NO NO ITS TIME TO GO NCAA!!!

First I will admit, I am not a HUGE sports fan. Yes I follow my NASCAR, my Drum Corps, my Philadelphia Phillies and Philadelphia Eagles.
I am a Band-Wagon Philadelphia Flyers fan... I find sports entertaining, but I am not a nut!

That does not mean I cannot weigh in on the NCAA's sanctions against Penn State University, because I feel it hits a little close to home for me.

If you have read my other blog "The Days of Our Lives..." you would know that my son is a patient at Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

The pediatric cancer unit at PS-HMC is joined with The Four Diamonds Fund, which though the efforts of many students across Penn State, raises money to:

• raise awareness pediatric cancer
• treatments
• new experimental research
• expansion and research of current treatments
• pay portions not covered by families insurance
• spread love, courage and hope to patients and families

What does this have to do with my feelings on the sanctions? A-LOT!

The hospital is also the medical school for Penn State University. This hospital is also a Children's Miracle Network hospital, and one of the biggest medical networks in Central Pennsylvania. Patients from all over the world have come to PS-HMC for many ground breaking treatments. 

One of the biggest supporting student groups is the athletics department. There is even a "pep-rally" where all the sports teams dress in costumes and do some sort of lip-sync/dance to a song. 

See this video of the PSU Football team during the pep-rally!

Picture from THON. See full album here.

But any-way, enough of the personal linkage.

The NCAA has way over stepped the lines.

I was quite interested in Glenn Beck's reaction.

The NCAA is the self-appointed "ruling body" of collegiate sports. According to their website, they were founded "to protect student athletes".

Honestly with their fines and penalties, against Penn State, will have nothing but a NEGATIVE EFFECT, and will be truly hurting student athletes. Most of these students were never a part of the program when any of these child abuse incidents occurred.

Now, I know many of you are thinking, "well the school is the one who covered it up". OK, well maybe that may have been the case, there were A TON of things that probably could have been done better (i.e. TOM CORBETT initial investigation) HOWEVER, it was the faculty and staff of the school who was wrong, NOT THE STUDENTS!!

The president of Penn State has taken it upon himself to accept the penalty. Where does he get this right from? Tom Corbett says that this will not be paid out of the tax payers pockets.

Tom Corbett says a lot of things but that means nothing. It does come out of our pockets, and you want to know how?

The loss of tuition, the loss of scholarships, the loss of enrollment, it will HURT us more than "help" anything.

A BIG BOX OF CUDDOS to the students, who will be hurt the most by this, for standing up and staying with Penn State.

A BIG BOX OF CRAP to the NCAA and those that think this will ONLY hurt Penn State.

As for the NCAA, Who are they... really WHO THE HELL ARE THEY?!?!?!?!? 

Where do they get off thinking they can impose any sort of fine? 

Are they the US Government?

NO!

Are they the STATE of PENNSYLVANIA???

NOO!!!

Are they any legal entity that belongs to any sort of government that CAN legally impose any sort of fine against a STATE entity?? 

HELL TO THE NO!

The NCAA has too much power, just as the NFL, MLB, and any other sports related "governing body". The main difference is that the "pro" bodies are technically private franchises, that is O.K. but for a non governmental entitiy to fine a STATE EDUCATIONAL BODY is WAY out of line!! WAY OUT OF LINE NCAA

IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO GO! YOU NEED TO BE DISBANDED, YOUR EXISTENCE IS TRULY UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!! Leave the fining to the US GOVERNMENT NOT PRIVATE FIRMS!!

OF course though... I am merely one little human being, I am a TAX PAYER  to the State of Pennsylvania, my words mean shit... or do they??

People we need to stand up to these idiots, write the NCAA let them know they mean SHIT to us, and they have no place!!

It's time for the NCAA to go!