Penn State's Child Rape Cover Up

[jimmy olsen]

 

http://www.theonion.com/articles/joe-paternos-name-to-remain-on-joe-paterno-center,28796/

[katmai]

The freaks are those that are height challenged.

[CountDeMoney]

The freaks are those that are height challenged.

[Eddie Teach]

I'm uncomfortable around people taller than me.

[grumbler]

In urban areas, basketball has an advantage over baseball and football (all varieties), because basketball courts require less space.

Duh! 

[crazy canuck]

I'm uncomfortable around people taller than me.

So am I.

[katmai]

NCAA should allow Penn State players to transfer without restrictions, an advocacy group says
2 hours 30 minutes ago

A student-athlete advocacy group has asked the NCAA to lift all transfer restrictions for Penn State football players, allowing them to switch schools without penalty. The request comes in the wake of the school-funded Freeh Commission concluding that administrators and coaches helped conceal the Jerry Sandusky sexual molestation scandal.

The request would allow any Penn State player to become immediately eligible to play at any other program and still receive a full scholarship. It would also allow other schools to communicate with players about potential transfers. NCAA rules stipulate a player on scholarship who transfers must sit out one year before becoming eligible.

Former UCLA linebacker Ramogi Huma is the president of the National College Players Association. (AP) Citing "an apparent cover-up by Penn State officials" of Sandusky's crimes over a decade, Ramogi Huma, the president of the California-based National College Players Association, called for the NCAA to remember current student-athletes are innocent bystanders in this case.

"While Penn State coaches and administrators have been implicated in heinous activities, Penn State football players have done nothing wrong," Huma wrote in a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert dated Tuesday.

Emmert said Monday on PBS that he's "never seen anything as egregious as this in terms of just overall conduct and behavior inside a university" and that in terms of potential punishment for the university he didn't want to take "anything off the table."

That includes a possible "Death Penalty," which would prohibit Penn State from fielding a team for a period of time. The school said Tuesday that it was in the process of responding to the NCAA about possible violations stemming from the Freeh report findings.

Huma suggested that one potential action would be lifting the NCAA's restrictive transfer policy. NCAA rules also prohibit a school from communicating with a potential transfer unless Penn State grants a release. A player's inability to test the waters stymies possible movement.

It's common for the NCAA to relax the prohibitions when schools are facing bans on post-season competition, among other situations.

"The actions of Penn State officials have already tarnished the experience of Penn State football players," Huma said. "Penn State officials should not be given the power to hold players' financial aid and athletic opportunities hostage."

In an interview Tuesday evening, Huma said he did not know if any Penn State players were interested in transferring, he just wanted them to have the option to do so without penalty.

"This has been something we have been advocating for a long time," Huma said of his organization's opposition to transfer rules. "Our position is a school should never be allowed to hold a player hostage, let alone a school whose action may warrant the death penalty.

"In light of President Emmert's comments, we want the transfer restrictions to be a consideration when he is handing down a punishment, if there is a punishment."

Huma said that while it may be difficult for a player to transfer on the eve of the season, each current member of the program should retain the right to leave without restriction at a later date.

"The president of Penn State is thinking about taking down the statue of Joe Paterno [the coach who the majority of these players signed to play for]," Huma said. "No one can blame a Penn State football player for wanting to list a different school on his resume the rest of his life."

Huma played linebacker at UCLA from 1995-99. He founded the NCPA in 1997 to argue for student-athlete rights after a teammate was suspended for receiving groceries he otherwise couldn't afford.

The NCPA has worked in recent years for improved health care for players, the use of new television revenue to make up for cost of living shortfalls and other issues to improve the experience for players

[Berkut]

Arizona could use them some guys!

[katmai]

Arizona could use them some guys!

Don't lie Berkie, you squee'd when saw the ESPN Mag Body issue with Gronk on the cover

[Berkut]

The what with the who?

[katmai]

ESPN the Magazine did their yearly "The Body" issue where famous athletes pose naked. This year that had like 6-7 different covers, one of them was Gronkowski.

[Berkut]

Ahhh.

Don't get me wrong, I like the Gronk, but I don't have any special affection for him. He dominated the games he played at Arizona, but he didn't play enough to really become a favorite.

[jimmy olsen]

Holy shit! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2zEe-MO0pY

[jimmy olsen]

Wow, that's a hell of a penalty. Can't see them actually doing that though, it would cost too much money.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/jim-delany-wants-the-power-to-fire-coaches/30771

Jim Delany Wants the Power to Fire Coaches

July 19, 2012, 7:24 am

By Brad Wolverton

The Big Ten is mulling a proposal that would give its commissioner, already one of the most powerful men in college sports, the authority to fire coaches himself, The Chronicle reports today.

The proposal, part of a plan being circulated among Big Ten leaders, would give James E. Delany, who has overseen the league since 1989, and a powerful committee of conference presidents the ability to penalize individual members of an institution, should their actions significantly harm the league's reputation.

The sanctions, spelled out in a document obtained by The Chronicle, could include financial penalties, suspension, or termination of employment.

The proposal, which has not been approved, is part of an 18-page plan prompted by problems at Penn State, where a former assistant football coach repeatedly molested children on campus property while university leaders turned a blind eye.

The ideas are designed in part to root out problems that could include coaches or athletic officials who interfere with normal admissions, compliance, hiring, or disciplinary processes, the document says.

The plan calls for Big Ten universities to empower presidents and athletic directors and have policies to dissuade rogue boosters and trustees with inappropriate involvement in programs from trying to influence university leaders' decisions.

Big Ten officials are still in the early stages of debating how to handle fallout from the scandal. Among other ideas, the league's presidents and chancellors could consider removing Penn State from the conference, one Big Ten leader told The Chronicle.

The Big Ten Conference Handbook, which governs the league's operations, does not contain language addressing a situation as egregious as what happened at Penn State.

But the conference's bylaws prescribe potentially severe penalties for member institutions that break lesser rules. Any Big Ten university that employs or retains workers who intentionally falsify or deliberately fail to provide complete and accurate information during an investigation may be required to "show cause why its membership in the conference should not be suspended or terminated," the Big Ten's 2011-12 handbook says.

At least four top Penn State officials—including Graham B. Spanier, the former president, and Timothy M. Curley, the athletic director on administrative leave—failed to paint an accurate picture of how much they knew about Jerry Sandusky, the former coach convicted on 45 counts of child sex abuse, according to an  independent report released last week. Both Spanier and Curley were part of a culture that tried to "actively conceal" abuse by the former coach, the report said.

The Big Ten's 12-member Council of Presidents and Chancellors must approve any decision to suspend, expel, or place on probation any member of the conference. According to the conference handbook, expulsion requires a vote of not less than 60 percent of the full council (a Big Ten spokesman said that figure is actually 70 percent, or eight members, which will be reflected in the 2012-13 handbook).

The Big Ten does not have a contingency scheduling plan should Penn State's football team be banned from playing this or any season, a senior league official told The Chronicle. But fallout from the scandal has many Big Ten leaders on edge.

"This whole situation is unprecedented," said Sally Mason, president of the University of Iowa and chair of the Council of Presidents and Chancellors. "It's sports-related, but there were very significant moral, legal, and institutional failures."

She and her colleagues plan to discuss those problems in coming weeks, but she has no early sign of what they may decide. "Until all of our presidents and chancellors sit down and talk in depth," she said, "I have no idea of what the outcome is likely to be, and I wouldn't want to predict."

[Malthus]

I'm uncomfortable around people taller than me.

So am I.