Very Sad News in Happy Valley. Paterno's legacy appears to end in scandal

[Lordstan]

David,
Sorry to correct you, but as an alum I can tell you NYU doesn't have a football team. As of my graduation year(1988), the only Division 1 sport they had was fencing. Go Violets!
I think it was the late 60's, or thereabouts, that NYU pretty much disassembled their entire sports program.

As far as PSU, they absolutely got what they deserved. Because of the culture of placing football above all, the administration and Paterno, cost those children their health and well being for the rest of their life.
I am fortunate that I have not had anyone in my family exposed or traumatized by sexual abuse, but I have many patients in my practice who have. Even 40-50 yrs later, they are still suffering the scars of the ordeal. Be happy that most of us have no idea what it's like.
The PSU admin and Paterno are lucky it's only money and wins they lost. If any of those kids were mine, I'm not sure what I would do.

The NCAA didn't hurt or disgrace all those athletes. The NCAA didn't cost them their scholarships. The former administration and Joe Paterno did. They did it by violating every trust we put in our educators to protect and improve the lives of our children. They did it because the revenue stream from the football program was so great, that those children were deemed reasonable sacrifices at the altar. By handing out this type of punishment, hopefully every school in the country will stand up and take notice.

Bobby Bowden and other coaches can stand up with righteous indignation all they want. They can come out and criticize what PSU did until they are blue in the face, BUT I think the reality is more likely that many other big programs would've done the same thing. Of course, nobody will ever admit this. It is too horrible to think anyone would jeopardize children in this way. Unfortunately, nobody thought Paterno would do it either.