Rutgers AD making fun of PSU

[Ritzarmy]

Maybe this adds more fire to the supposedly rivalry. I still wish Nebraska was I rival.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann made an off-the-cuff joke about the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State during a meeting with staff last fall.
The university acknowledged Friday that Hermann made the impromptu comment in a fundraising meeting but said it was not directed at anyone associated with Penn State.
The comment was first reported by NJ Advance Media, whose story included statements from more than a half-dozen people inside the Rutgers athletic department.
The report said Hermann told staff members to "reach out and touch the donors" of the Rutgers program, and her punch line was to not do it "in a Sandusky way."

The report comes just days after Rutgers apologized to Penn State for offensive signs and shirts referencing the Sandusky scandal that some Rutgers fans displayed during a weekend football game, the Scarlet Knights' debut in the Big Ten Conference.
Hermann called the actions at the game a "classless display" that she said does not represent the New Jersey school's views or its fan base.
Several photos posted on an official Rutgers football Facebook page showed fans wearing T-shirts that read "Beat Ped State." Hermann says the photos were removed.

 

[Retroram52]

Typical knucklehead comment that totally disavows the damage that a sick man caused boys who are now men a lifetime of agony. People like that Rutgers AD should be shown the door. There is just no place for flippant decisions made "off-the-cuff" by an idiot in today's supposed enlightened society.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Cant believe she wasn't punished for her thoughtless comments especially coming after already stating how students should be more classy then to make up insulting signs.

 

[Wamu]

Maybe this adds more fire to the supposedly rivalry. I still wish Nebraska was I rival.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- Rutgers athletic director Julie Hermann made an off-the-cuff joke about the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State during a meeting with staff last fall.
The university acknowledged Friday that Hermann made the impromptu comment in a fundraising meeting but said it was not directed at anyone associated with Penn State.
The comment was first reported by NJ Advance Media, whose story included statements from more than a half-dozen people inside the Rutgers athletic department.
The report said Hermann told staff members to "reach out and touch the donors" of the Rutgers program, and her punch line was to not do it "in a Sandusky way."

The report comes just days after Rutgers apologized to Penn State for offensive signs and shirts referencing the Sandusky scandal that some Rutgers fans displayed during a weekend football game, the Scarlet Knights' debut in the Big Ten Conference.
Hermann called the actions at the game a "classless display" that she said does not represent the New Jersey school's views or its fan base.
Several photos posted on an official Rutgers football Facebook page showed fans wearing T-shirts that read "Beat Ped State." Hermann says the photos were removed.

is wrong w/ Julie Hermann!? She ain't right.

 

[bonham]

It's pretty ridiculous that so many people think it's okay to make light of what happened.

Also..it's this the same lady that apologized for the Rutgers fans? wtf..

 

[Sportster 72]

When you look at the penalties levied against Penn State and some of the comments about learning the serious nature of his crimes, more education about child abuse needed on the campus etc. etc. how can the NCAA just laugh this off as a light hearted joke? I am not looking for her to be fired but she should be suspended without pay for a little while.

On the other side this year might have been the best chance Rutgers had to beat us. So we can enjoy kicking their ass for years to come.

 

[Retroram52]

It's pretty ridiculous that so many people think it's okay to make light of what happened.

Also..it's this the same lady that apologized for the Rutgers fans? wtf..

Absolutely Bonham and others stating the same sentiment. There should be repercussions of some nature for this bullshit for this classless tool. Failure that seeps in appears to be dependent on whether the messenger is from a favorable demographic or an unfavorable one and that is simply complicity of her superiors that have no excuse for their failures to recognize this for what it is.

 

[Ritzarmy]

Stay Classy Rutgers!!!