Posted on 11/11/2011 7:01:03 AM PST by Repulican Donkey
So, the Pennsylvania Attorney General is Asking Why Paterno Was Fired. It does seem odd, doesn't it? As the AG puts it, a co-operating, uncharged and unindicted witness gets canned while two indicted PSU employees have PSU paying their defense costs. McQueary is still on the job andsome idiots were actually going to allow him to coach after Paterno was fired.
The Paterno firing stinks to high heaven. He was tried and convicted in the court of ESPN for not calling the police; the state police commissioner's comments were hung on Paterno. Without the Paterno story ESPN would have had nothing to fill its air time. All this was happening when the record showed that Paterno had reported the incident to the guy who was in charge of the campus police but who never acted and who is currently indicted.
It appears to this reader that PSU has two objectives. The first is to limit its financial exposure in any civil settlement. The second is to get rid of a coach for the crime of being old.
For PSU the Sandusky scandal is a convenient excuse. PSU knows Paterno is innocent of all the gossip. They would not have fired him otherwise. He would be on "administrative leave" so they could keep him on a short leash. PSU was so desperate to keep Paterno quiet they squashed his news conference, probably promising him he could retire at the end of the season. Whey he agreed, they canned him anyway.
Paterno's firing is about money. PSU's football program is worth $50 million. That's chump change compared to most Big 10 schools. Nebraska's is worth more. Paterno made $1 million, and that's chump change as well. Mack Brown makes about three times that and doesn't have to stand in the snow.
Urban Meyer will be the next coach. ESPN was talking about him already having a house near PSU days before the firing but claiming it was just coincidence. What person worth millions decides to leave Florida and buy a house in PA just for grins? Meyer will make much more than Paterno. The side-line token bimbo on will have a more cooperative interview than she had with Paterno. ESPN / ABC will have a hook for more viewers. College football will continue its charade as a sport instead of a cash cow business. Unless PSU decidesd otherwise, students there will always be able to go to the Joe Paterno Library.
Personally, I'm done with NCAA football. At least the NFL admits it is a cut throat business. On 1/1/13, after the Rose Parade, I'll be switching to the Twilight Zone marathon.
for later
Did you write this pile of horse manure or is it a reprint?
DILLIGAF
He got what he deserved - for not doing something about when it first was reported to him. He should have banned the rapist from the campus 10 years ago. The number one rule of management “Everything if your fault”
Paterno was the CEO, of Penn State Football, Inc. The primary job of the CEO, protect the money train.
He protected a child rapist. If you still like Joe then maybe you’re a bad man.
The captain of the ship is always at fault..................
This is one of the most ill-informed, useless rants that I’ve ever read on FreeRepublic.
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If you feel so strongly about all of this, why are you waiting a whole year before you cut yourself off?
Paterno deserved to be fired, but there are others who deserve it as well. In fact, I think jail is in order for some of them (i.e. the guy who actually witnessed a child rape and didn’t go immediately to the police).
Stop defending Paterno. It is disgraceful.
He knew for years that Sandusky was using Penn State athletic facilities to abuse boys. He forced him to retire as assistant coach but allowed him continued access to Penn State facilities right up until a few days ago.
I've heard that McQueary may be protected by whistleblower laws. He reported Sandusky's actions up the chain of command so the university might not be able to fire him. He should have still gone directly to the police, but that is a criminal matter outside of his employment with Penn State.
Big game tomorrow?
Is this satire? Otherwise, you are an idiot.
Jump on Big Red.
Paterno needed to be fired, but I’m telling you, there’s something else going on. George Snuffleupagus and abc news worried about a child being raped by a homosexual pedophile? Doesn’t fit the pattern. Dems could care less about homosexual pedophiles. Maybe a case of preventive outcry because one of their own is in trouble?
BS. Paterno did nothing of the kind. Based on the word of an self-professed witness (Paterno himself had NO direct knowledge), he reported what he had been told to the responsible officials at the University, as he was required to do.
It was then up to PSU officials to act. They did not. Is that Paterno's fault?
Or, the actual witness could have or I might say SHOULD have reported what he saw with his own eyes (no hearsay) to the police. He did not. Is that Paterno's fault too?
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