tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post3238626323255093959..comments2024-01-30T04:57:48.673-05:00Comments on Second Mile Sandusky Scandal: BOT's Version Of "Openness and Transparency" Extends to Joyner and Athletic DepartmentBarry Bozemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-8444429010629397572013-08-24T15:09:46.718-04:002013-08-24T15:09:46.718-04:00How the BOT can justify putting Joyner in this pos...How the BOT can justify putting Joyner in this position is mind boggling. Joyner was an orthopedic surgeon. After that, he owned health businesses that went belly up (declared bankruptcy). He sat on both boards of the Hershey med center and PSU. What on Gods green earth makes anyone on that board feel he's qualified to run one of the largest - and most successful -athletic departments in the country. Then to keep him in place (with a nice 6 figure salary) for two years? It makes zero sense... unless of course there are other (fiscal) reasons they want him there. They should stop the bleeding and cut bait with him yesterday! Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555659183597795426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-18874351135951752912013-08-23T16:25:55.449-04:002013-08-23T16:25:55.449-04:00We had season tix forever. Gave them up two years...We had season tix forever. Gave them up two years ago. Now I go to any game I want for less, much less. Still pay exorbitant Penn Stater Nittany Lion Inn rates, but... I need to buy a townhouse there, it would be cheaper. Going to Syracuse...wish I qualified for those $25 student seats. Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09883895895662513750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-4123205131458288242013-08-19T22:36:50.789-04:002013-08-19T22:36:50.789-04:00Mac,
Please tell us how you really feel about Eric...Mac,<br />Please tell us how you really feel about Erickson, Joyner, and the BOT....<br /><br />...they will only be stopped with handcuffs. I'm working on it.<br /><br />RayRay Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-22632010682276516242013-08-19T22:35:26.114-04:002013-08-19T22:35:26.114-04:00Thanks, Mike. I agree the parking cost is exorbit...Thanks, Mike. I agree the parking cost is exorbitant - especially when it cost $40 to park miles away. <br /><br />They are going to need to rethink everything involved with the football experience at PSU.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-87874831329174182612013-08-17T13:23:55.948-04:002013-08-17T13:23:55.948-04:00I liked the article quite a bit but I need to add ...I liked the article quite a bit but I need to add one other thought. My wife and I had four season tickets for 35 years. We gave them up just prior to the 2012 season. We would meet family and friends up at State for re-unions at large pre-game tailgates. The parking system implemented has taken every lot near the stadium and converted them to single car, $90 per day, per car, parking. This destroys the ability to park 3-4 cars together and have a picnic pre-game of 30 to 40 friends and family. They have pushed all of that far away. We finally gave up. So did many of our friends and family. We still attend a few games a year but the good days are over. The parking program chased my family away. The parking cost was a significant portion of the game day spending for we out of town guests. As we were pushed out of our lots we had used for years and years I honestly felt State did not care if we were there or not. I bet they would welcome us back now!mnewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00903195118211619701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-60934860115202268292013-08-16T17:57:48.090-04:002013-08-16T17:57:48.090-04:00these collective incompetents (The BoT, Joyner and...these collective incompetents (The BoT, Joyner and Erickson) are doing their best to DESTROY Penn State football. They are corrupt, inept and have no qualifications to do the jobs they defaulted into when the BoT made its power grab back in Nov. 2011. They removed a very competent AD who had made Penn State into one of the elite schools in the B1G Ten. Now we are back in the pack, despite O'Brien and his staff's best efforts to keep Penn State at the top of the competitive heap where it belongs. There is only one clear solution here. STOP Joyner and his misguided, revenue-losing ideas and policies and get back to making getting tickets easier like it was before. A full stadium at lower prices ALWAYS looks better than a 7/8ths filled stadium that panders to the BoT elitists collective greed.MacDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010921360016263368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-14468903213738183742013-08-16T17:50:09.046-04:002013-08-16T17:50:09.046-04:00O'Brien was talking about the BoT, Erickson an...O'Brien was talking about the BoT, Erickson and Joyner.MacDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010921360016263368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-74717470385841108902013-08-16T17:48:20.648-04:002013-08-16T17:48:20.648-04:00Exactly. WE WILL NOT as alumni "move forward&...Exactly. WE WILL NOT as alumni "move forward" until Joyner, Erickson, and ALL the 11/9/11 BoT members are gone, ASAP. THEY are the problem. They cannot deny this. THEY WILL eventually be held accountable.MacDougalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010921360016263368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-51713152816304238342013-08-16T14:53:18.910-04:002013-08-16T14:53:18.910-04:00 Ray, I am running out of superlatives to describe... Ray, I am running out of superlatives to describe your work - intelligent, thorough, insightful, well-written, meticulously researched, logical, keen analysis... Thank you for making these complicated issues easy for the rest of us to understand.Carole Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413452649107579860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-36812994603236595602013-08-16T14:27:50.692-04:002013-08-16T14:27:50.692-04:00"STIMULATE", is awfully darn close to &q..."STIMULATE", is awfully darn close to "SIMULATE" (which may be what Joyner really meant to say). LOL<br /><br />As we all know, O'Brien thinks last year's team were "all a bunch of F'ckers!"stkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245575073280807741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-63474680143289279422013-08-16T13:18:17.189-04:002013-08-16T13:18:17.189-04:00Ray: you are right on target with this. We were in...Ray: you are right on target with this. We were in the top 1% in the NLC in points, having been Honorary Coach level donors (which entitles you to 10 tix and 2 reserved re lot parking spaces) for well- decades. With the step program, our seats in EG lower level got hammered with the seat license fee for RED, plus the $385 per ticket season price. We also got chair backs on our seat- so add $50 for those seats (back problems and they no longer allow you to take a chair back support cushion into games. So we were looking at $5,000 donation level, $4,050 for season tix with 4 chairback seats, and the $4,000 seat licence. Not easy in this economy when you are in your 60's and exist on commission checks/sales. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977945466229292955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-35324604655579901052013-08-16T13:06:39.814-04:002013-08-16T13:06:39.814-04:00"How do we stimulate continued interest in ou... "How do we stimulate continued interest in our football games? How do we stimulate people to want to come to the stadium?" How about this Judas??? Kick your own ass to the curb so we can get a real AD in the office, hopefully one that's respected, unlike you, and insist that the 11/9 board members all step down! The seats will begin to fill up!Linda Berklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605500542366863244noreply@blogger.com