OK, basically, I think only those students who were involved in the riots out in the streets and overturning vehicles, the ones who had no sympathy for the victims of their child molesting coach, they are the ones who should lose their scholarships and be expelled from Penn State.HugeFanOfBadReligion wrote:I agree with RF, I'm not a fan of athletic scholarships, but I still think it'd be unjust to suddenly take their scholarships away. I don't have a problem with the people who receive those scholarships anyway, as I can't deny that if I could avoid the horrors of student loans by getting a scholarship, I'd take that scholarship regardless of whether or not I earned that scholarship. People with athletic scholarships are at university for a reason. They're not just there to play football, but they also want to learn. So I think we should avoid generalizing all athletes and recognize that many of them haven't done anything wrong and have a right to go to university. Let's not judge who is wrong and right in this whole Penn State scandal simply by focusing on who is an athlete/sports fan and who isn't, but let's instead realize that there were people involved in the athletic community at Penn State that have acted wrong and there are also people involved in the athletic community that haven't harmed anyone. Stereotyping people based on whether or not they like sports is just as poorly founded as racism.
I would keep the good students, the ones who were not involved in the riots, the ones who are really serious about passing in their academic subjects, regardless of what kind of scholarships they had received.
Also I would shut down the football program, and call a moratorium on competitive sports.
If I were the dean of Penn State, I would have further criminal charges filed against both Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno, against Sandusky for sexually molesting children, and against Paterno because he didn't report it right away the moment he knew about it, but instead, waited nine years before reporting it.
And no, because Joe Paterno waited several years before reporting the crime, he has no right to come under protection for whistle blowers, because he waited too long to blow the whistle. He can take his fucking whistle and shove it up his ass, pull it out, and suck on it while sitting in prison.
If I were to see someone in the act of sexually molesting and raping a child, I would find some way to get to where I can report the crime as soon as possible, and rat him out!!!
Our society need more rats and fewer mice, and fewer sheep and cattle.
I would rather be a rat, than a mouse!