Most big-time college football programs are operated by state-funded institutions of higher learning with a few notable exceptions, such as Stanford and Notre Dame. One would think that those who rail against big government would cry out for dismantling these publicly-funded entertainments.
… [Penn State] is a great university that, like many others, had been led away from its essential mission decades ago and now finally may have been shaken into taking action.
Roger Abrams
November 13th, 2011 at 11:09AM
These are two separate arguments. The public generally prefers football to academics; universities should not.
November 14th, 2011 at 1:18AM
People who rail against big government also understand that big government must provide bread and circuses to keep its population entertained. College football seems to give as good a return on the money as anything else.
This affair continues to unwind. It seems that the judge who presided over the good coach’s bond hearing (and gave him very favorable terms) is also a volunteer for Sandusky’s Second Mile Program. In the best of all possible worlds, maybe she could have recused herself.