Reply to "Should Penn State Football be shut down?"

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Originally posted by CPLZ:

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Originally posted by RJM:

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Originally posted by CPLZ:
The fallout to other programs is not only deserving, it is needed. The problem at Penn State was not with the football program, it was with the university and pervasive throughout the athletic department.

Please state the examples where all the sports programs at Penn State are corrupt. Please state the examples where the academic department departments at Penn State are corrupt. That everyone knew is your assumption. Please provide data and facts.

First, I never said "everyone knew". The problem at Penn State was not child molestation, the problem was allowing one individual, a football coach, unprecedented powers, enough so, to be able to coerce his supposed bosses, The AD and University President, into sweeping felonious activity by one its employees under the rug. The fact, and it is undisputed now, was that Paterno was allowed to wield the big stick, and that, everyone did know. That single issue, allowing a coach to be the most influential person on campus, was at the heart of the problem, and extended beyond the athletic department, and was not a secret to anyone.