Penn State just delivered a message to high school athletes in New Jersey, and it's one that every potential recruit and their parents should remember the next time one of its coaches comes knocking on their door:
We don't care about you.
That's the takeaway from the Nick Suriano news. Forget all the nonsense about putting the athletes first, about the athletic department in State College being one big, happy family. It's lip service.
Suriano, one of the nation's top wrestlers, wanted to come home. He wanted to return to New Jersey, where he was an undefeated four-time state champion at Bergen Catholic, and complete his college career at Rutgers.