Did Penn State get off too easy?

[mattpegher]

As Penn State gets ready to celebrate the anniversary of Joe Paterno's first win, the question in my mind is should the university have been punished more severely for its complicity. Anyone who knows the university culture can plainly see that nothing is more important than football. And history shows that that included the safety of children. Joe Paterno was ceremoniously fired and of course Sandusky is in jail but the University financial machine that is their football program got off scott free.
I have long proposed that the university should have been banned from football for a period of 10 years. I know many would say that that only punishes the students. However, there is no argument to suggest that current student athletes could not transfer to other colleges. I propose that the university would be obligated to continue their agreement for financial support and tuition. Also any player that seriously is considering a future in the pro's would be quickly courted by other teams, and those that were not should consider that their future is better served by maximizing their college education. Of course there would be plenty of options for future student athletes to seek other colleges. So I propose that the only true victims of such a punishment would be the corporate assholes that created this culture of corruption.

 

[shortylickens]

No.

1: The rapist is in jail until he dies.

2: The boss got hammered and humiliated, then he died.

3: The school was fined lots of money AND lost all their trophies.

4: Everyone, including students, had to go thru loads of rape-awareness training.

Theres nothing else to do. No sense in punishing innocent people, that just creates more hostility.

 

[TheVrolok]

Really sad they went on to honor Paterno.