Penn St. Shirt Compares NCAA to USSR

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Count the Penn State Student Bookstore among those who thought the NCAA’s sanctions of the football program were too harsh.

On Wednesday, the student-run Penn State blog Onward State posted a TwitPic of a t-shirt available in the store in which the “C” in “NCAA” is replaced with a sickle like the one on the old Soviet Union flag. Below that is the shirt’s new acronym for those four letters: National Communist Athletic Association.

@OnwardState’s next tweet informed the Twittersphere that “the Student Bookstore is off campus on College Ave and independent of the University” and that it is “different than the Penn State Bookstore.”

So no, Penn State University is not issuing anti-NCAA T-shirts. Still, we’re curious as to what the outcry will be if/when a TV camera pans in on a fan wearing this in the stands during the 2012 season.

[TwitPic: @KevinHornePSU]

9:40 AM on 8/9/2012

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Tod Mccartney

Why we care what you think. You obviously don’t care about due process So now you re gonna challenge the 1st Amendment ? Kinda contradictory position isn’t it? BUT no surprises here anyway
- drew down
  
  keep talking Tod… and keep giving the rest of America & the world to find new reasons to keep hating Penn State… as if we needed more fuel. Love it.
sciguybm

Really. The bookstore. Compares NCAA punishment to a sports program concerning protection of innocent children from pedophiles to communism?
That’s who is in charge of educating our youth???
Explains much.
Huskerzfan4life

are the PSU fans ever going to swallow their BS and move on? It must really Suck to be them ! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Maybe they should make another tshirt with a Shower on it
Carolyn Todd

When is Bleacher Report going to read the articles it publishes and create ACCURATE headlines? The Student Bookstore is a private business, NOT PSU sanctioned.
- alexpinca
  
  I doubt that things have changed that much since i was in college…to be selling anything on campus requires sanctioning by the university…c’mon.
  - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IBJVEJ472JETNMXT7XIYGDJICQ Nick S
    
    If you read the article, which undoubtedly you haven’t, the book sore is OFF campus and is not run by the university, but is a privately owned business. They can sell any shirt they wish, including “alexpinca is ignorant”.
  - http://www.facebook.com/tom.provostsr.7 Tom Provost Sr
    
    WOW,…..AND THE STUPIDITY JUST CONTINUES TO ROLL ON. THE STORE SELLING THIS T SHIRT IS NOT ON CAMPUS ……..ITS DOWN TOWN. ONCE AGAIN READ THE ARTICLE.
    - alexpinca
      
      All the sophmoric insults doesn’t change the fact that the majority of those in football, university administration and society in general think you idiots should take your medicine and shut-up.
alexpinca

This was the very issue that got them into trouble to begin with, the idea that football is everything and nothing else matters. I’m sorry to see that a dozen kids being abused wasn’t enough to dissuade this type of thinking.
- give it a rest
  
  don’t you have a job, get a life………….
  - alexpinca
    
    Ohhhhh, did I hurt your feelings? I’m sooooo sorry!
    - http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IBJVEJ472JETNMXT7XIYGDJICQ Nick S
      
      Do you know which football program had the highest graduation rate? It is not all bout football, but getting an education, which you obviously lack.
      - http://www.facebook.com/people/James-Smith/670490030 James Smith
        
        Notre Dame has the highest graduation rate in not only football but all college athletics, so I hope you weren’t trying to say it was Penn Sate.
      - Willic
        
        Perhaps they have a high graduation rate because their academic standards are very low? Perhaps the football players don’t even have to attend classes to get a PSU deploma?
        
        Lancelot Rhodes
        
        Penn State is not in the SEC last time I checked.
        
