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Re: Death Penalty wasn't the answer for Penn State
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 7:59 am
by couch 'em
Mexmustang wrote:Lack of institutional control is just that, whether it involves breaking recruiting rules or molestation of young boys.
The difference of course, most schools bend the rules when it comes to recruiting, and in the early 80's SMU was far from alone. No other school (and I hope ever) hid crimes for so long against minors--Penn State is alone.
Watching Penn State on TV makes me just as angry against our administration, then and now more than the NCAA.
Just last week the Dean of the School of Education said despite the special programs at Stanford and Vanderbilt for student athletes, we would never have one! We will not lower ourselves to their standards! Last I checked Vandy was number 17 and we were number 54 or so on the BW rankings. It still goes on, second rate administrators flexing their power, when they couldn't even get hired by these schools. The old case of 'bait and switch', if we get a School of Education we will have a program for our athletes to keep them in school--BS! Just like Turner's and Copeland's, "Commitment" ten years ago!
I wonder if our sanctimonious President could have even been admitted to SMU under the rules he administered to our student athletes for the first 11 years of his administration--with his third rate junior college degree?
Careful, the Turner parade will come down on you. According to them we are to ignore his career long anti-athletics history just because the BoT made him play ball a little to protect his 2nd Century legacy.
Re: Death Penalty wasn't the answer for Penn State
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:01 am
by mustangxc
At the very least they should not be able to have any home games for a season and should not be on tv for 2 seasons.
Re: Death Penalty wasn't the answer for Penn State
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 8:59 am
by ReedFrawg
Insane_Pony_Posse wrote:couch 'em wrote:ESPN defended Paterno as long as they could then made the school out to be a victim. Shameful and disgusting.
Agreed
+1
Re: Death Penalty wasn't the answer for Penn State
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 10:55 am
by Stallion
Mexmustang is so full of crap. The average Stanford and Vanderbilt recruit probably scores 200-250 points higher on the SAT than the average June Jones recruit. SMU is the one getting the advantage over those schools not the other way around. SMU is the one signing nonqualifiers and JUCOS who were non-qualifiers and waiting for kids hoping they will qualify even a year after their class. Stanford and Vandy have impeccable records in NCAA APR statistics. June Jones couldn't coach his way out of a paper sack if he was expected to recruit the caliber of academic players Stanford and Vanderbilt get. All classes have to be availiable to the general student population under NCAA rules. In fact SMU does cluster a significant number of athletes into the Simmons School of Education and they are taking non-traditional curiculum developed partly in response to student athletes. BOTTOM LINE: June Jones would quit tommorrow if the Stanford and Vanderbilt recruiting models were instituted at SMU. Funny as hell though to listen to his [deleted].
Re: Death Penalty wasn't the answer for Penn State
Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 11:28 am
by Stallion
The arguments of Blowhards like Hoopmanx and Mexmustang always mystically disappear once you put them under the microscope. Here are the only publically availiable SAT/GPAs of Stanford players committing or signing within the last year:
Sean Barton 3.7 GPA
Eric Cotton 4.0 GPA
Alex Carter 4.1 GPA
Noor Davis 4.3 GPA
Joshua Garrett 3.97 GPA
Luke Kaumalue 3.5 GPA
Michael Lohn 3.8 GPA
Michael Rector 3.68 GPA
Aziz Shittu 3.8 GPA
Graham Shuler 3.5 GPA
Jordan Watkins 3.7 GPA
Just a ridiculous argument