Should Penn State Get the Death Penalty?

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Originally Posted by Laz

laugh all you want but this isn't ONLY a legal issue for the law.

All the stupid 'too many texts to a recruit' or 'buying a recruit breakfast' NCAA violations is utter tripe compared to this.

If they don't act on a serious situation like this then what good are they?

Violations regarding recruiting college athletes, betting on collegiate athletics, etc; are collegiate athletic issues that are dealt with by an association for collegiate athletics.

Raping a child is a legal issue... doesn't matter if was the head coach of the football team or the physics professor, it's not an collegiate athletics issue. It's a legal issue. And in this case, it's also a matter of following the Clery Act, which is being investigated by the Department of Education.

No one is arguing the acts are worse than when SMU got the death penalty, but SMU's problems were athletic violations.

If you text an athlete too many times, the cops aren't going to get involved. The NCAA will though, because it's an NCAA rule. Not a legal one.