‘Sweet Caroline’ No Longer Welcome at Penn State Football Games: Appropriate or Overreaction?

by Fef Posted 2012/08/27 22:00:00

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Tiffiny Sumbry 2012/08/28 16:15:58

Overreaction

+3
All the lols deserved for this one. But if they ban it they keep making news about it. Unless it was that coach that picked the song, leave school traditions alone. And I'm sure even if banned, students would still sing it.

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John Wilkinson 2012/08/28 16:15:34

Overreaction

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Absolutely ridiculouse, twisted minded, pathetic, ludicrous, and coming from the minds of people with loose screws, and their elevator is not stopping on any floors. It's completely out of order.

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Ron 2012/08/28 16:11:17 (edited)

Overreaction

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This is getting rediculous... Penn State built up a great reputation through out the years and doesn't deserve to have it brought to end because of one individual who's sexual wires are crossed. I agree it wasn't handled correctly but to penalize the fans and the team is just not in the best interest of the school, players or the fans.... perhaps the best thing would be to replace the whole administrative staff as they seem to be asshamed of what happened and are not proud of their schools accomplishments.....

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Emmy 2012/08/28 16:10:36

Overreaction

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Well just cut those lyrics! On the radio they don't just cancel a song playing because of the lyrics, they cut them out! It makes some sense of cutting it because of the coach who was a pedo, but slot of people look forward to this song. This is turning into a rant.. Lol

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mikeyavelli 2012/08/28 16:08:01

Overreaction

that and the fact that all penn state players will be dry cleaned after the games.

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dave.urbik 2012/08/28 15:56:54

Overreaction

+3
Seems like a feeble attempt at damage control as an afterthought. I would think there would have to be a more practical way to put things right!

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gaylehelen 2012/08/28 15:55:50

Appropriate

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We Red Sox fans cannot figure out how this song came to be our so-called theme song. Fans have urged Fenway not to play it anymore. It's just stupid.
Good for Penn State. The song has nothing to do with sports of any kind. Real sports that is.

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Mary to gaylehelen 2012/08/28 16:49:17

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yes, save the song please. Even though there was more than touching that that wasted , sick man did, The song has nothing to do with what he did, but it also has nothing to do with sports, and does not fit.

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stevegtexas@aol.com 2012/08/28 15:55:00

Appropriate

+1
stevegtexas@aol.com ANSWERED: who comes up with this stuff? QUESTION by FEF: ‘Sweet Caroline’ No Longer Welcome at Penn State Football Games: Appropriate or Overreaction?

by FefPostedAugust 27, 2012 (17 hours ago)

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ssmithix 2012/08/28 15:46:46

Appropriate

+1
Good for penn st

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fightin... to ssmithix 2012/08/28 17:04:25

Another hater. Punish the entire Penn State community; past, present, and future, because of the crimes of one man. That's what I call real justice.

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Mary to fightin... 2012/09/03 14:55:26

tough, that's what happens f\deal with it

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fightin... to Mary 2012/09/03 16:32:12

That's what happens? Really Mary? Since when? It has happened once, so maybe you should rephrase that into "tough, that's what happened. f/deal with it". Actually I wish it would happen more often. For example, when politicians commit crimes the entire political party and everyone who voted for them should get punished.

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Mary to fightin... 2012/09/16 13:52:16

yes, since this is about the fact that the song was taken away , and it was more than one man involved, the big guy knew, other guys knew, but the spineless representatives of the football team looked the other way, along with the guys wife. This is just one of the consequences, though there are many. Leaving out the song is not a punishment, the song was written for something other than other than football in the first place, ask Neil Diamond what he thinks about it, He wrote the song. Many people wish it would happen more often too.

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BBLEE 2012/08/28 15:37:57

Overreaction

+3
Where was all the concern when little Boys were being raped?

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Sescritters 2012/08/28 15:36:45

Overreaction

+2
How stupid. Penn ST. has more things to worry about then this song.

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us 2012/08/28 15:26:25

Overreaction

+4
It sad to blame a song, when people covered up what was going on.
Shame on all that knew about it.

