Jay Paterno
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Solutions for Flawed New NCAA Transfer Rules
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The NCAA is dramatically changing the transfer rules. As in life, each time you make changes you run into new problems, and this is no different. The changes, approved by the Division I Council on Wednesday, will allow student-athletes, rather than seeking a release, to simply inform the school of t
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NFL Players’ Message Is Getting Lost in the Debate Over Protests
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Lost in arguing about the protests themselves, the NFL players have lost the discussion about the very issue that started them. The anthem issue has outrun the original issue we need to address.
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Penn State, Michigan State and the NCAA: Two Wrongs Won’t Make a Right
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With the announcement on Wednesday that Michigan State had reached settlements with 332 claimants for $425 million (another $75 million is set aside for future claims), some wonder what will come next for that university. One of the looming questions is what the NCAA will do to Michigan State.
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What Is Heaven?
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In Field of Dreams, heaven for ghosts was playing baseball again. As the movie ends, Kevin Costner’s character plays catch with the ghost of his father one last time. Maybe that was his father’s heaven. What is it for others?
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We Still Seek the Mountaintop
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This week many Americans solemnly marked the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination. While we recall his life of nonviolence in the struggle for justice and equality, it’s equally important to remember the institutional and societal challenges that plagued our nation.
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Political Divisiveness Is a National Security Threat
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Threats seem to loom everywhere from Middle East instability to military threats from hostile nations to radical terrorists or even cyber warfare. One of the biggest threats to our republic comes from the outside but is completely within our power to control.
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A Radical Response to College Basketball’s FBI Scandal
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Big-time basketball and football are awash in money. As television rights fees climb into the billions (yes BILLIONS), and coaches’ salaries spike, are we surprised that there are players who feel entitled to a cut of the money? So for all the best basketball players in the country (or those who t
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College Football’s Cyber Warfare
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The internet disinformation wars began years ago in college football. As far back as the late 1990s coaches and operatives in football programs would create online message board personalities to post rumors on opposing team’s message boards.
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There Are No GOATs
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Greatest of All Time is a purely mythical title with the debate coming around after every season. The GOAT discussion is almost always present-day-centric, involving someone current or in the very recent past. It is human nature to always believe that we live in the best of times.
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Remembering Jim Tarman, a Giant of Penn State Athletics
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As the New Year started, Penn State lost one of the people who would be carved into a Mount Rushmore of Penn State Athletics. Former Athletic Director Jim Tarman passed away after a long life of leadership.