Penn State

[floridaorange]

Incomprehensible.

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/blog/dr_saturday/post/Former-Penn-State-LB-Matt-Millen-gets-emotional-?urn=ncaaf-wp9465

[Garrick]

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i'm in no way accusing paterno of anything, but i wonder if the school and even maybe the media are protecting a coaching legend. i highly doubt joe pa was involved in this in any way, but it's hard not to think that somehow, some way he knew something about this when there were so many incidents.

absolutely disgusting actions by sandusky. looks mike leach look like a saint!

[Weizy]

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This story is plain awful. I HIGHLY doubt Joe Paterno had anything to do with any of this.

Obviously the worst part of this is the effect that this has had on the victims.

As a Big10 football rube I am very sad that Joe Paterno's legacy will now be completely tarnished and he'll inevitably be shown the door for what this effing pervert did. Sad stuff.

[Garrick]

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^ very good point although i don't think his legacy will be tarnished too badly if he really didn't have any kind of involvement. like you said, he was just a victim of someone else's actions...

[Jenks]

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he was just a victim of someone else's actions...

Bullshit!! He is complicit. He didn't do enough, just passed the buck and put the university, football, and his legacy ahead of children being abused. Not only did he not do enough, he harbored a fucking pedophile for a DECADE! Fuck his legacy. If you haven't read the indictment, i suggest you do so. Absolutely disgusting. The Ad, University president, JoePa, all need to be fired- yesterday. The assistant coach who caught the Sandusky in the shower sodomizing a 10 year old boy, BACK IN 2002, needs to be brought up on charges for running away and not stopping the abuse, he's complicit. This whole story is getting worse by the day, and the response by Penn State is atrocious. The abuse reports are in the double digits now..over A DECADE! Had JoePa, anyone at the university, done the right thing, this could have stopped years ago, but they are all complicit in covering it up and deserve tenfold the heat they're taking.

[Weizy]

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Jenks, can you give us a link to the indictment? Admittedly I have not read it.

[Jenks]

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http://bit.ly/v89H7o

[Weizy]

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thanks, Jenks. Sorry to ask that of you, but my dumbass wasn't finding it after many google searches.

[Jenks]

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thanks, Jenks. Sorry to ask that of you, but my dumbass wasn't finding it after many google searches.

No worries. I just like busting people with LMGTFY any time I can.

[Weizy]

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Ok, having read that I am...

A) DISGUSTED BEYOND BELIEF. --- Sandusky should burn in hell for the rest of his life. There aren't words to describe my feelings of hatred toward him

B) Paterno is not very prevalent in the report. However, in the case of Victim 7 Joe Pa reported the grad assistant's story directly to the athlertic director at Penn State. Not sure what more you can ask him to do. He reported it to his supervisor. From the report it sounds like those above Joe Pa were the ones who covered it up by downplaying the severity of the incident.

Yuck yuck yuck awful awful stuff

[Jenks]

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in the case of Victim 7 Joe Pa reported the grad assistant's story directly to the athlertic director at Penn State. Not sure what more you can ask him to do. He reported it to his supervisor.

Joe Paterno is the face of Penn State, and has been for decades. He runs that University. In the face of those kind of allegations (witnessed facts!) you stand up and say NO! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT!...and bring it to public light. Instead, he is complicit in the coverup by not doing so and worked along side Sandusky for years afterwards, as more children were victimized. You have to ask yourself this: If that were YOUR child, that Sandusky sodomized in the bathroom, and was caught, and JoePa knew about it- if it were your son, would you think "Well I guess JoePa did all he could do!"

[Huggie Smiles]

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Bullshit!! He is complicit. He didn't do enough, just passed the buck and put the university, football, and his legacy ahead of children being abused. Not only did he not do enough, he harbored a fucking pedophile for a DECADE! Fuck his legacy. If you haven't read the indictment, i suggest you do so. Absolutely disgusting. The Ad, University president, JoePa, all need to be fired- yesterday. The assistant coach who caught the Sandusky in the shower sodomizing a 10 year old boy, BACK IN 2002, needs to be brought up on charges for running away and not stopping the abuse, he's complicit. This whole story is getting worse by the day, and the response by Penn State is atrocious. The abuse reports are in the double digits now..over A DECADE! Had JoePa, anyone at the university, done the right thing, this could have stopped years ago, but they are all complicit in covering it up and deserve tenfold the heat they're taking.

agree with this entirely.

He did not prevent further abuse from happening. Its sickening.

Lets not disguise the extent of the abuse either - Sandusky was raping young boys.

At anypoint if anyone ever discloses abuse - or the potential of abuse of children - you first protect the children, then goto the police.

[floridaorange]

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Joe Paterno is the face of Penn State, and has been for decades. He runs that University. In the face of those kind of allegations (witnessed facts!) you stand up and say NO! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT!...and bring it to public light. Instead, he is complicit in the coverup by not doing so and worked along side Sandusky for years afterwards, as more children were victimized. You have to ask yourself this: If that were YOUR child, that Sandusky sodomized in the bathroom, and was caught, and JoePa knew about it- if it were your son, would you think "Well I guess JoePa did all he could do!"

We may not always agree on everything, but on this we agree 100%.

[floridaorange]

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[Weizy]

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You are all very right and I agree with each of you 100%.

I can't help the fact that I want to believe that JoePa is free from any wrongdoing. For whatever reason I wish that he would walk away with his image intact, but it's obvious that isn't going to happen. To see a great man's career ruined by some sick fuck is really unfortunate.

However, I am very aware that those who we should be concerned are the victims. It's an awful story that I am certain will only get worse as more information is released.