Posted on 08/31/2014 4:26:16 PM PDT by FlJoePa
In writing a biography about his father, Jay Paterno makes the point quickly that the book is not an attempt to canonize Joe Paterno: "I know all too well that he was human, an imperfect being." He also says that the book is for journalism students. "In a world where the pressure to be first often outweighs the responsibility to be right, I hope you always look in your heart and pursue the truth. It is the most solemn responsibility of freedom of the press. Realize your mistakes will have consequences for real people." Here is an excerpt of Paterno Legacy.
So he wrote a book about how his dad supported faggotry and boy-rape?
Paterno looked the other way when he should have been upholding his moral responsibilities.
It’s funny how you vilify any college or professional athlete for the slightest infraction, but you have a different standard for certain people.
Many of the Paterno fans are like a cult. You should have seen the vitriol when Louis Freeh was in a car accident last week.
If you actually read what jay is saying, and no I’m not a Joe Pa fan or an Penn State alum, there was and still is a lot of misinformation that the media, especially ESPN played up about Paterno involvement that wasn’t true, according to Jay of course. I would be wary of left wing media types like ESPN any day
It’s so rude to ruin people’s witch hunts. Shame on you! /sarc
What I find sad is the degree in which people like Patermo (and many others mind you) will glorify football to the exclusion of everything else. I know it was his passion and he was a great coach etc but etc after all it is just a game. Patermo was a powerful person that could have done something to stop it yet he chose to do very little.
Another way of looking at it is that Patermo might be considered way ahead of his time. Acceptance of molestation and rape is coming next. In x numbers of years indoctrinated future generations will wonder why the heck was Patermo fired and why was Sandusky arrested.
Joe said/had an ‘interesting’ quote in a long ago, (Early 1970’s?) Sports Illustrated story regarding the scandals going on in College Sports, (something to the effect that he would never tell rat out anyone). I have a collection of Sports Illustrated mags, 1954-1976. I will go dig up the issue and post the exact quote from the story. Stay tuned!
His book has to be complete if it doesn’t include an interview with Ray Gricar - he’s the key to what happened the first time around.
Yes, but it cuts both ways. ESPN and the media protected Paterno like he was Obama.
Jay Paterno is one of those left-wing types! He is an Obama-loving liberal. I couldn’t less about anything he has to say
There's no need. The Paterno cultists are taking care of it.
Facts have a tendency to do that. None of the negative posters even read the book transcript. They responded to the title of the thread like Pavlov’s dog.
“In 2009, Louis Freeh was hired by Saudi Arabian Prince Bandar bin Sultan as his legal representative on issues surrounding the Al-Yamamah arms deal, appearing April 7, 2009 on the PBS series Frontline’s episode “Black Money”.[38]
In late May 2011, Freeh was retained as an independent investigator by the Ethics Committee of FIFA in the bribery scandal centering on Mohammed bin Hammam and Jack Warner.[39] However, the Court of Arbitration of Sports subsequently rejected Freeh’s report as consisting of little more than speculation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Freeh
Ray Gricar was declared dead several years ago, he went missing for almost seven years before being declared dead so his daughter and girlfriend could collect the estate...his body was never found.
Every two weeks you bring this up. And every two weeks you get throttled here.
You must REALLY be a Penn State/Paterno fanatic. I feel sorry for you that, THAT is your entire life.
Gricar was involved in a lot of high level drug busts. Either the bad guys got him or he committed suicide (my belief) like his brother.
Regardless, anyone linking his disappearance to the js scandal simply doesn’t have a very informed opinion.
Paterno was protected and praised by the media by few people in history. But that isn't a defense of all behaviors. How can you argue Paterno is a genius and the most moral person in the country and then rely on an argument that he was obtuse and could only follow the very minimal standard of morality.
Paterno couldn't possible believe a coach who by all rights could have a job coaching in one of the top football programs in the country just retired in his prime. Besides, that was his program and Sandusky was part of his legacy, he wasn't so far removed or senile that he was out of the loop in 1998 and 1999.
Since you think all critics, “haven’t read the article,” can we ask if you read anything impartial and not part of the left wing/local Paterno worshipping crowd. Sorry, I thought good things about Paterno too, but eventually you have to acknowledge the facts.
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