Dear Editor:
I am upset about the child abuse committed by former Penn State defensive coordinator Sandusky and the cover up by Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno and former administrators Tim Curley, Gary Schultz and Graham Spanier. The lives of many young children have been adversely impacted by these men.
And that is my point. The aforementioned five individuals were involved with these tragic events, not the assistant football coaches, not the football players, not the faculty and not the student body.
I believe the NCAA president and executive board overstepped their authority by imposing very harsh penalties on the Penn State football program and by extension on the entire University. The penalties will needlessly decimate one of the premier athletic programs in the country and could debilitate the entire University.
If the leaders of a corporation, e.g. president, vice president, commit a crime, are the junior level managers and hourly workers punished? If a parent commits a crime, are his/her children punished for the crime?
The NCAA decided to use Penn State as a scapegoat example to thwart other University leaders from going astray. I think the NCAA should have stayed out of it and allowed the criminal and civil proceedings run their courses. The NCAA is persecuting innocent people.
Donald A. Moskowitz
Londonderry, NH
The Pennsylvania State University
Class of 1963