I'm not arguing it's a bad rational. I get why some would. But to insinuate that those who disagree with that stance condone the acts is incredibly stupid.
Jamie Pollard needs to go. He isn't managing the Athletic Department with any sense for this era. The lack of basic contracts and other instruments to mitigate the risks we faced with losing all of our players, the negligence in not updating Campbell's contract, and the joke of a hiring process for the replacement all indicate to me that he has done all he can do in his position and that its time to move on. People who were good at their job always come to the point that its time to move on.
I think you need to read the court transcripts and read one of the follow-up books. To this day, Penn State officially and unofficially spins this story and does not accept much responsibility for a horrific 20 year saga. The crimes were in plain sight, in a town the size of Ames. The cover-up was as bad as the crimes. Joe Paterno is no doubt a coaching icon, but he looked the other way, and did not respond to complaints made to him for many years. The administration acted similarly.
Just to focus in on one part of your comment... When you say "basic contracts" in the bolded sentence, do you mean contracts with players? Because I'm pretty confident that any kind of contract that an athletic department tried to enforce with a player to keep them at a university would be shot down immediately by a court. There are a lot of reasons why thousands of FBS players will be in the transfer portal this year, and none of them are that no one thought of "make them sign contracts."
Yep. As long as the NCAA holds on to academic/amateur status for players, the schools will have no authority to contract with players for playing. Rev share is the result of a court settlement, NIL needs to be funded outside of the department.
Agree. Even if they were able to be legally enforced, it doesn't mean it's the right approach.
Don't know what reality you are in but its not the current one. Update Campbell's contract? You mean update it from August 2025? Maybe kidnap his kids and force him to sign to our exact terms so he never leaves? Force kids to contacts when no one else does?
Victim #1 wrote a book about the horrors he and his family suffered for coming forward. The victims really wind up with a life sentence. He had suicidal thoughts after coming forward and whatever he tried to use in his closet wasn’t high enough. Different perpetrators, but Virginia Guiffre’s suicide was years later. Revolting how PSU treated these children.
Completely agree. You can’t entirely judge a decision based on the outcome because you negate so many things out of your control like luck. All you really can do is evaluate the process you used to make the decision. Sometimes you make the right call and it doesn’t work out. I can stop at a red light and get rear-ended. Does that mean I made a bad decision?
How about Campbell talking about how awesome a guy Paterno was?
First, not a JP apologist but I think there is a method to the madness. We’ve got the $21-22 million covered for the next year or so. Then, seemingly all bets are off. I think JP putting any incoming NIL $$ into the House Settlement kitty helps insure the long term viability of ALL sports.
