Penn State, the 'death penalty' and success with less
Photo credit: Getty Images | NCAA president Mark Emmert speaks during a press conference at the NCAA's headquarters to announce sanctions against Penn State University's football program. (July 23, 2012)
Penn St fined $60M
Paterno statue removed
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Joe Paterno
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Shutting down Penn State football altogether would not have been the answer, any more than mothballing that Joe Paterno statue can assure the kind of butterfly effect so desperately needed in the big-time college athletics' over-the-top culture.
College football is no less a religion today in such locales as Tuscaloosa, Ala., Baton Rouge, La., and Columbus, Ohio, than it was before the NCAA...
