I read the article from John Ziegler and it was more an attack on the media then the Freeh report. I found the Free report factual and unbiazed. Freeh actually admonished the Board of Trustees in his report.
The report paints the board as being alouf and out of touch. The board never even discussed Sandusky until the indictments were levied and then only briefly stating that it was not a school issue.
The Freeh report was not kind to Spanier or Curley making them equally culpable. Spanier and Curley were ready to go child welfare services until Paterno decided against it.
It was PSU that sanctioned The Freeh Report, and agreed to bind to its’ findings.
The fact probably was a mitigating factor in their punishment.
What did Freeh have to say about DA Ray Gricar and his failure to prosecute???
Here’s another critique of the Freeh report:
http://tominpaine.blogspot.com/2012/07/red-flags-and-personal-fouls-dishonest.html
Now isn't that convenient. It isolates them from wrongdoing, doesn't it???
And is that the same Board that intervened when Paterno was going to speak to the press??? They weren't alouf and out of touch then. Were they afraid of what he was going to say.
The very thing he is accused of not doing when he does do it the Board tells him to shut up. And then pays someone $6 million who casts the blame his way.
Spanier and Curley were ready to go child welfare services until Paterno decided against it.
I find that to be bullsh#t. They were his superiors. Once passed on to them it was their decision.
Read the critiques of the Freeh report carefully. He never interviewed Spanier or Curley and still can't find the DA.