the football program was more important to them. that makes it a football issue in a sense that it is an issue of football culture. it was the college. that s how they make their money. the ncaa is not a law enforcement organization, but they have a right to determine what sort of people and institutions they want to associate with and on what terms. in that sense it is an inappropriate thing to do. no pressure if this was happening in the bad mitt ton program. there is no need to cover anything up. the football program brings in a lot of money and there is pressure to put it under the rug. that s a football issue. that s why i agree. and why smear the bad mitt ton club? yes, they have never done anything. we should point that out, by the way. that we know about. imreg, the school that greg, the school that lost out to penn state are not given
if you are that screwed up, nothing is going to do it. if you are going to be taught that is wrong, you are a lost cause. so should the ncaa have done anything? paterno is dead and sandusky is in jail and the president of the united states president of the university resigns. is that it? i am not qualified to weigh in on that. it is not a football issue. i don t even know i don t think it is any of their business. it is not a football issue. i want to point out, none of us are qualified to talk about anything. give your opinion. you are no less qualified than anybody else here. i disagree with you though. i do believe it is a football issue. it is an issue of football culture. the school has allowed this to happen. they turned a blind eye even though they knew what was going on.
a missing persons report was even filed. inside this really strange and bizarre story, straight ahead. and power right in your wallet. a new iphone charger the size of a credit card saves you when you run out of juice. we ll show it to you in 20 minutes. newsroom begins right now. good morning, i m zoraid zoraida sambolin sitting in for carolyn costello. penn state faces the stunning blow from jerry sandusky. they face the penalties of the school s cover-ups in the scandal. the penalties are described as unprecedented. steve is in pennsylvania where they re holding the news conference. what can you tell us? we re meeting with the executive chairman of the ncaa followed by a question and answer session in indianapolis, and we re expected to hear penalties on penn state university. one source familiar with the case told cnn what we will hear, that penn state will be hit with fines in excess of $30 million. reports are also circulating that penn state university will lose
state were too concerned about the ramifications off-and-on the football field and that, concludes jeff shultz, makes it a football scandal, as well, and if the ncaa agrees, it is a football scandal as well, with overwhelming evidence there was a lack of institutional control, with that being the operative phrase, if they grow this is a football issue, penn state football is dead. what penn state has to do is take the initiative, now, and the judge has 128 recommendations and penn state has to be public about how they are changing the process, how they change disclosure, how they modify willing the program and be public about it when they do so. shepard: what has crossed the wires while you were in commercial break, penn state trustee on coach joe paterno 61 years of excellent service to
that really struck me is they said one of the most challenging of the tasks confronting the penn state community is transforming the culture that permitted sandusky s behavior and i think that s the question, has that culture changed and what will they do to be able to change it. b.j., death penalty for penn state yes nor. no, i don t think this is a football issue. this goes way beyond a football issue. this is a university issue and cultural issue. we ll have much more on this when we come right back.