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Pickles 2012/08/28 15:22:59

Overreaction

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Oh my good Lord!! What a wacky country you people live in! Anyone can get a gun so they can blow people's heads off . . . but watch out that the lyrics of a beloved classic song might offend someone!

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Mary to Pickles 2012/09/03 15:02:03

its all connected, people blow peoples head off probably because they have been abused by a pedophile, so, yes we do get offended, and these pukes have offended children, Talk to people in the can, how many of them have been sexually abused.

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BlondeAphrodite 2012/08/28 15:22:49

Appropriate

+3
i do hate that song

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AR to BlondeA... 2012/08/28 15:30:17

+3
You're an idiot

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ssmithix to AR 2012/08/28 15:51:19

+2
The song sucks

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BlondeA... to AR 2012/08/28 16:36:09

+1
and you're deaf

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jasmine1 2012/08/28 15:22:43

Overreaction

+4
This is horse manure. I do not know what this country is coming to with all these goodie two shoes. The song has been fine for 45 years and now they do not want to play it. Give me a break. What jerks!

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Voicedude 2012/08/28 15:16:54

Overreaction

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Like the lyrical overreaction after 9/11, this is PC Gone Wild! As a tasteful decision in sensitivity, I applaud their heads up attention to what might be a touchy issue. But whatever moron splashed this all over the front page of topics is an expert at throwing gasoline on fires! They should be working for TMZ instead, eh?

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charles nelson 2012/08/28 15:08:44

Appropriate

+1
thats real touching

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fooley177 2012/08/28 15:06:09

Appropriate

+3
Neil Diamond SUCKS! How can anyone be subjected to such cruel and unusual punishment just for the crime of going to a sporting event? They also play Sweet Caroline at Red Sox games, which is why they are close to last place in the standings. I think it would be far more appropriate to play tunes like 'Helter Skelter' by the Beatles or 'Anyway There Ain't No Telephones In The Zoo' by The Psychopaths.

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the d*ck 2012/08/28 15:03:53

Overreaction

+1
They also changed the lyrics to walking in a winter wonderland
That song is clearly about adultery

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Bud 2012/08/28 15:03:07

Overreaction

+3
STUPID!

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bill 2012/08/28 15:02:36

Overreaction

+1
what the hell is wrong with this world. always soms dumbass trying to make trouble.be glad im not in charge,just be glad

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AdWhois 2012/08/28 14:59:37 (edited)

Appropriate

+2
I wish they'd stop playing it at the Redsox games too. It's an awful song.

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bill to AdWhois 2012/08/28 15:03:49
Courtne... to AdWhois 2012/08/28 15:18:41

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@Adwhois why don't you F off that song was written for Caroline Kennedy when she was a child. any sporting team that would ban that song is over reacting

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mikeeonly 2012/08/28 14:58:03

Overreaction

+3
nonsense

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maybaby 2012/08/28 14:52:40

Overreaction

+5
Damage is already done. Jerry Sandusky is gone. Move on with life.

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Becky 2012/08/28 14:52:02

Overreaction

+1
GET OVER IT!!!!!

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Mrs.B 2012/08/28 14:52:01

Overreaction

+1
how dumb

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Howard 2012/08/28 14:51:30 (edited)

Overreaction

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The song's about emotional and spiritual 'touching' ... and even if it was about physical touching, so freaking what? These days, it seems anything that fosters actual true intimacy between people -- particularly men with women -- is branded 'taboo' and discouraged. Resist this deliberately unhealthy trend! Bit by bit, everything that encompasses the glue of a healthy, happy society is being banned and vilified because of the actions of a relative handful of bad apples. They should be the ones pressured to change, not the rest of us!

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debra ferguson 2012/08/28 14:50:32

Overreaction

+3
This song has been out for years! I'm sure everyone's heard it by now and there have been no ill effects. I doubt if anyone would have thought twice about it until now.

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Kevin 2012/08/28 14:50:27

Overreaction

+3
He's singing about Caroline not Shaft.

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