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September 08, 2014
SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
posted by BornIcon at 09:23 AM on September 08, 2014
I think the link is overstating the chance of a fine. It was clearly an accident and Lanning is laughing it off.
posted by rcade at 11:16 AM on September 08, 2014
Hell of an exciting ending to the India v England twenty20 match yesterday. I love it when a match comes down to the final over and you have a batsman like MS Dhoni swinging away.
posted by NoMich at 12:17 PM on September 08, 2014
Penn State bowl ban lifted effective immediately.
posted by Etrigan at 03:08 PM on September 08, 2014
Penn State bowl ban lifted effective immediately.
This coming about 2 or 3 weeks after Louis Freeh, the author of the report on the Penn State handling of the Sandusky matter, was involved in a single-vehicle accident in Vermont. Was this something more than a coincidence? Sorry, guys, the accident report says Freeh just fell asleep at the wheel and put his SUV into a tree. I do have the feeling that the NCAA just might be having some second thoughts about the ban. Once the trials of Penn State former president Graham Spannier, the VP emeritus and then head of security Gary Schultz, and then Athletic Director Tim Curley begin, a lot more of the story will be revealed. Could be that a lot of people who were absolutely certain of where the guilt should lie just might have to eat a bit of crow.
posted by Howard_T at 10:11 PM on September 08, 2014
You're suggesting that as we find out exactly about how bad specific Penn State leaders and athletic department leaders acted in covering up a serial sex abuser, it will make Penn State as a whole look better? I'm guessing not.
posted by rcade at 10:23 PM on September 08, 2014
I think the link is overstating the chance of a fine. It was clearly an accident and Lanning is laughing it off.
I expect that Goodell will fine him $3.50, and then when he actually watches the video of the kick, he'll fine him $200million.
posted by grum@work at 11:15 PM on September 08, 2014
This coming about 2 or 3 weeks after Louis Freeh . . .
And on the same day the NFL was splashed all over the news with their own scandal. Feels like the NCAA was just waiting for a US invasion, Goodell mess or better celebrity nudes to dump this story under a rug.
posted by yerfatma at 09:35 AM on September 09, 2014
I expect that Goodell will fine him $3.50, and then when he actually watches the video of the kick, he'll fine him $200million.
I seem to remember when Brady did that cleats-up slide into Ed Reed's thigh he was fined $10,000. The same weekend Frank Gore was fined $10,500 for having bad elastic in the top of his socks.
I hope Lanning's socks were in order.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 09:41 AM on September 09, 2014
...it will make Penn State as a whole look better? I'm guessing not.
I'm not expecting that at all. If anything it might make certain persons who are involved look a lot worse. There are one or two people who have tire marks from the bus all over them who might just come out of this looking a lot better. This is based on Freeh's admission that he was denied access to all of the relevant evidence that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania had because a criminal action was underway. He wrote the report anyway, but neglected to state that it was based upon incomplete data at that time. Had he done so, the actions taken by the NCAA and the Big Ten might have been different, but no less severe regarding the university.
posted by Howard_T at 03:30 PM on September 09, 2014
AJ Green is back in form.