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One thing is for a practical purposes, the NCAA has to have harsh penalties. If they don't a future offending university will use that as a marker and say "It would be unfair for us to get harsh punishment, because Penn State didn't."
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This is one reason why I'm not certain any sanctions are appropriate. What happened at Penn State is so far beyond the pale that the only NCAA punishment suitable would be the death penalty, and I do not think that proper. If a university engages in wholesale test score cheating, illegal booster payments and steroid promotion for its athletes and gets the death penalty, they will always be able to say "geez our sins aren't nearly as heinous as allowing little boys to be raped, how come Penn State got less than what we did?"-- if in fact something less is imposed.
David I agree that there is so much else done at a university that serves the good and often goes unnoticed. The impact of the likely $100M-$200M or more in settlements with the victims here is pretty severe and will adversely affect the university top to bottom. I'm not convinced at this point that more needs to be done.
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