The fact is, punishment whether of an institution or an individual, never really provides an adequate response to, or compensation for, the wrongdoing and damage that has taken place. And the NCAA weighing in, only serves to satisfy the need to hold someone or something responsible without really fixing anything.
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Penn State’s Punishment: What’s the Real Takeaway?
Posted: 23rd July 2012 by DavidBurnett in College Football, Lessons, SuspensionTags: jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Mark Emmert, NCAA sanctions, Penn State, Penn State's punishment
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Feeling Uneasy About Ozzie Guillen’s Apology and Suspension
Posted: 11th April 2012 by DavidBurnett in Baseball, Lessons, SuspensionTags: apology, Fidel Castro, Miami Marlins, Ozzie Guillen, suspended
Surely he should have known better than to say something that would inflame the justifiably sensitive and politically powerful Cuban-American community of Miami, many of whom were refugees, or whose parents and other relatives risked their lives to flee Castro’s repressive communist regime.
How could Guillen say anything that sounds even remotely supportive of one of America’s foremost political enemies? But say it he did. And he’ll have to live with it.
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