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Following the defeat of Germany in WWI, the Treaty of Versailles was implemented to punish Germany for the wrongs they had inflicted on the world. Many of the provisions were purposely designed to inflict harm on the German people as retribution for what their leaders had done. These penalties were unprecedented and many at the time considered them too harsh and counterproductive.
As we all know, Germany and the world did not benefit from this punishment and in fact, within two decades these sanctions had indirectly spawned one of the most tyrannical regimes in modern history, Adolph Hitler's Nazi Party.
Following the defeat of Germany in WWII, the United States implemented the European Recovery Plan (ERP) also known as the Marshall Plan. The plan was designed to aid economic recovery in Europe after the devastating destruction of the war. Many framers of the recovery wanted retribution and initially that is how things began. But eventually clear thinking leaders came to realize earlier mistakes and considered that a productive German industrial base would help Europe and the world move on from the devastation of WWII.
The evil men who were responsible for atrocities were hunted down and held accountable. But the allies bravely put the innocent people of West Germany in a situation where they could thrive and become a vibrant, productive and peaceful member of the world community.
In modern parlance, we call this a win-win.
To a lesser scale but no less appalling, children were victimized by an evil man and a bafflingly complacent Penn State University leadership. Rather than working to help the innocent students, athletes, faculty and alumni of Penn State overcome the evil that had been inflicted upon them, the NCAA fueled by a sensationalist media, went full-on Treaty of Versailles.
The NCAA vacated wins to destroy Penn State past. They attempted to destroy the present team by allowing players to be free agents. Scholarship limits and the bowl bans were implemented to keep the program down in the future. Some of the aspects of these sanctions will be in effect until 2018 at which time it will take several more years to recover fully.
The fines which could actually help children are sitting in escrow as politicians wrangle over how to spend the money.
The sanctions imposed on the Penn State community have not and will not help one sexually abused child.
As a result of their hasty actions, the NCAA now finds itself in the crosshairs of multiple lawsuits from anti-trust to possible defamation. The NCAA could spend the next five years and millions of dollars fighting and potentially winning these lawsuits. But what would that accomplish for any abused child?
The NCAA's announced objective to ensure that something like the Jerry Sandusky scandal never happens again at any university is certainly laudable and is attainable. But not by destroying a football program that has been a model program of academic success and following NCAA rules. And not by indicting an entire community that had nothing to do with what happened and whose track record of doing things for others including children (Thon, Lift for Life, Hershey Children's Medical Center) is nothing short of stellar.
Rather, the NCAA can take this opportunity to reaffirm the intent of their actions while announcing a better path towards achieving those objectives.
First, destroy the controversial and likely coerced consent decree. Announce the lifting of the sanctions with the expectation that Penn State will self-sanction. The NCAA has admitted that no NCAA rules were violated so they should remove themselves from the process completely allowing Penn State to consider due process and their overall reputation as they attempt to move forward.
Second, form an alliance with Penn State to make a real impact to help children. Just as the Germans rose above what their leadership had done, the proud faculty, students and alumni of Penn State would move mountains to help make things right. Leverage the Penn State community's desire to restore their image to the advantage of future generations of children. ?
Finally, the NCAA should announce they will use the fines to start a program at Penn State that will be used as a model to be implemented at all universities to keep evil from ever impacting our children again.
The NCAA allowed the media fueled public outrage to drive their actions. They now have the benefit of hindsight to lead and make a dramatic and more positive impact.
The NCAA should work with Penn State to implement a Marshall Plan.
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Source: http://blog.pennlive.com/pennstatefootball/2013/01/a_win-win_for_the_ncaa_penn_st.html
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