a football coach tries to watch out for his players??
say it ain’t so, Joe!
/sarc
obvious is still obvious... news at 11
I don’t get this coddling of athletes.
I saw it more in HS than college, but it seems to be pretty widespread.
If they’re going to be put on pedestals for their ability to play a game well (as they often are), then their grades and behavior should at least equal that of their peers.
If they can excel athletically only when their grades and behavior take a back seat, is it really excellence? Does it really deserve the financial, moral and other support that sports programs receive?
I don’t see what this has to do with the case. Of course like Republicans they go after a coach and all that is about him. The leftist media does know how to give information of people they want.
As my neighbor, who played starting D-line for a Big 10 program years ago, observed: “He’s just a football coach, he’s not a saint. People need to wake up.”
In the PSU/Sandusky case, I’m more concerned about discipline/accountability of the coaching staff; but, let’s face it, IMHO, athletics at all levels of “public education” is out of control, education appears to be secondary.
"Coach Paterno would rather we NOT inform the public when a football player is found responsible for committing a serious violation of the law and/or our student code," she wrote, "despite any moral or legal obligation to do so."
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The incident prompted Mr. Spanier to visit Dr. Triponey at her home. Dr. Triponey confirms he told her that Mr. Paterno had given him an ultimatum: Fire her, or Mr. Paterno would stop fund-raising for the school. She says Mr. Spanier told her that if forced to choose, he would choose her over the coach—but that he did not want to have to make that choice.
Differently. It modifies the verb. GAK, someone needs to start a charity to save the adverb.
Beyond the grammar, this is SOP for any university with a sports program. A professor friend routinely clashes with coaches over players needing special treatment on assignments or exams.
Hey, Penn State had a great run. Pity about the anal rape.
The Penn State revelations aptly demonstrate the fallacy of elevating a mere mortal to Sainthood based on public personna. It seems that Saint “Joe Pa” was much more interested in protecting the “program” than the effect on the little boys who were being raped.
Be careful with this people. This is a side-issue that merely shifts the focus from the university onto the deposed football coach. Paterno may face criminal & civil charges over his mishandling of the Sandusky-scandal — and that should be expected. But this is the kind of turf-battle that all coaches face. Seems to me like some petty payback. The real issues no are what the University did, or failed to do about Sandusky.
If true, this is something truly the NCAA could go after Penn State for....and I suspect that in the investigation of Sandusky, there will be plenty of other things discovered, that could result in Penn State getting the death penalty.
and everyday the myth of “JoePa” unravels a little more.
The problem isn't Paterno not punishing players.
This is about Graham Spanier's minions doing a whitewash investigation of a perverted retired faculty member.
The more people talk about Paterno, the less they talk about Gary Schultz.