Newspaper calls out Alabama BOT corruption

[Keyser Soze 16801]

I had two reactions:

(1) Penn State's corrupt board is probably the norm, not an exception
(2) Imagine if PA journalists examined the PSU BOT with this level of scrutiny

"The result has been a board in which a powerful cabal of trustees -
names like Finis St. John IV, Joe Espy and for years Paul Bryant Jr.
himself - not only make decisions, but fill out the board with a
malleable majority of less-invested trustees who simply enjoy the perks
and promises that come with resisting the urge to make waves.
They've been called out time and time again for holding secret
meetings, shrugging off public records requests, ignoring or
sidestepping the law.

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[Class of 67]

Incestuous and football culture come to mind.

Only at Alabama and other universities in the South can trustees have names like Finis St. John IV and Angus Cooper III.

 

[Bobpsu]

Holy shat the PSU BOT works in two locations ! Wow !

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[lionlurker]

They probably go to the same conferences with our guys.

They also secretly admire each other.

 

[bjf1984]

Boy O Boy...doesn't that sound familiar.

"fill out the board with a malleable majority of less-invested trustees who simply enjoy the perks
and promises that come with resisting the urge to make waves"


I am quite certain PSU is not the only University BOT that stinks of malfeasance.........

but the existence of ________ doesn't make ________ any less of a scoundrel (fill in the blanks with your preferred analogy)
Bernie Madoff/John Rigas
Adolf Hitler/Joseph Stalin
Mark McGwire/Barry Bonds
Lucky Luciano/Al Capone
Idi Amin/Tamerlane


It sure would be nice if many of the folks in PA Journalism took the same critical look at the goings-on at PSU......but we get Charlie Thompson.

 

[91Joe95]

The Alabama bot would never falsely accuse the football program of anything

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