The thing is, shutting down SMU’s football program had little to no impact on the Dallas economy.....shutting down PSU’s football program will be absolutely devastating to the local economy there.
Incredibly devastating. Even Ohio State being shut down would have a measurable effect on the metro Columbus (pop. 1.9 million) economy. Think of the same thing in a town of 45,000. It would literally have a staggering impact on employment in the region and destroy a number of businesses.
Unchecked sin carries consequences.
In post #65, I mentioned "corporate guilt." Jesus talked about this at least time when He said, "woe to you Korazin..." ... and He talked how bad it would be for certain communities because of their rejection of Him.
Well, that also applies to the residue of social sin. The Israelites understood this...read Deuteronomy 21:1-9:
1 If someone is found slain, lying in a field in the land the LORD your God is giving you to possess, and it is not known who the killer was, 2 your elders and judges shall go out and measure the distance from the body to the neighboring towns. 3 Then the elders of the town nearest the body shall take a heifer that has never been worked and has never worn a yoke 4 and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer’s neck. 5 The Levitical priests shall step forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister and to pronounce blessings in the name of the LORD and to decide all cases of dispute and assault. 6 Then all the elders of the town nearest the body shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare: “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it done. 8 Accept this atonement for your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, LORD, and do not hold your people guilty of the blood of an innocent person.” Then the bloodshed will be atoned for, 9 and you will have purged from yourselves the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
IOW...even tho the townspeople contributed NOTHING to that man's death; a blood atonement -- the shedding of innocent blood -- still had to be done because the townspeople believed that bloodguilt would fall upon them.
They recognized that justice had to be done.
In State College's case, the "blood" we are talking about has dripped from the anus of too many boys. No one "owned" responsibility for attempting to address this in the eyes of God. Rapeguilt rests upon the community of State College.
Instead of overfocusing on a coach -- or their identity with a failed governmental educational system -- they need to repent of inaction and focus on the victims.
Some folks almost have Penn State and Ohio State in a competition for Urban Meyer. But has he given any indication that he is ready to get back into coaching?