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Post by nyline on Mar 25, 2021 22:02:22 GMT -5
Not sports-specific, but it underscores that abuse has been a serious and widespread problem for a long time. U.S.C. Agrees to Pay $1.1 Billion to Patients of Gynecologist Accused of Abuse nyti.ms/2P038ja
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Post by elliotberton on Mar 30, 2021 15:06:29 GMT -5
One wonders why the NCAA did not apply a Sandusky like sanction to this and similar situations elsewhere.
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Post by nyline on Mar 30, 2021 15:17:24 GMT -5
One wonders why the NCAA did not apply a Sandusky like sanction to this and similar situations elsewhere. Two word answer says it all, IMHO: No Paterno
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Post by elliotberton on Mar 30, 2021 23:47:54 GMT -5
You might be correct. But perhaps more broadly-not football? Or worse, the victims were all women, so ...
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Post by nyline on Mar 31, 2021 7:17:18 GMT -5
You might be correct. But perhaps more broadly-not football? Or worse, the victims were all women, so ... Sadly, you probably are on to something with "the victims were all women."
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Post by jojonito on May 6, 2021 8:41:34 GMT -5
One wonders why the NCAA did not apply a Sandusky like sanction to this and similar situations elsewhere. Two word answer says it all, IMHO: No Paterno I think the answer might be, no PSU.
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Post by elliotberton on May 7, 2021 20:42:01 GMT -5
Two word answer says it all, IMHO: No Paterno I think the answer might be, no PSU. This is a complicated question really. I think Paterno's efforts to urge others to do things "the right way" may indeed have played a part in the huge public outcry which in turn led the NCAA to pile onto Penn State. But there were other factors including the sex and age of the victims and the sports involved. I suspect that if there was more public outcry about what this abuser did, the NCAA might have sanctioned USC.
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