Why I care

[Azazello1313]

I actually think that PSU should not accept a bowl bid, more than I think they should be denied one. With a bowl bid comes more PSU on TV. More PSU on TV means more a-holes holding up signs like those who went stupid after Joe Pa got canned. As a matter of courtesy, the U owes us not having to put up with that crap. They owe us the courtesy of going away, worrying about who did what, punishing those people, and coming back once they have their crap together. For PSU, this is not a time for football.

 

Sure, this will suck for the current players, because they did nothing wrong. But they just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and their punishment is not getting a trip to Orlando and the bag of swag waiting for them down there.

 

This will neither be the first time, nor the last, when someone innocent is denied something cool because of some effed up thing someone else did.

 

As for Nick's fears about a guy missing his shot at the pros, if he's got what it takes and hasn't shown it yet, he can use this as an opportunity to devote himself to his game and show the world that he, actually, is bigger than the PSU program that let him down.

 

exactly. it's not about "punishing" the players or anyone else that matter. it's about the program taking a step back and realizing how badly it failed these kids. of course there are going to be "innocent victims" any time a program is either punished from the outside, or takes steps internally, and while that is unfortunate, it's not really the main issue. penn state should not be playing in a bowl game this year.

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Meh, let them play the bowl game. If the full trial had run it's course then maybe but enough heads have rolled. Let the kids play.