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It's pretty creepy that PSU is fighting this penalty. It makes you wonder how common this type of thing is up in that area. It's like they're saying, "it was only a few boys who got raped because of our gross and reckless negligence, it's not like players smoked weed, got a summer job, got caught driving without a license, or any of those REAL violations."NavetG8r;n150898 said:I'm with J on this one. There were school officials that knew about this and decided to turn a blind eye to it instead of doing what's right because they knew if word got out it would negatively affect their football program. That's where the NCAA needed to make a statement, and they did. If they recall the punishments they may as well say it's ok to hide bad things from the public so those bad things don't negatively affect your recruiting. That's not acceptable.
I didn't get the connection to the NCAA when this first happened and initially my reaction was that it needs to be dealt with in the justice system. But once you realize the reason these incidents were allowed to continue, you also realize that the NCAA HAS to get involved. It's not double jeopardy. You're rightfully penalizing an institution, for the actions of their members as it pertains to their athletics. That's exactly what the NCAA exists to do.