[OrangenowBlue]

The so called "Lack of Institutional Control" is such a blanket statement that can be applied to so many situations. Don't get me wrong, Penn St. should be punished, but according to what I have read, the football program generated enough money to fund every other sports program at Penn St. Now I wonder what happens to the women's volleyball team, women's lacrosse and men's, and all the other non-revenue sports?

I've stated this once and I'll state it again, Penn St. will probably never be relevant in my lifetime again, I'm not saying that's a bad thing.

However, where was the NCAA when the women's lacrosse player at UVA was killed my the men's lacrosse player, that UVA knew was stalking her? Was there no "Lack of institutional control" there?

Or what about the Duke men's lacrosse team that had a party where a women was raped, again was there no "lack of institutional control"?

What about the basketball player at Baylor who was killed by another player, was there no "lack of institutional control'?

Finally what about Bobby Petrino at Arkansas hiring his 20 year old girl friend, again was there no "lack of institutional control"?

I think the NCAA has opened a box that can not be closed now and they will have to police in area's they have no business to police.

With what happened at Penn St. when the courts are through with them, that would have been punishment enough. Remember we have not even heard of all the civil suits there is going to be.

I have heard this statement on BGR before and it is like comparing Chicken Salad to Monkey Nuts, they do not have anything in common other then a crime was committed. In all the cases you stated above, the institution or college was not knowingly involved in the criminal act. When each institution learned of the criminal act, they took the appropriate action. What part of "COVER-UP" do you guys not understand. Penn State officials and football staff intentionally and willfully committed a coverup of the criminal activities by a pedophile on their campus for a long period of time. The schools involved in the incidents you stated did not "knowingly" cover up anything. There are always going to be incidents of bad or criminal behavior. It is up to the institution to take the appropriate action. Penn State failed miserably in the worst kind of way and they deserved to be punished. You cannot compare this incident to anything else because there has been not a case at a school that I recall where a group of individuals hid the crimes of one of their coaches, for a long period of time, so their rich football tradition would not be tarnished. Now it is not only tarnished, it has turned to s@#t.