malefactor. But since he was there, he gets painted with the same tar brush as the REAL malefactors.

I need more evidence before I conclude that Al Golden might not be a good guy...

 

It's called stereotyping and it's wrong.

 

Really not looking to re-open this debate, but again, still missing the point. The death penalty was appropriate in a case like SMU (and arguably here) because it actually accomplished something of real deterrent value (stopping ongoing cheating after all other means had been exhausted) that would not have been achieved in the PSU case.

It's not necessarily about the severity of the offense, but instead the appropriate remedy for the specific harm. In the PSU case there was no ongoing molestation to stop, so it made more sense to clobber them with a massive financial penalty (of a sum greater than they what they would've lost with a one year death penalty) in a way where it could actually do some good, along with other sanctions attacking the legacy and ability to compete.

I don't believe Miami will or should get the DP, but just pointing out that the "if Penn. St. didn't get it nobody should" reasoning (which I'm sure we'll hear from now on) is fundamentally flawed shallow thinking.

 

Isn't that what you just did?

 

Have you bought your Washington State sweatshirt yet?

 

Did I?

 

Why do you think Miami shouldn't get the death penalty? They have the same scenario setup as SMU did for receiving it.

 

I bought a hat.

 

Miami won't get what Penn State got. But their honchos have got to be pissing themselves tonight with the prospects of what might happen.