by ThatsRight » Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:56 am
That's because fans are idiots. Football is a game. The university and the kids is the ONLY thing that is relevent. The Joe Pa worship is pathetic.
As I'm sure you already know, a college is a brand just like any other brand. ALthough I would argue that it's even more important than the brand of a corporation because there you're buying a product or a service, not the company. Whereas at a university, you're really BECOMING part of it, not just using its product. You've bought into a network of people and an expectation that others feel a certain way about the education/institution that you've received. Your name is your most important asset, and right now, the majority of the nation thinks "child rape cover up" when they see anything Penn State related. If I'm investing $200,000 in an education, or an alum, I would be flat out disgusted. Their main "advertising platform" is sports on television, and yet they have to see pedobear prancing around. I go into a job interview and the HR person sees Penn State and thinks "child rape". Even if they don't come out and say anything about it, it's on everyones mind every time Penn State is brought up.
Every head should roll from Joe Pa to the AD to the President. They are not bigger than the prestige of the institution.
Just like the Fab 5 at Michigan, the university needs to distance itself in every way (and that was far less egregious than what transpired at Penn State---in my opinion, child rape is basically the single worst crime)
Their legacy should be *erased* entirely.
That's because fans are idiots. Football is a game. The university and the kids is the ONLY thing that is relevent. The Joe Pa worship is pathetic.
As I'm sure you already know, a college is a brand just like any other brand. ALthough I would argue that it's even more important than the brand of a corporation because there you're buying a product or a service, not the company. Whereas at a university, you're really BECOMING part of it, not just using its product. You've bought into a network of people and an expectation that others feel a certain way about the education/institution that you've received. Your name is your most important asset, and right now, the majority of the nation thinks "child rape cover up" when they see anything Penn State related. If I'm investing $200,000 in an education, or an alum, I would be flat out disgusted. Their main "advertising platform" is sports on television, and yet they have to see pedobear prancing around. I go into a job interview and the HR person sees Penn State and thinks "child rape". Even if they don't come out and say anything about it, it's on everyones mind every time Penn State is brought up.
Every head should roll from Joe Pa to the AD to the President. They are not bigger than the prestige of the institution.
Just like the Fab 5 at Michigan, the university needs to distance itself in every way (and that was far less egregious than what transpired at Penn State---in my opinion, child rape is basically the single worst crime)
Their legacy should be *erased* entirely.