        Lancelot Rhodes
        
        Willic, not to question your academic standards, but spellcheck deploma.
- Lancelot Rhodes
  
  Dozen kids? How many do you hold Penn State responsible for. 3 incidents happened at PSU. 1 was investigated by two agencies and a prosecutor, no charges filed. 1 was never reported by the janitor,who now has dementia now and that entire incident is based on hearsay. And 1 that was reported to JoePa and sent up the chain of command. The higher ups reported this hearsay to Second Mile, where Sandusky was getting the kids, but did not report it to DPW. Read the Freeh report, which is thin on facts but full of worst case assumptions. Don’t be a sheep whipped into a frenzy by the media (too late). Where is your self righteous indignation towards Mike Mcquery, Second Mile, and the PA governor Corbit who was the PA AG at the time and on PSU BOT, and drug his feet investigating major campaign contributor Sandusky. Where is your self righteous indignation towards the hypocrites at ESPN who sat on a Bernie Fine recording for ten years (look that case up if you care about the children and tell me if you spew vernon at ESPN). But no, with out doing any critical thinking on your own, you bought the media hype and saw their commercials as you thought you were learning actual facts. Now you can feel good about yourself knowing revenge,I mean justice, has been served.
  - Stevecoats58
    
    Here you go again blaming everyone but those who covered it up.the ncaa did what was right but you people will never understand right from wrong.the fact the joe knew it was going on and still let that monster on campus makes him accountable.
    - Lancelot Rhodes
      
      I am not blaming everyone else. I am calling you a hypocrite for not blaming all parties responsible. If you cared about the victims wouldn’t you be demanding answers about Second Mile and Gov. Corbits actions? No, Penn State got slapped down, the story served its purpose and ran its course in the media. You can sit back and feel good about yourself and wait to be told what and how to think when the media tells you. Lazy sheep.
    - Jed114
      
      There is no way that this many people come forward without alot of people involved with the program knowing and covering up, NO FREAKIN WAY, PERIOD. I feel bad for the student athletes now because they had nothing to do with it, but this is why the NCAA is letting them transfer without penalty. Penn State deserves this punishment in my opinion.
- Lancelot Rhodes
  
  The football culture at PSU is the same as it is at any major D1 football school.
dtksr1 @dslextreme.com

Totally classless, but what do you expect from raging hormones who skip classes? Huskerzfan4life, you got it right. Move on
- Kimhart
  
  Really I thought husker fans had more class then that !there I go thinking! Love you Nittany Lions and what they are doing to you is just plain wrong! Go Penn State you have to excuse the ignorant cos they insult themselves!
  - HuskyHusker
    
    I am myself a husker fan and in no way am I a Penn St. fan, however, as deplorable as this crime was, this is a crime that was not the fault of anyone that is now involved with Penn St. The university has taken steps to punish the people involved and what Sandusky did is being handled, and is serving his sentence for his crime. Penn St. got rid of everyone involved and the law did its job. This had nothing to do with the NCAA, they overstepped their bounds, again. They have too strong of a stranglehold on the colleges and universities. Their involvement was not needed nor the punishment that was handed down was not warranted. These penalties have hurt the entire university, the current players, the fans and future recruits. Yes, they can go somewhere else, but when you grow up loving a universities football program as I did with Nebraska, it makes it very hard to go somewhere else. Penn St. is a very good university, strong academics and I strongly feel that the Board of Regents should appeal.
redraider

Football gets wacked, but what about all the other sports that depend on footballs revenue. They might as well shut them down as well. What does these programs - soccer, lacrosse, track, hocke,y baseball, wrestling, softball teams have to do with the issues regarding this insidious crime ? NOTHING, but they will all be hit. Thank you NCAA. (PS I am not Penn State alum or fan)
http://www.facebook.com/donnie.toby Donnie Toby

GREAT! If PSU wants their image to dig further into the ground, continue to make mistakes like this. The longer they ‘deny’ the LONGER IT WILL TAKE FOR PEOPLE TO FORGET. But, what else is new? IN 30 YEARS WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE SMU situation.
- http://www.facebook.com/tom.provostsr.7 Tom Provost Sr
  
  WHAT PART OF PENN STATE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ISSUE OR MAKINGN OF THIS TSHIRT? ARE YOU PEOPLE JUST BRAIN DEAD OR UNABLE TO READ? EITHER WAY YOU MAKE A MOCKERY OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM BY OPENING YOUR IGNORANT MOUTHS.
  - E135800
    
