Baylor fined $2M by Big 12
Baylor was fined $2M by the Big 12 for "reputational damage to the conference and its members" in the wake of the sexual assault scandal two years ago.
The Big 10 (I'm looking at you Delany) needs to put on their big boy pants and do the same to MSU. They should have done it the PSU, but that ship has sailed.
Link:
October 30th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
MSU can’t afford $2M. I’m not even sure they will remain solvent after the $10k fine.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:46 PM ^
Or salves for their players.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:46 PM ^
See? Goddammit, I want to upvote this post to infinity! Because I understand it and I know what it means! And it's funny! But, I can't. I can't even see upvotes/downvotes. And nobody, not even the mod who I asked (twice in the same thread) why I cannot see them, knows why I can't see upvotes/downvotes, and am unable to upvote or downvote posts.
Please, for the love of God, someone tell me why I can't see or upvote awesome, quality content on this quality site, or downvote absolute garbage trolling fuckwittery. Please. It's been too long.
MgoHillbilly: Excellent post. I wish I could upvote you.
October 30th, 2018 at 11:11 PM ^
It's cool. I'll up vote you instead and then up vote myself.
October 31st, 2018 at 4:11 AM ^
Well here's a +1 for both of you as well.
October 31st, 2018 at 7:29 AM ^
I upvoted the 3 posts and then this post just to make sure you get all the positive vibes.
October 31st, 2018 at 5:42 PM ^
Fuck MSU became a posbang? Nice
October 30th, 2018 at 11:53 PM ^
I too can see nothing.
October 31st, 2018 at 1:27 AM ^
You can't see it because you need 1000 mgopoints first. No joke.
October 31st, 2018 at 4:10 AM ^
I wondered where the voting went. Such a bummer. I loved upvoting good stuff.
October 31st, 2018 at 5:34 AM ^
Not true as I can see the upvote/downvote feature. Maybe it's 500+?
October 31st, 2018 at 10:48 AM ^
I don't think I am ever going to get to vote or even see them if that is the bar. Too far to go for us lurkers.
October 31st, 2018 at 11:01 AM ^
and points don't update anymore so anyone under that threshold is screwed
October 31st, 2018 at 12:27 PM ^
That's what I've noticed too. Is this a feature or a bug?
October 31st, 2018 at 12:55 PM ^
Bug. But can be a feature for people who get banned. They can't accumulate the points to create shit-posts anymore.
October 31st, 2018 at 12:47 PM ^
I'm with ya. I haven't been able to see any upvote/downvotes since the upgrade. I thought the thread celebrating the return of points was a passive aggressive protest, but alas it appears the ship rescued the survivors from the island while I was still in the bushes relieving myself.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
They started a gofundme campaign.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
Baylor could fit right in in the B1G East. Plus you get the Waco TV market.
October 30th, 2018 at 11:32 PM ^
Does that mean BTN will start showing Fixer Upper?
October 30th, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^
The B1G absolutely did punish Penn State in July 2012. $13MM in fines (non-shared conference revenue).
And they said this:
"The accepted findings support the conclusion that our colleagues at Penn State, individuals that we have known and with whom we have worked for many years, have egregiously failed on many levels -- morally, ethically and potentially criminally"
"They have failed their great university, their faculty and staff, their students and alumni, their community and state -- and they have failed their fellow member institutions in the Big Ten Conference. For these failures, committed at the highest level of the institution, we hereby condemn this conduct and officially censure Penn State."
October 30th, 2018 at 9:34 PM ^
The NCAA also fined PSU $60M. PSU accepted the fine to avoid the Death Penalty. Then, the fine was challenged in court. PSU and the NCAA settled by agreeing to spend the fine in the state of Pennsylvania.
Serious question: how can you continue to be a Nittany fan? My uncle went to PSU. He used to be a fan. Not anymore.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:29 PM ^
Easy
My family is Penn at fans/grads plus my father in law and my best friend. They just ignore that whole chapter and pretend Franklin fixes everything. They also spend their time bashing us and Harbaugh and spout off about how they overcame such sanctions to win the Big 10...
October 30th, 2018 at 10:52 PM ^
Ah, the "healing" was real for them.
October 31st, 2018 at 6:17 AM ^
Jesus, they are worse people than I thought.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:33 PM ^
Can't you be a fan of the team and the university without having to support JoePa and his sycophants? If something happened at Michigan, I would scream bloody murder to fire and jail the people responsible...and then continue to be a fan of Michigan Man ideals.
That's the worst part of most of these scandals: the administration and fans seem to be incapable of separating the concept of the university from the men/women who violate its principles. All they had to do was denounce and fire the perpetrators and they could be heroes. Instead they chose to deny, circle the wagons, and try to wait it out. Fuck those people.
I guess my point is that we shouldn't question anyone's fandom if they're not trying to defend the indefensible in the first place.
