The Lions' Pride

Oh, I agree. I totally agree with you there.

I have a crazy gut feeling that Erickson was told to sign the Consent Decree by some of the BOT Members and that they (BOT) will say that he signed nothing under duress and that they knew what they were doing.

If not why wouldn't PSU BOT already be screaming this from the rooftops? It is plain and simple, if Erickson signed it not legally then boom there you have it. But he did sign it legally because that is what he was told to do by the crooks.

Face it, at a time when everyone needed them the most the leaders of this school laid one big fat goose egg.

I don't even care to know if it changes or stays the same. They're going to grind the f*ck out of it. If I'm the NCAA, which is love to be someday, its now a big FU and damage infliction.

Please don't

Ha. Ok then, I wont... Damn

Most aren't. Most don't give much of a shit.
Many hate Joe and everything PSU and want us to burn so they can further themselves.
And many think the NCAA is absolutely ludicrous (may still hate us) but are pretty tired of the NCAA.

Not to mention with the recent negative wave, Enron-ride-of-broken-dreams like ride the NCAA is currently on. Many people stand to gain a lot by fighting them. And many of them are people with connections in Washington from both parties.

Totally agree. Bottom line is this money is for charity. The state and school should be accountable to the NCAA for the money in terms of how it was allocated and used. No problem there. If the NCAA gets the money, who is holding them accountable. Shapiro from prison???? They look like idiots IMO for doing this right now...absolute idiots. They should have said...keep the money in PA and be very detailed in your accounting for this 60 million. Instead they are saying they will pay tens of thousands if not more to fight for money allocated to go to chariy. If the victims were outside of PA, they may have legit reason. As far as I know these were all local victims.

I understand what you're saying, though I didn't reference the endowment. I was referring to the monies granted to Penn State from the State Budget. I thought that money would be fungible. I also thought any money that the NCAA received would also be fungible. That, specifically, is what I was answering another poster for - on why the NCAA cares where the money gets spent. I believe the NCAA would just use this money as a slush fund that they claim is to help against child abuse, but really just sits in their budget. In the same way that the state of Texas used their Stimulus funding that was earmarked for Education, but TX got out of by simply defunding their budget by the exact amount they received from the Federal Gov't.

Wow!!! Emmert's ego is just soooooooo f@cking big!!!!

Why does he/NCAA care where the money is spent as long as it is spent to protect children? The answer is simple. He thinks he is God. This is a fight where there is no upside to the NCAA other than ego/power tripping.

And claiming the money is "theirs"? Technically it is not theirs. It is restricted money to be used for the sole purpose of giving to organizations that protect children. Period. It's not theirs.

Man, I hope somehow, someway they can be taken down.

EMMERT is a Class A, A-Hole

Emmert had already promised this money to his friends on boards of select charities around the country...just a guess..the size of the fine is ridiculous in itself

corruption is corruption

To put it bluntly, Fuck them. They want the $ outside of PA so they can take their cut. The entire fine should go directly to charity. NCAA should not be allowed to touch it.

Since it's in escrow now, decide which charity they want it to go too. That's fair and helps victims. Lining their own pockets with their ill gotten cash does nothing for victims. But we all know the NCAA only cares about victims when it's convenient for their own purposes.

No your right, I actually was just trying to drive the point that the only way sanctions get put on hold is if the university appeals.