The Fall of Penn State...

[The Count]

Now they riot to take down a statue:

Vote: Should The Joe Paterno Statue At Penn State Come Down? « CBS Philly

Rioting?

[mixiboi]

Rioting?

In the tamest sense... Everyone is running from this embarrassment...Tearing down everything the can...

NIKE Drops Paterno's Name From Child-Care Center | NBC 10 Philadelphia

[govtstatistic]

Report: Paterno, PSU officials in 14-year cover-up

I'm Wondering Why The Federal Govt Is Ignoring The Missing Ray Gricar Out Of This Whole Investigation?
Oh Well Blame It On The Dead Guy ,While Ignoring All The Cases This District Attorney Was Working On.

so typical politics continue continue, blame it on the dead guy, I'm wondering why the bosses of pa's district attorney did not pursue this even further. but it seems as if this will end up on the dead heap file, the same as boy's town Nebraska
What a moral less society we live in.
The degenerates are running society

[mixiboi]

Because the FBI was only investigating Penn State in this....

This case is FAR from closed.....

[govtstatistic]

No trial date for PSU officials Curley, Schultz

They are all on summer vacation
I guess that goes for the feds also
14 year vacation

[Pitt]

Report: Paterno, PSU officials in 14-year cover-up

I'm Wondering Why The Federal Govt Is Ignoring The Missing Ray Gricar Out Of This Whole Investigation?
Oh Well Blame It On The Dead Guy ,While Ignoring All The Cases This District Attorney Was Working On.

so typical politics continue continue, blame it on the dead guy, I'm wondering why the bosses of pa's district attorney did not pursue this even further. but it seems as if this will end up on the dead heap file, the same as boy's town Nebraska
What a moral less society we live in.
The degenerates are running society

Nobody blamed just the dead guy. The problem is the dead guy lied to a grand jury according to emails that reveal he knew some kid was attacked by Sandusky in 1998 - three whole years before McQueary told him what he saw Sandusky doing to a different boy in the showers.

How did Paterno use his power as the most influential man in State College? By having Vicky Triponi fired -- the VP of Student Affairs who had the gall to try and discipline his players the way she disciplined other students. I guess he didn't see fit to use that power to get a young rattled, scared, and influential graduate assistant coach named Mike McQueary to call the police when McQueary told him what he walked in on in the locker room showers. Instead Paterno said, and I quote, "Thanks, Mike. You did what you had to do by telling me. Now I have to decide what happens next."

Paterno's office was across the hall from Sandusky's. For 14 years after he heard of the first incident he saw Sandusky use Penn State football as bait for vulnerable, star struck, fatherless children. He saw him with those boys around the grounds, in the hallway, at hotels during bowl games, on the sidelines during practices and games, and at his overnight PSU football camps for kids. It never sickened him enough to call the police.

Did it even eat away at his conscience until the public gasped?

The problem with Paterno is he portrayed an image of the only good guy in all of college football for 40 years and the rural Walter Mitty fanboys ate it up because somehow they thought cheering for the good guy made them one of the good guys. They all pointed fingers at an awful lot of other people along the way too.

He's not the only PSU entity to die. The football program may be next. We'll see if the NCAA has any balls.

[MarketStEl]

That's indeed right LemKo.

It's all about MONEY with the entertainment business - and making LOTS of it.
Pretty boys attract young girls attention, and those young girls spend money on them.

Ricky Martin made girls' hearts throb for years, and it $old plenty of CD's.
Rock Hudson kissing Doris Day $old lots of theater tickets.
A wholesome family show wouldn't be a money-making hit if they knew Mike Brady was a horn-honker.

Right?

These are not earth-shaking events, just a manipulation of the masses, fronts-for-profit.
Even Elvis had "private moments" with people like James Dean, among others.
One has to wonder about the 3 failed marriages of "pretty boy" Tom Cruise....

But ya had to keep it "hush" - contracts demanded it - lawsuits were messy.

Nevertheless, if Sandusky was queer, or just a sick perv, it goes to show that early-on manipulation eventually surfaces as a big ugly scandal - when if people were allowed to grow up and live without the suppression and pressure to be something they're not, the outcome might be quite different.

That old, worn-out "Mama wants me to get married to a nice girl" is part of the problem.

Replying to this quote merely to remark on a very rare occurrence: I agree with every word NE19149 posted here.

But since I've bothered to post, I may as well run a little further.

