Playoffs?

PLAYOFFS?!

TFA:

The student-athletes were ineligible due in large part to Caltech's unique academic policy that allows students to "shop" for courses during a three-week period of each quarter before finalizing their class schedules. During those three weeks, because they were not actually registered in some or all of the courses they are attending, some students were not enrolled on a full-time basis.

These are very important parameters to monitor and there must be consequences for breaking the rules. I for one am disgusted by Cal Tech's behavior, especially the blind eye the Board of Trustees has turned to the issue.

SHUT THEM DOWN!

University security has been tightened around the school's Nobel Prize trophies.

While the NCAA is not *literally* farking students in the showers, they help use and abuse student athletes in worse ways.

Remember, if you are a student and get caught doing something you aren't supposed to (selling autographs for tattoos, accepting dinner from a booster, etc etc), your entire program suffers, you forfeit past wins, you get hit by sanctions, and your entire program suffers for years.

If you are Penn State Football, however, your head coach can cover up a sexual abuse scandal for 14 years and suddenly "that is outside the NCAA's jurisdiction"

It is bullshiat. Shut down Penn State football for 2-3 years, let the mouth breathers on ESPN biatch and moan about it (but they always must mention how the real victims are the kids) and move on.

Someone said that "Does one bad thing ruin years of good behavior". In this case? Yes. 14 years of covering up a child rapist makes up for the library he donated money to and the other charitable work he did. Do you know why? Because a library can't get raped in the goddamn shower by a 60 year old man.

fark Penn State and fark the Paterno family and fark Joe Pa.

MBK: Shut down Penn State football for 2-3 years,

I think that any money made by Penn State football program should go towards the victims, as long as they are alive.

vernonFL: I think that any money made by Penn State football program should go towards the victims, as long as they are alive.

If I were a Sandusky victim, I would personally go to every PSU homegame with a sign that said "I got raped by a 60 year old man and Joe Pa didn't do anything to stop it"

It allowed 30 ineligible student-athletes in 12 sports to practice or compete during four academic years, according to findings by the NCAA Division III Committee on Infractions.

Per the NCAA, raping boys in showers is still OK, though.

Since when do Caltech athletes make the playoffs in anything?

MBK: vernonFL: I think that any money made by Penn State football program should go towards the victims, as long as they are alive.

If I were a Sandusky victim, I would personally go to every PSU homegame with a sign that said "I got raped by a 60 year old man and Joe Pa didn't do anything to stop it"

And you'd be dead about 60 seconds after you showed up.

CSB:

The year before I joined my college rugby team, they had played Cal Tech during that season. When I heard about it, I said "You must have slaughtered them....like the Alpha Betas versus Lambda Lambda Lambda."

Apparently, that wasn't the case. Cal Tech's team had a lot of players who were originally from Australia, New Zealand, England, etc......and they kicked ass on the field.

ThatGuyGreg: Playoffs?

PLAYOFFS?!


Don't talk about playoffs! Playoffs? You kidding me?

/Realize that Jim Mora's famous quote is beyond old.
//Still makes me chuckle every time I hear it, though.

cgraves67: Athletics Director: If you do, the NCAA will shut down the program and we'll all be out of a job and the school will lose money and our reputation will be ruined.

Um, no, its because they let it go on for so long that the NCAA should be pissed. If they would have done something about it when they should have, the repercussions would be much less.

cgraves67: While I can understand why peope favor shuttung down Penn State athletics, I don't think it's wise. It really disincentivises whistleblowing. A person who is considering ratting out their personnel or program will observe that it would have a negative effect on their own livelihood.

Asst. Coach: I saw what the coach did. I'm going to the police!

Athletics Director: If you do, the NCAA will shut down the program and we'll all be out of a job and the school will lose money and our reputation will be ruined.

Asst. Coach: Crap.

No, it disincentivizes coverups.

Very few people would be calling for the program to be shut down if they had actually taken real action against Sandusky in 1998 instead of allowing him to continue raping children on school grounds for 14 years.

vernonFL: While the NCAA is not *literally* farking students in the showers, they help use and abuse student athletes in worse ways.

Not untrue, actually.

In other words, CalTech didn't lack institutional control, they had an abundance of institutional apathy towards athletics.

yea for CalTech. now if only all schools took this attitude.

and for Penn State i hope that each and every living person who helped hide this disgusting behavior is sued until they are destitute. then they become homeless and sick and people skirt them as they are laying in the gutter.

as for Joe Pa there should be contests to see who can piss the most on his grave.

Babwa Wawa: cgraves67: While I can understand why peope favor shuttung down Penn State athletics, I don't think it's wise. It really disincentivises whistleblowing. A person who is considering ratting out their personnel or program will observe that it would have a negative effect on their own livelihood.

Asst. Coach: I saw what the coach did. I'm going to the police!

Athletics Director: If you do, the NCAA will shut down the program and we'll all be out of a job and the school will lose money and our reputation will be ruined.

Asst. Coach: Crap.

No, it disincentivizes coverups.

Very few people would be calling for the program to be shut down if they had actually taken real action against Sandusky in 1998 instead of allowing him to continue raping children on school grounds for 14 years.

Yep, that right there. If the original commenter's situation happened, and they acted on it quickly... the NCAA and everyone would applaud them. Especially after this Penn State scandal.

If I were a University president, I'd be sicked that it happened... but I'd be happy to have a press conference where I could say "we caught this guy, fired him, and told the police immediately. It is now in their hands. We have and will continue to cooperate with the authorities on this matter."

ChaosStar: /sigh
The NCAA doesn't punish things like child molestation, that's not their job.

That's why we have law enforcement and court rooms.

Sh, you're disrupting all the hate on a dead old man.

cgraves67: While I can understand why peope favor shuttung down Penn State athletics, I don't think it's wise. It really disincentivises whistleblowing. A person who is considering ratting out their personnel or program will observe that it would have a negative effect on their own livelihood.

Asst. Coach: I saw what the coach did. I'm going to the police!

Athletics Director: If you do, the NCAA will shut down the program and we'll all be out of a job and the school will lose money and our reputation will be ruined. he'll get arrested and you'll be a local hero for a few weeks for turning him in.

Asst. Coach: Crap. Yeah, that's the point.

AD: Just checking. Feel free to use my phone.

FTFY