tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370511552390871439.post1718688266580345479..comments2024-03-23T16:59:42.092-06:00Comments on The Goates Notes: Moral Imperatives and Penn State - Secrets Shouted from the HousetopsDavid B. Goateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978666830682045128noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370511552390871439.post-16641367687386436692011-11-17T14:40:45.255-07:002011-11-17T14:40:45.255-07:00I will be shocked if BYU takes the Big East invite...I will be shocked if BYU takes the Big East invite. What's not to like about their independent status with 10 televised ESPN games?David B. Goateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978666830682045128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7370511552390871439.post-33396508907432688352011-11-16T23:23:15.227-07:002011-11-16T23:23:15.227-07:00It seems our friends in Provo are also guilty, to ...It seems our friends in Provo are also guilty, to some degree, of setting the dollar on the highest pedestal. They regularly bring in athletes who are star players yet unprepared to live up to the school's behavioral standards. It's as if they recruit with crossed fingers. Now they want to join the Big East for football. One team or another will be making two 3-4 hour one-way, cross-country trips every week. This is in the best interests of students?<br /><br />I love the excitement of college football and Basketball, they're my favorite spectator sports. But it's all marred, you are correct in your assertion that the system is utterly corrupt. It's time to turn to the European model of athletic clubs unaffiliated with schools (and in BYU's case, turn to the Rexburg model).<br /><br />But the money, the money......r john jrnoreply@blogger.com