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It's obvious that no amount of evidence will be enough for someone intent on burying his head in the sand. Four of Penn State University’s most powerful leaders, including president Graham Spanier and head football coach Joe Paterno ., covered up allegations of sexual abuse by an assistant coach because they were concerned about negative publicity, a team of investigators concluded in a report released Thursday following an eight-month probe. Confronted with horrifying reports that Jerry Sandusky lured boys to the State College campus where he sexually abused them, Penn State’s leadership deferred to a “culture of reverence for the football program” and repeatedly “concealed Sandusky’s activities” from authorities, according to the investigation led by former FBI director Louis Freeh. “Our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of Sandusky’s child victims by the most senior leaders at Penn State,” Freeh said during a news conference Thursday. The probe, which includes previously unknown e-mails, deals a crushing blow to the legacy of Paterno, the late coach who took pride in running an honorable program and whose reputation has been on the line since Sandusky’s arrest last November. It eviscerates Spanier, concluding he failed in his duties as president, and chastises the board of trustees at one of the nation’s largest public universities for being out of the loop as the scandal unfolded.

louis freeh is a known, proven liar. It’s funny how he’s now a superstar in the eyes of some “conservatives” on this forum.

He could tell me it’s raining outside and I’d have to stick my head out a window to believe him.

But if he’s your guy - he’s your guy. I’ll just say this. Stop quoting him and start providing EVIDENCE. He certainly didn’t provide any in that fraudulent report.

Good points that you and others made here. However, let us face the fact that the apologists for Paterno will never see that facts are facts, and hero worship is hero worship.

The whole thing stinks, from A to Z. There is no doubt that Paterno stayed too long and was shielded from a program he no longer had the capacity to manage, that the football program was insulated, that Sandusky was a child sex offender. There is no doubt that long before any firings, media investigation or reports MANY people in Happy Valley knew about Sandusky. As with all disasters, there were many warnings and as with all disasters, many things had to go wrong before the situation finally came to light.

If anything can be learned from this mess, it should be that if you are going to be a coach, know when to leave, make sure you understand you duties and responsibilities. Paterno was too old, out of touch. Those that continue to defend Penn State have to come to grips with the facts