The Lions' Pride

I'll attempt to give my imput, eventhough it may not be the best way I could put it at the moment:

The "recuring wound" part, would mean less on the legacy of Paterno, but more on the university as a whole, because, like it or not by most of the Nation, Paterno was seen as much more than just our football coach. To many, he WAS Penn State. I know it's hard for US to believe, but for many people who don't follow college football, Paterno's name is still, and may very well remain, synomous to the universiy as a whole. By taking this statue down from outside Beaver Stadium, it helps to give the football program, which will forever be tarnished in the eyes of the nation, a fresh start, and a new identity. It also helps to give the University a tad bit of closure from this horrible situation.

Now, we as fans, alumni and current students all know what this mess was about, and although we my not ever know the extent of Joe's envolvement in the scandal, we will always associate Joe's name to the prominance of our football program. We can honor Joe forever in our minds and hearts, as many have lived this great adventure he took us on; for good and bad. And, we will always have(at least I assume), a place to pay our tributes to Joe(ie. hopefully the statute is move into the football museum).

I really feel bad for the future students and fans of Penn State University. No longer are they going to be able to walk up to the statue on game days, and put their arm around the shoulder of coach, and get a picture. I will never be able to take my little ones up there, and get their picture taken by the once iconic playcaller. It hurts me more that the future generations are not going to be able to experience this tribute like I, and many of you were.

I closing, could you imagine the problems this statue still being errected would have caused when opposing schools visited our great stadium? they would have to have armed security, and possible even a barrier errected around the statue to protect it from all the hate swirling around out there. IMO, that's no way to have to honor a legend.

Again, just my 2 cents.

You are wrong. NCAA will NOT do anything.

If the statue stated, some nutjob would have tried to take it down himself, and sheer madness would have ensued, causing people to get hurt.

I disagree ... I don't think that would happen.

Time to move on....

Do you want to take back your statement?

To quote mgoblog, a pretty damned good sports blog....

NCAA matters. The Paterno debate closes as another one re-opens: should the NCAA step in and hammer Penn State for the above? I'm on the "no" side. The NCAA has an enforcement mechanism to maintain its own set of rules for things that the legal system has nothing to say about. Here, the perpetrators are going to jail. That is an appropriate punishment and effective deterrent. The NCAA stepping in is redundant, and the hammer would fall on a completely unrelated set of people. The legal system has a laser-aimed bazooka; the NCAA would be deploying a wonky BB gun with a misaligned sight. Meanwhile, the Department of Education could look into Penn State essentially ignoring the Clery act and PSU is about to be flooded with civil lawsuits that insurance probably won't cover. Deterrence: check.

source: http://mgoblog.com/content/unverified-voracity-coins-nickname

if the rumor is right they have already decided that players can transfer and play THIS YEAR, same with 2012 recruits who have signed a LOI. That is a fair compromise for those kids.

409... new meaning, years until PSU plays football again.

I read somewhere they where moving the statue to a museum? Seen the press conference coming Monday. Hope it don't crush the football program. I can't lie I quit using several sites last year due to penn state fans trolling OSU boards that lacked moderators. I cant bring myself to troll any boards unless its tsun. Best of luck though.

What the PSU Administration is doing reminds me of what happened in an epic movie, "The Ten Commandments", starring Charleston Heston. In a key part of the movie Moses renounces his position as Prince of Egypt to lead the Hebrews out of Egypt; at that time, Moses' greatest fan, the current Pharaoh, issues an edict that the name of Moses shall be stricken form every tablet, statue and plaque in all of Egypt, and that the name of Moses shall never be spoken again, under penalty of death! Well at the moment of his death, this very Pharaoh speaks his name in loving praise.

When all the craziness ends, and all discover and understand what a great man they have purged, they will bemoan this day and what they have done to this man's family, fans and his memory. Poor fools!

It is true that the NCAA does not have jurisdiction in this matter.

The institution that does have jusrisdiction over everything that happens or has happened at PSU is the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, the body that accredits Penn State. This fact is indisputable.

The Middle States Association should strip Penn State of its accreditation. PSU has made an absolutle mockery of he Commission's standards regarding integrity, governance by the administration and trustees, school climate and safe environment.

You won't have to worry about an NCAA death penalty...because you will no longer be a member of the NCAA. Death penalty for the football program? How about the death penalty for every sport at Penn State?

In addition, Penn State would no longer receive federal funds. Students attending PSU on federally funded student loans would have to transfer.

Forget the NCAA. They don't have jurisdiction. The Middle States Commission absolutely does.

Or some day you will finally realize this man you think is so great turned a blind eye to child molestation allowing more innocent kids to get hurt. Great men don't wait to report this because they "didn't want to ruin anyones weekend".

HE did it to be humane, not because he's lazy.

Remember letting a child molestor to run wild is "humane"