BCS question

[Crown@club]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

The penalty was chiefly for lack of institutional control which of course is another way of saying covering things up. Penn State deserves to be punished, the players were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. Is it any less fair that the players on Ohio State that had nothing to do with violations there be heldout of a bowl game?

In the end the players at Penn State arent being penalized, they had an opportunity to transfer without recourse, they still have scholarships, they still are playing football, the better players will still get drafted. That they miss an Outback Bowl or 2 isnt really a hardship.

I'm wondering if the schools would just face huge fines instead. You get to go to the Outback Bowl, but you the school will not see the money from the bowl.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Crown@club

I'm wondering if the schools would just face huge fines instead. You get to go to the Outback Bowl, but you the school will not see the money from the bowl.

The amount of free exposure that Bowls provide would offset any fine. The school and many of its highest ranked, highest paid officals overlooked child molestation in the building, on the campus and aided the criminal by allowing him to use Penn State buildings and property where he committed crimes. They were lucky the football program wasnt eliminated let alone be penalized.

There is no promise of the reward of a bowl game given to NCAA athletes. They get a pretty good deal already and these guys were given the option of leaving if they didn't like the sanctions. Life isnt always fair.