Law, economics and Penn State
JIM WARRENFor Henderson, turning amateur sports observer, "the deep irony is that the culture at every NCAA school that competes in bigtime college football is horrendous at its core. The kinds of behaviors that are tolerated are a national disgrace. In that regard, I do think Penn State was way above the average," given its ethical record in all sports.
He has a hard time, as do a minority of NCAA critics, in seeing how the organization is fulfilling its core mission in the Penn State matter. Yes, what happened is disgraceful but, in his mind, it's also a distraction that the NCAA is more than happy to have all of us focus on---the distraction being the abuse of children---when the real problems in college sports are elsewhere, far closer to the activities the NCAA should be regulating.
"The NCAA is not facing a crisis of coaches engaging in extracurriuclar activities with strangers to the university that are then covered up. Its real crisis is the behavior of college athletes and the influence they have. The fact that those students aren't paid, aren't given a sincere education, that is the problem. This [Penn State] is a sideshow."
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