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Old 11-11-2011, 02:24 PM   #220
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
Hmm, I don't know. I don't think this changes things all that much. We've had scandals far bigger than this one, with people in far greater positions of authority involved. It's sad to say, but things like this will always be present. There will always be predators out there, and regardless of the protections put in place they will strike.
I suspect this will change the NCAA and college football, precisely because Penn State was/is on a pedastal, if/when it turns out that for all the talk of honor and character the program was only concerned to protect itself and the money it made at the expense of the rape of scores of boys then this is likely to be college footballs 'Conseco' moment, underscoring how little the game has to with educating young men or anything positive from an educational sense or moral point of view.

It wouldn't matter in the pro game, no one expects them to more than entertain, but these guys are supposed to be setting positive values for young adults, that is, in theory, the reason for the NCAA's existance.
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