@Aethelflaed In my time as a camp counselor I had the unfortunate “honor” of counseling several children who were recent victims of abuse from their parents (in some cases sexual). In particular I remember the 7 year old little boy crying in my arms, looking at me through a black eye, asking me to be his new daddy. Pretty steep for an at the time 19 year old, and it has stuck with me since. I can tell you from my experiences, revenge would be the last thing on their mind. Justice yes, but not revenge… and especially not punishing the innocent in their name.
@DaphneT Are you really so naive as to think the NCAA even cares about this issue? Lets assume for the sake of argument that the NCAA has full jurisdiction and responsibility to punish Penn State for this. Why did they get off so light? Barely a year ago Ohio State received roughly ¼ the same punishment for players getting free tattoos and the coach lying about it. Do you mean to tell me that “crime” is ¼ as bad as raping 10 children? ..... The NCAA only acted to appease the mob, and acted just hard enough as to not effect the money stream Penn State brings them (PSU has the 3rd largest fan base in the country).
It’s simply not the NCAA’s place to get involved here. Saying they have jurisdiction is like saying the IRS should get involved and impose tax penalties on PSU for this… One of the conspirators was the treasurer after all.
I agree with your summarizing thoughts though. Don’t get me wrong, I feel Penn State deserves repercussions, but not from the NCAA, and not against the innocent in the name of the victims.