Gail Collins: I don’t think making the 84-year-old coach retire and arresting two administrators no one has heard of is enough to make people understand how critical this is. I think Penn State should do the right thing and cancel the football season. Really.
David Brooks: I disagree on this last point. A lot of good young men have put a lot of time into playing football and being part of that team. I don’t think they should be punished. If a history professor commits some atrocity it would be wrong to shut down the whole department.
Gail Collins: I know the football players would be disappointed, but they’d still get to stay in school — which is why they’re at Penn State, right? Right?
November 9th, 2011 at 10:58PM
And the history majors could just choose another major, right? Right?
November 10th, 2011 at 7:15AM
Teaching subjects like history is the university’s job. Being a bloated sports franchise is not. That’s the difference.