Tuesday, July 24, 2012

More Penn State

Other schools have been trashed an equal amount, if not more, for "victimless crimes" like recruiting violations, so is it penalty enough?

Penn State Is Hit Hard. Is It Enough? - NYTimes.com

...But at big-time sports schools, football is always placed ahead of everything else. The essential hypocrisy of college sports is that too many athletes are not real students — and no one cares. Coaches make millions and lose their jobs if they fail to win. Universities reap millions by filling stadiums and making attractive television deals. They serve as the minor leagues for the pros. Everybody knows this — including the N.C.A.A. The notion that the Penn State case is going to change all of college sports is absurd. College football almost can’t help but corrode academic values. Nothing that happened on Monday is going to change any of that..

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