    No, not the Uni, just the brain dead student body that has no compassion for the victims. Kick them out of the B1G at least.
E135800

LOL. PSU fans are compared to whiny ninnies with their heads in the sand. Russia should kick this irrealevant team out of Division 1 football and put them in with Youngtown State where they might win a few games over the next 10 years. F’n losers.
- Lancelot Rhodes
  
  In the old USSR at least you got a show trial. The outcome was predetermined and the prosecutor and defense counsel may have been the same person, but a least there was a trial. The NCAA action was closer to the French revolution. Angry mobs demand instant action.
Earl

Did they really expect the NCAA to do nothing? This cover up for such a despicable crime by a terrible sicko, is unacceptable. I feel that the NCAA was very kind, looking out for the student-athlete letting them transfer with no penalty. They didn’t give them the death penalty which they very well could have. This has upset the Penn State faithful, they can cry but I think most of the nation feels they got what they deserve.
- Lancelot Rhodes
  
  The NCAA action was purely political. They did not follow their own rules for issuing penalties. State and federal courts have ruled that even voluntary associations must follow established procedures when dealing with its members. PSU could have had its penalties overturned by a court if it so chose. But the NCAA held a gun to their head and basically said accept this or it will be worse. Yes the responsible parties should be held accountable. That is what the criminal courts are for. Sandusky will go to prison for life and there are two more trials comming up. I know the NCAA cited their “morals clause” but what NCAA rule was broken? This was a criminal matter not an NCAA matter. Do you want the NCAA to be the morals police? Be careful what you wish for. To late they have set precedent.
- Kmmiller113
  
  What the NCAA is doing to Penn State is wrong. Sandusky was given what he deserved by law and the other will also. The law is not always fair because his punishment should have been even worse. The NCAA is punishing the students as well as the athletes of PSU. What did the football team do to deserve these penalties. Did they harm any of these children. I dont think so. Punish the ones that were responsible for doing these horrible acts but not the players. That would be like killing a man and him going to jail for life. Then placing his family in prison for life for his crimes. What laws have the players broken. They have done nothing wrong. They are only trying to get an education. I’m not one of the PSU faithful and I feel that the NCAA is punishing the players for something they had nothing to do with. Open your eye and see the whole picture
Mschase1

The Pen St folk ought to wake up…paterno and the boys hid these crimes and wanted to play above it. They ought to be rendered KIA by giiven the death penalty….
mediumsizedrob

Once again bright college kids confusing communism and fascism.
Howard_young

I hope you ignorant bozos will be just as enthusiastic with your apologies when the truth is finally told.

What’s sad is that it’s already out there for those willing to look.
Stevecoats58

Just give it up you can whine all u want but that will never hide the fact the big 4 @penn st chose to put reputation and wins over child safety.heres a thought donate the money from the sale those shirts to help children of sexual abuse.
Hokiepokie

Im a Virginia Tech fan and I want that shirt. Kmiller113 is right. This was an overreaction by a bunch of damm idiots, mobs demand justice and they get it wrong. Sandusky pays for his crime, why everyone else. If you support this ncaa crap, i will enjoy watching you die slowly and painfully and eat popcorn at your funeral. That is how angry I am at you.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Duttera/100000630766370 Mike Duttera

I love all the total fools who STILL uncritically buy the media line hook line and sinker. The powers that be have the data now, we’re stupid enough to be hoodwinked into a dictatorship.
http://profile.yahoo.com/NLXMFGONAUJCOG6C3LEDOEV7WU Pat

The vintage three stooges were Curly, Moe and Larry; The Penn State stooges were Curley, Joe and Gary.
Marisa

Maybe PSU should take this as a time to show they can do more than just football. I love football, but I’m sure the Nittany Lions excel in other areas like volleyball or academics!
Just the facts please

Smack Apparel sells a wide range of shirts with attention getting messages. Nothing to do with Penn State. The ” NCAA/Communist” shirt has been offered for years by Smack in USC colors. They simply recycled it in blue and white. Be nice to see just a little homework done before aspersions are cast.

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