Will Joe Paterno AND Penn State Football Both Die in 2012?

[Gilgamesh]

At last, perspective.

"I just can't put my arms around it, it's, to me, it was our 9/11 today. I just saw planes crashing into towers," said Tom Price.

"It had nothing to do with the Sandusky scandal. They played hard, they worked hard for those victories and to take them away, we will always feel that he is the NCAA victory leader," said Sally Price.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

http://www.jsonline.com/sports/national/ncaa/lawyer-sandusky-upset-over-penn-state-sanctions5893e5db5fee44d9b93c968bc00351d9-164662926.html

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Jerry Sandusky is distraught over the NCAA penalties issued to Penn State's football program for the school's handling of his child sexual abuse scandal and maintains his innocence as he awaits sentencing, his defense lawyer said Wednesday.

Attorney Joe Amendola told The Associated Press in a phone interview that Sandusky told him that even if people believe he is guilty of the crimes for which he was convicted in June, it would be "ridiculous" to think Penn State administrators engaged in a cover-up.

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"He said, 'To do what they're doing to Penn State is so unjust,'" Amendola said. "He loves the program and he loves the university."

[Oleg]

"He said, 'To do what they're doing to Penn State is so unjust,'" Amendola said. "He loves the program and he loves the university."

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Does he know how old the university is?

[CubFaninHydePark]

Four rogue trustees are actually challenging the NCAA's sanctions.  I hope the NCAA says "fuck you" and uses their challenge as a pretext to level the four-year death penalty they initially contemplated. 

http://espn.go.com/pdf/2012/0806/PSU_trustee_appeal.pdf

And the outstanding meme take on the appeal

[Quality Start Machine]

Oh, for fuck's sake.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Oh, for fuck's sake.

I wonder how many of these asshats will look back at their behavior in the wake of these sanctions and just wish they had shut the hell up.  Again, the only victims here are young men whose youth was unfairly stolen from them by a rapey predator who was allowed to flourish thanks to the very same environment which currently allows people to comfortably and unashamedly engage in this staggering behavior--twisting this case around to make the school seem like the victim.  It is truly disgusting.