Penn State fined $60M, stripped of all wins from 1998 to 2011, and banned from playing football the next 4 years. What should they do with their 105,000 seat capacity football stadium slated to be empty for so long?

by tncdel Posted 2012/07/23 15:27:41

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Schläue~© 2012/07/23 15:50:07

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I thought the decision allows them to play the regular season but bans them from any post season play or bowl appearances. I could be wrong but either way, it kills their program for at least the next four years and possibly for good.
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Ken 2012/07/23 18:21:43

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They haven't been banned from playing for 4 years, only banned from Bowls for 4 years.

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relic 2012/07/23 17:10:13

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Outta' Here. 2012/07/23 16:47:02

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"Penn State ComiCon"

Rent it out for events, let inner city kids play football on it, have concerts there...

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George Romney 2012/07/23 16:06:34 (edited)

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You can't "strip" a team of its wins. I doubt the teams and players that lost all those games to one of the greatest football programs in the Country are jumping with glee for all the back-games they just won.

Punish the staff. Fire them and put them on trial. But with new players and coaches, how is it controversial to allow a University both the pride of winning on the field with their football team and the pride of winning off the field by seeing the scumbags who abused children rot in jail?

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Schläue~© 2012/07/23 15:50:07

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I thought the decision allows them to play the regular season but bans them from any post season play or bowl appearances. I could be wrong but either way, it kills their program for at least the next four years and possibly for good.

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tncdel to Schläue~© 2012/07/23 16:09:18

Maybe it does. But how many of those 105,000 seats will be filled?

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Schläue~© to tncdel 2012/07/23 16:23:18

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Not many, but perhaps the time to get concerned with that was 13 years ago?

That's what happens when people forget it's just a game and put personal ambitions above the safety of children.

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Wolfman 2012/07/23 15:47:44 (edited)

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Penn State was not given the "death" penalty; they are not banned from football. Penn State was given a four-year postseason ban, the loss of 40 scholarships over four years and a $60 million fine. They can use the stadium for football.

I believe that the punishment was just but insufficient. They should have been given the "death" penalty.

I commend the decision by Penn State to remove the statue of the disgusting accomplice to child rape.

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Sport_Geoff 2012/07/23 15:37:51

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Dont know what they can do with the stadium. No doubt, there was a coverup by the administration but this move is penalizing athlete's at Penn State that had nothing to do with the scandal. I know that they said athlete's can transfer but it probably isn't as easy as they make it sound. Why not just throw out everyone that was involved and start fresh with a new administration instead of penalizing the athlete's that had nothing to do with it?

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tncdel to Sport_G... 2012/07/23 15:47:49

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Classic "Throw the baby out with the bath water," isn't it?

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