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Originally Posted by Joaniesmom
We lived in Happy Valley for many, many years. My husband got two degrees from Penn State. Our daughter was born there. While we were not huge football fans, we did enjoy all the hoopla that went along with it during game day.
First let me say we have our Penn State flag flying at half staff in front of our home to express our shame and sadness for the children who have been harmed. Those children we know of, those I am certain we have yet to hear about and those who will always suffer in silence.
But I don't understand the posters who are so certain that destroying and shaming the entire Penn State football program and the reputation of everyone associated with PSU: the students, faculty, cafeteria workers, librarians, everybody, is the solution. Speaking only for myself, I don't know how we could feel any worse.
Keep in mind that JoPa is dead, Sandusky will hopefully will be in jail for the rest of his pitifull life, the rest of the "Suits" who ran Penn State will soon be arrested and come to their just "rewards."
The Second Mile Club is about defunct, if not already dead. New laws are being put into place within Penn State to more fully prevent this type of moral holocaust from happening again.
What I am wondering is what good will it do to punish incoming student athletes and shaming every student attending Penn State who had nothing to do with this mess.
Why are you being so unkind to innocent people you don't even know?
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I do feel for those stuck in the politics of this mess. Still think that the punishment should be some kind of long term community service like approach done by the football program and their backers. Something that will turn a negative into a positive like having Penn State's football program fund child abuse hotlines and information centers in the Pennsylvania and surrounding areas. Have these programs marked with the note that they are partially funded by Penn State.
You just hurt the innocent by killing off the Penn State football program. Unfortunately, that is what usually happens with these kind of politics. The politicians make a stink for a while, the worst of the worst are punished, and then this just happens at some other school later on.