My good friend in DC has been reporting on this story as well. Here's his take on the report, which I'm told ran on page A1 of my forever hometown paper, The Kansas City Star:

Report: Penn State's 'most powerful' leaders failed to stop Sandusky | McClatchy

(Some of you should recognize the name at the end of the link. This is the company that bought the parent of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, then turned around and sold those papers. They kept The Star; my friend told me company management thought its growth prospects better than the Inky's.)

He had gone up to Centre County late last year to do an atmospheric story about the place that made this possible. I've never seen him as spooked as he looked when I spoke to him while he was there. To sum up, wherever he turned, he ran into brick walls - no one would speak to him, no one would offer assistance, nothing (beyond a chance to connoiter with the staff of the McClatchy paper that covers the area, the Centre Daily Times in State College).

The material he hoped to get for the story he wanted to write came out in the testimony of the victims at the trial and transcripts of what they told prosecutors beforehand. Again, to sum up: This Sandusky fellow gave a bunch of poor kids from hardscrabble country entree to a world they otherwise never could have experienced. If you're a mother of such a boy, and your son acquires a mentor who exposes him to the Big Time, you might not ask too many questions.

I point this out not to excuse what Sandusky did, which is inexcusable, as are the actions of those who were more solicitous of his welfare (and/or their own reputations) than of his charges'. But it does provide another layer of context for this. State College is an island of middle-class splendor in the middle of what may as well be West Virginia, and State College's reason for existence dominates - and, as we all know now, warps - the way everyone around it sees the world. Curtis was an alien presence trying to probe a bit too deeply into that environment. (He is also responsible for my first actual visit to State College, during a cross-state trip in which we were chasing trains across Pennsylvania. It was too brief for me to get a real feel for the place, though.)

[mixiboi]

Which is why the donations came in the milLions after this, they are brainwashed out there...

[mixiboi]

Artist Removes Paterno's Halo From Penn State Mural « CBS Philly

This mural has changed more time this year then needed....

[OKT3]

Which is why the donations came in the milLions after this, they are brainwashed out there...

Not to mention, I believe connoitering is illegal in Centre County...

[govtstatistic]

The Franklin Cover-Up' author talks about how he linked Sandusky and Penn State abuse scandal years ago

answer to below
are you claiming that Lawyer John DeCamp & former state senator from nebraska is lying
A highly decorated Vietnam veteran

[guzzijason]

The Franklin Cover-Up' author talks about how he linked Sandusky and Penn State abuse scandal years ago

Unless I'm missing something, the gist of that article is goes something like this... "Yeah, I wrote a book and people are telling me it that I said something about Sandsusky in it, but I don't remember."

I think this guy needs to go read his own book, and then they need to have another interview with him and come up with an article that's actually makes some sort of coherent point.

__Jason

[mixiboi]

lol, very unlikely that will happen. But this is even more likely:

Penn State football could get the 'death penalty,' NCAA chief says - latimes.com


And what is Penn State without football? Well still a college..but that is a stake to the heart...

[mixiboi]

This is getting darker and darker...

Someone Commissioned a Banner Plane to Carry a Threat to Tear Down the Joe Paterno Statue | The Philly Post


“Take the statue down or we will.”

[mixiboi]

Temple is learning from this...or is there something else going on?


Temple appoints task force after Penn State abuse report

[mixiboi]

Meanwhile...

Erickson says Penn State will address Freeh report findings - Philly.com

Penn State University President Rodney Erickson promised on Tuesday to make a decision on the Paterno statue in seven to 10 days. He also said that incoming freshmen will experience a different school with a more academic tone. The university intends to respond to the Freeh Report findings at convocation

Already seeing the end of their Sports.......

[loveisnoise]

Well, I don't know if it was in this thread but it's a little known fact that temple once asked Sandusky to become head coach of their football program. He came and talked to them, and a major concern was keeping his second mile program going(not joking). In the end Sandusky turned down the offer and stayed where he was at.

Temple is learning from this...or is there something else going on?


Temple appoints task force after Penn State abuse report

[Zep]

I think it's fine to leave the statue up....just turn it to make it look the other way.

[kidphilly]

this whole situation is beyond awful. Is ti better to find a way to generate money for assisting children from future predators

dunno this is way larger than sports or even a university this is fundamental failure of humanity, killing a football team is making the deed seemingly far less significant and similar to boosters paying for dinners etc.

[mixiboi]

The team is the reason why it was cover up, so banning them for a couple of years will remind others to not turn a blind eye to such a horrible actions for the good of the university