And fuck Penn State. That is all.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
Yeah, I agree with this sentiment.
Maybe it's because I live in PA, so I have many friends and family members who are PSU fans, but I don't have a problem with people who are PSU fans.
But, people who have the "409 - You Can't Change History" bumper stickers can fuck right off.
October 30th, 2018 at 11:06 PM ^
Maybe not for ped state as I don't know, nor do I care, whether they have a football legacy pre-joepa? We do pre-Bo, but joepa could be all they have other than FG franklin.
BTW, FUCK ped state and all their delusional joepa loving fans and all the paternos!!!
October 31st, 2018 at 12:30 PM ^
I agree with you here, PopeLando. Which is why I'm still on the fuck Penn State bandwagon. They've chosen to continue to defend their idols instead of own up to it, call them out, and let them stand as an example of what could go wrong when you have no principles.
October 30th, 2018 at 10:49 PM ^
A technical point, but PSU wasn't a party to the lawsuit that regarded the $60MM fine.
FWIW, I did take the November 2011 (scandal breaks) to July 2012 (Freeh Report release, NCAA involvement) period off as a fan, to see how the situation unfolded.
I was generally (not universally) happy with the PSU response during those 8 months, so I came back into the fold.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:56 PM ^
Whoa. A strongly worded statement! The horror!
October 30th, 2018 at 10:20 PM ^
Sorry, I should have known that. I'm going to get checked for a cyst on my brain tomorrow.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:23 PM ^
Agree there should be serious repercussions for programs like this, but what does this money go towards? Does it do any actual good or just line the pockets of the conference?
October 30th, 2018 at 9:28 PM ^
Msu and osu should be forced to donate 2 million to charities for those recovering from sexual assault and domestic violence.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:48 PM ^
Engler did not help matters much with his recent comments about the 10K Sparty fine.
October 31st, 2018 at 12:12 AM ^
Tell me honestly, what matters does engler really help, other than the denials, obfuscation, and further lying to protect the brand of that useless cow college???
October 31st, 2018 at 9:15 AM ^
Maybe they'll use it to pay the playe-hahahahahahahahahahahaha.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:28 PM ^
The ship has sailed? Pretty sure these aren't laws. No ship. No sails.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:30 PM ^
Only a matter of time till the same thing happens at Liberty
October 30th, 2018 at 9:44 PM ^
"What is the price to rape whoever you want?"
“Correct. Next category, please. "
October 30th, 2018 at 9:53 PM ^
I'll take 'cover ups ' for $1,000, Alex!
hey, it's the daily double. The answer is "see no evil, tell no evil, forgot the rest of the evil"
who is....urban liar?
October 30th, 2018 at 11:52 PM ^
Or Brett Kavanaugh maybe. Or even you I guess.
Everytime I read your posts, I think about the day you had to explain to your boys why you voted for the racist carnival barker spreading horrible lies about Obama's citizenship. Supporting that guy was, I hope, a low point in your life but I'm a less optimistic person everyday. Glad I wasn't there for that day, it is awfully pathetic in my imagination.
Theres no such thing as selective morality. You either have it, or you don't.
October 31st, 2018 at 12:16 AM ^
Why the fuck is this comment necessary and their is no need for the political attack on XM. This is YOUR low point on this blog assclown! Worry about how you raise your kids!
October 31st, 2018 at 4:59 AM ^
Piss off. XM has more character and decency than someone like you ever will. Trying to shame someone over their political views is like shaming someone over their choice of religion. It's tasteless and wrong. We all have the right to like, or dislike, whichever candidate or party we want for whatever reasons we want. We come here to be united in our love for Michigan regardless of our politics and religion.
October 31st, 2018 at 5:45 AM ^
wow, you had to store that one up for years and then you got it all wrong.
i do my best to steer away from politics on this site, but will dip my toe in here to say this: hillary was the one who jumped obama about his citizenship during their primary fight. i was decidedly more a fan of him than her. feel better now?
October 31st, 2018 at 6:14 AM ^
Fuck off rodriguesqe. There is no place for that bullshit on this site and I hope you burn in hell for bringing it here!!!! By burn I of course mean sunburn and by hell I definitely mean Bolivia but you get the picture
October 31st, 2018 at 6:49 AM ^
Do we still give out one way tickets to Bolivia? Because I think this shitpost just got a lot of air miles.....
October 31st, 2018 at 10:29 PM ^
Hello Rodriguesqe,
You know better than to post stuff like that. You’ve been blocked for now. A review of your posting history doesn’t reveal anything resembling this. How about you take a week off from posting. Have a great night!
mgowill
October 31st, 2018 at 12:13 AM ^
Who is lou ann simon and the staee board of trustees???
October 31st, 2018 at 8:08 AM ^
Who is hollis would have been accepted as well.
October 30th, 2018 at 9:46 PM ^
$2 million isn’t anything. It’s conference PR.