The NCAA came down hard on USC with sanctions, and Pat Haden
stood around to watch it. He wanted to play the good guy and follow everything the
NCAA said to do in order to “do things the right way”. Now that 500 pages worth
of e-mails have been released, all the suspicions of the Trojan Faithful that
the NCAA had completely done them wrong have been confirmed.
Pat Haden knew the NCAA had done them wrong the whole time,
and did nothing about it. Other programs such as Penn State and Miami had
threatened to sue the NCAA, and it worked out perfectly for them as they ended up
with minimal penalties and little punishment for infractions that seemed to be
much larger than USC’s. Now however, it is too late to make up for all the
punishments that the NCAA handed down.
But still, Pat Haden is still hesitant to act upon the NCAA. Still
contemplating whether to take legal action or not even with these new documents
founded.
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Pat Haden is currently refusing to attend a conference in
Indiana, boycotting a law against gays. He is the father of a gay son. I have
no problem with this, but would it have hurt to stick up for your Trojan Family
like you are doing your son Mr. Haden? Haden should be held accountable for the
penalties that USC was thrashed with because he stood and did nothing about it.
He let the NCAA step all over USC, and the Trojan Faithful should be as angry
with him as they are with the NCAA.