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Penn State To Discontinue Playing “Sweet Caroline” At Games Due To Lyrics

Doug Mataconis
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Well, under the circumstances, it is kind of inappropriate:

Changes are in the air at Penn State for this year’s upcoming football season, and one of them will be of unique interest to Red Sox fans.

The school is discontinuing its tradition of singing “Sweet Caroline” during games due to concerns raised by school officials in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, according to The Altoona Mirror. In particular, the school was worried that the “touching me, touching you” lyrics of the song would be pereceived as inappropriate in the wake of PSU’s child sex abuse scandal.

Well, I can kind of understand that.

In the meantime, take it away Neil:

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9 responses to “Penn State To Discontinue Playing “Sweet Caroline” At Games Due To Lyrics”

  1. jd Avatar
    jd

    It’s being replaced by “Man in the Mirror”.

  2. Stormy Dragon Avatar
    Stormy Dragon

    My Favorite Version of Sweet Caroline:

  3. rudderpedals Avatar
    rudderpedals

    …and on that day the gathered crowd filled the void with a delightful rendition of “Fiddle About”…

  4. al-Ameda Avatar
    al-Ameda

    It’s Neil Diamond for god’s sake – they can do better.

    Why not, “Where Have All the Good Times Gone” – by The Kinks

  5. John Burgess Avatar
    John Burgess

    I suspect the rogues at U. Penn are going to have rather a lot of fun with this.

  6. CSK Avatar
    CSK

    So if Neil Diamond wrote a song about touching sweet Caroline when she was prepubescent, what does that make him?

  7. Tony W Avatar
    Tony W

    @CSK: The next head coach at Penn State

  8. Chris Berez Avatar
    Chris Berez

    I wish the Red Sox would follow suit. 🙁

  9. anjin-san Avatar
    anjin-san

    Ah, a meaningless gesture.

    Maybe next time they will step up when it counts.

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