Penn State Mess

[KG4CGC]

Let's get real with this issue. I would think most folks on this forum would have beaten the shit out of the pervert if we witnessed what several Penn State connected people did. I would think I would have beaten the shit out of the perv. I am a gay man, and this gay man would have gotten violent if I saw that. I am a parent, and a grandparent. I would probably go to prison if someone did that to my children, or grandchildren. I am a peaceful person, but if someone fucks with my kids I would probably take the law in my hands. I am just saying.

Agreed.

[K7SGJ]

Let's get real with this issue. I would think most folks on this forum would have beaten the shit out of the pervert if we witnessed what several Penn State connected people did. I would think I would have beaten the shit out of the perv. I am a gay man, and this gay man would have gotten violent if I saw that. I am a parent, and a grandparent. I would probably go to prison if someone did that to my children, or grandchildren. I am a peaceful person, but if someone fucks with my kids I would probably take the law in my hands. I am just saying.

I would love to sit on that jury. You'd be back on the street before the gavel fell.

[NA4BH]

With all due respect... at least at Penn State, the campus police ARE real police. Same training, same authority.

And all campuses, the Police are the Police. Not "rent-a-cops".

[W3WN]

Constant deification to the point of sainthood will eventually corrupt even the most perfect individual.

JoePa put Penn State on the map and was rewarded by an extended tenure that outlived the shelf life by about 15 years.

I get your innocent until proven guilty thing, Ron, but this thing is way bigger than lying about phone calls to recruits or having knowledge of illicit tattoos. Paterno would have been better off not commenting at all, rather than issue that mind bogglingly stupid statement saying he reported the incident, so he's cool. What bullshit. I'm not sure who's worse, Paterno, or the that weasly graduate assistant who A. Didn't stop Sandusky from assaulting that child, and B. Didn't go to the cops himself. If it had been me in that locker room, the assault would have been over even it meant I got the hell beat out of me.

We can talk about fairness and doing the right thing, but this stuff was nothing but illegal, non-consential assault on MINORS, and some people felt the program and JoePa was far more important than doing the right thing.

All of these clowns should resign or be fired NOW, including JoePa. Who knows what else is being covered up?

Valid points all.

JoePa had to say something, since the DA revealed that he was called before the Grand Jury, testified, and it was determined that he did not do anything LEGALLY wrong. Yeah, he could have said something better... he made a few remarks off the cuff without fully thinking through the consequences. I'll be he regrets making those comments in that way now.

Oh, and I feel obligated to add... the few reporters who are actually reporting news (facts, not innuendo and blood lust) have reported that the previous DA WAS informed of the investigation into Sandusky's alleged act, and chose not to file charges. Why? Was he completely informed? Was he part of the cover-up? We'll never know, as the man disappeared several years ago and is now considered legally dead.

And let me be very clear on a couple of things:

- First, why didn't the GA who witnessed the alleged asault intervene? I think he has some 'splainin' to do on that.
- Second, in no way do I defend Sandusky or what he is alleged to have done. And even as I say, in the interest of fairness, "alleged," personally I want to beat the crap out of him too. There can be no excuses, none, for a sexual assualt of any sort on a 10 year old.
- Third, the administration should have suspended his access to the campus facilities, including the office he was given as part of his retirement, immediately until & unless he was cleared. They didn't. Those who didn't need to be held accountable for this inexcusable oversight.
- Fourth... I believe that Paterno will be gone at the end of the season. If not before. If he was involved in the cover-up and/or had direct knowledge of the depth of the alleged assault, he has to go. If he was kept in the dark by the school administration, he will be sacrificed to the blood-lust of the crowd. Either way, you'll also see a bloodletting on the football team's coaching staff. Don't be surprised when everyone, and I mean everyone, goes. Next year's team will have a new coach, new coaching staff. The Grand Experiment will be over, and Penn State will just be another football conglomorate masquerading as a major university.

[W3WN]

And Paterno announced his retirement this morning, effective at the end of the season.

He's fallen on his sword. The mob has it's blood. Leave him be.

[N8YX]

...First, why didn't the GA who witnessed the alleged asault intervene? I think he has some 'splainin' to do on that...

This particular question definitely requires follow-up. The rabbit hole may go a little deeper than people suspect.

[WX7P]

And Paterno announced his retirement this morning, effective at the end of the season.

He's fallen on his sword. The mob has it's blood. Leave him be.

Jemele Hill nails it for me.

http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/s...o-retire-terms

But the only interests being served here are Paterno's and Penn State's. If the 84-year-old coach is given the freedom to dictate the terms of his departure, it means that university officials will have shown again that they are unwilling and unprepared to confront their legendary football coach.

[+] EnlargeAP Photo/Gene J. PuskarPenn State cannot afford to allow Joe Paterno to orchestrate his own exit strategy.



Paterno shouldn't be given the opportunity to coach another game, whether he does it walking the sideline or sitting in the press box. He doesn't deserve to see these seniors -- whose last game in Beaver Stadium on Saturday will be memorable for all the wrong reasons -- play their final home game. He doesn't deserve to be celebrated or supported as he concludes a career now tarnished by his reprehensible, implausible inaction against a former assistant who stands accused of unspeakable crimes against children.

[W3WN]

Jemele Hill nails it for me.
http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/s...o-retire-terms

The board fired him last night. He will not be on the sidelines or in the press box on Saturday, or any other day.

And the University President as well.

The media circus has their blood.

[W7XF]

I don't think we've heard the last out of Paterno xD At least, via his attorney xD

[KG4CGC]

Jebus! There's more. Don't give me grief over it being true or not, I'm just the messenger.
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