Report: NCAA considered "death penalty" for Penn State football

[TheMightyFavog]

http://deadspin.com/report-penn-state-football-was-almost-given-the-death-1658638946?utm_campaign=socialflow_deadspin_facebook&utm_source=deadspin_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Another day, another embarrassing set of e-mails made public by the ongoing lawsuit by Pennsylvania state officials against the NCAA over the 2012 sanctions imposed upon Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky case, and this time it's a big one. According to the Associated Press, a 2012 e-mail from NCAA attorney David Remy to Penn State attorney Gene Marsh reveals that the NCAA was prepared to kill Penn State's football program entirely:

The email recounts that on July 17, 2012 — less than a week before the Penn State sanctions were announced — a majority on the NCAA executive committee favored the "death penalty" that would shut down the football program for several years.

In the September 2012 email, Remy reiterated that he had previously told Marsh that the death penalty was not reserved for repeat offenders and that a traditional enforcement process would likely result in its imposition.

"In a subsequent call we informed you that it was Penn State's cooperation and transparency that encouraged members of the executive committee to forgo the pursuit of a stop in play," Remy wrote.

If the NCAA had any stones, they would have followed through.

[msongs]

1. totally inappropriate to punish players for the crimes of a few coaches and staff members nt

[Wella]

2. What they need to do is put then Penn State President Graham Spanier in JAIL.

According to PA state law, educators may report child sexual abuse up the chain of command, but when there is no more chain, the guy in command MUST report the abuse of the children by law. Spanier WAS the guy in command and did NOTHING. He sat on his hands and let those kids continue to be abused on Penn State's campus.

The players shouldn't suffer for the criminal acts of Graham Spanier.

[GreatGazoo]

4. They were also abused on private jets by Sandusky and Penn State donors

with witnesses, the pilots, present. A culture of corruption and abuse years in the making.

Yes -- others should go to jail.

Also, NCAA players should actually get a college education as part of their deal -- not just be used for 70 hours of unpaid athletic work every week. Either that or pay them.

[Wella]

7. Then get the donors asses in jail too.

Any one who touched a kid.

[NobodyHere]

8. Link?

That they were abused by Penn State donors with pilots witnessing it?

[Warpy]

3. Consider how much better the university might have become

if they didn't squander so much money on football, if they didn't have to preserve dummy classes for jocks with phenomenal sports talent but no academic talent.

[GreatGazoo]

5. Having fast reflexes and coordination correlates with higher IQ.

Fast brain = fast body.

I think the problem is not how much the college spends on football but how much they make! The brand colleges sell to students is based on the performance of people who are given almost no time to study or attend classes.

Many athletes are brilliant (at least until the concussions have effect).

[Travis_0004]

6. Penn state football made 40 million on profit

That money is used for other sports which are not profitable

[BKH70041]

9. "a majority on the NCAA executive committee" = Pitt fans