I can't link from my phone, but I recommended taking a moment to visit CNN or ESPN to read the early release of excerpts from the PSU emails....as hard as it seems, this may actually get worse.
No one saw this coming. First one to die was always going to be the fall guy. "According to the report, emails between former Penn State officials Tim Curley, Gary Schultz and Graham Spanier show the trio initially planned to tell authorities about the allegations against Sandusky, who was convicted on 45 of 48 charges against him last week. However, the three men opted not to alert authorities after speaking with "Joe," according to the report. "After giving it more thought and talking it over with Joe yesterday, I am uncomfortable with what we agreed were the next steps. I am having trouble with going to everyone, but the person involved," read one of the emails, according to CNN. http://espn.go.com/college-football...hanged-emails-jerry-sandusky-allegations-2001
So you are saying that the emails are forged? That "Joe" wasn't a part of it and they were made "after the fact"?? Look, I just read about the emails a minute ago and I have no information beyond what is on that ESPN page, but let me say this; for those who think that Joe Paterno knew nothing about this, you are kidding yourselves. To me, it's that simple.
Good questions and I'll try to clarify. No. I believe this was all available for anyone to investigate all the way back to 2001. There's a lot of guilty parties that took part of the cover ups. I honestly believe there's a paper trail that could and should bury all these jackasssssess.
Agreed. I think there are a lot of people involved in this one who should be seeing the other side of prison bars. I hope that some measure of justice can be carried out.
If by justice you mean they are perpetually on the receiving end of John Holmes and Peter North both shooting the A gap, I agree.
Anyone who didn't think Paterno knew was fooling themselves. The Sally Jenkins article is probably the most pathetic thing I've read in my life. Where is Jay Paterno now?
It's funny that you bring that up, because Jay Paterno was one of the first people I thought of when I read about the new emails. I suspect you won't be hearing a heck of a lot from him anytime soon...
I suspected that the officials were derelict, but this is far beyond that. Joe Paterno is the worst of them. Either Sally Jenkins is naive and foolish, or she is a total hack and a shill. I think she is the last person on the planet that still thinks Lance Armstrong was clean.
Of course Joe knew. Despite what some want you to believe, he covered it up to protect his football program. Was it a violation of NCAA policy? Who knows. I'm not sure what their policy is on ethics. I doubt the NCAA is clear on what their policy is around ethics. They're to busy suspending players for a few games while they investigate trumped up allegations from a jilted ex-boyfriend of the kids mother. IMO, PSU football has earned itself a severe penalty. Not the DP, but something real (no TV and a bowl ban for a few years, reduction in scholarships that makes USC look like a slap on the wrist, something that gets eveybodys attention).
I'd like to see them do something to Miami first. It's now been over a year or more since the allegations came out about the donor....what has the NCAA done??? A whole lot of nothing. Funny though that they were so quick to re-suspend Boatright last season over charges that no one knew about.....Penn St deserves some kind of punishment beyond what it's received already from public perception. However, I'm not holding my breath on it coming anytime soon from the NCAA....I guess they don't want to make an example out of PSU like they seem to wanna do with UConn basketball.
Joe could have put a stop to this. He could have prevented others from being molested. He chose not to. Sickening. For that matter, everyone invovled could have put a stop to it, and it's all the more sickening that so many people chose to ignore something so horrible. But for anyone to ever praise JoePa's name again... would make me want to punch that person in the face. You don't get to be praised when you choose to cover these awful acts up.
There are so many things about this that I simply cannot reconcile. How the was this monster able to sit in the President's box at Beaver Stadium a week before his arrest last year? On Oct 29, 2011 this is exactly what happened. Just unbelievable.
Good point. I thought it was just because of her father and Joe, but clearly they realized she is easily duped.
... pretty sure Pal, Rondogg, and nelson had a clue ... I won't be convinced until I hear what the doctor has to say ...
This is what happens when people in power care more about maintaining the image of the institution they work for and protecting their friends than they do about protecting victims. There is nothing unusual about Penn State in this regard. Sadly, it has happened over and over again in history. To make matters worse, the people engaged in the coverup are rarely punished. I truly hope that the jerks at Penn State who knew about Sandusky's activities, but chose to remain silent, will end up behind bars.
This may constitute new evidence - I don't know. But, it certainly doesn't come as any surprise to me or I suspect most folks. That the leaders of this institution, including a famed coach who supposedly epitomized what true character was to be all about, failed so totally in living up to a minimum moral and ethical standard - that was quite shocking. But, I, like most people, had reached that conclusion a long time ago. For those looking for meaningful sanctions either throught the NCAA or self imposed against the PSU football program.....forget about it. It would take great leadership and courage, and there is none of that in either of those institutions. Remember, at its core, this travesty is simply about individuals and an instiution that placed their football programs ability to win football games ABOVE that of the safety of children. It's that pathetic......
I haven't weighed in on this subject, because honestly I find the whole thing so friggin revolting that I don't know what I could say that already hasn't been said. Sandusky and Paterno got their just desserts (pending appeal by Sandusky, which really pi$$es me off). The other clowns will get theirs. I am solidly on the fence with instituting any sort of Death Penalty for PSU, with both sides having valid points. I really hope the university self-imposes some stiff penalties (or the NCAA grows a set and does it), but I guess I'm wondering that there is a precedent or even rules in place to kill the program. Edit: Not that I think PSU will self-impose anything. I know that is wishful thinking.
I'm disgusted with myself for ever giving Paterno the benefit of the doubt...that he was somehow being persecuted for only doing what he had to do, and not going further to do what he should have done. These emails say different. That pathetic, old, lying pedofile enabler knew what was up all along. And now theres a devastating rumor going around that The Second Mile charity was basically a playpen for twisted Penn State boosters with money. Think about that disgusting premise for a second. Paterno and the rest of them can rot in hell.
From day one when this news broke I always felt that Paterno thought he could reign Sandusky in with a "stern" talking to. He was a dinosaur, and his generation just didn't talk about these things openly. Whatever his motivation, whether it was to protect a "friend" or a football program was wrong, and he should of known better
