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.
Hopefully, this will be a lesson to all those who have never had to deal with this type of situation. It is my experience that when faced with confronting inappropriate behavior against children, people protect themselves and don’t want to touch it with a ten foot pole. Even when its your own child, they take the money and run. It’s someone else’s problem. Don’t ignore the early warning signs, report them! Others will probably shun you and even when you do report inappropriate behavior to higher ups. Those in charge will probably do exactly what penn state did. I was shocked how few parents strongly stood up against grossly inappropriate behavior. 3 families in a class of 32 families had the guts to take a stand. Joe Pa did exactly(or more) than what 93% of people would do. Why do you think we have this problem in the US
I couldn’t give a rat’s ass about Paterno or Penn State. I do care about the victims. I hope they get healing. And millions and millions of alumni dollars.
You and Joe can get a room.
And he welcomed the scum to “use” the showers for 8 more years.
As as matter of fact, it deserves the "Billy Madison" treatment:
Mr. Repulican, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
Maybe Curley and Schultz have info on some trustees, or maybe the case against them is much weaker than it seems. Maybe they’ve been trying to get rid of Paterno...
There’s plenty more to this.
Well, well, well. Do you mean that we still wouldn't know about this repugnent case, except for a "compter glitch"? And Mr. Sandusky would still be buggering young boys while the people in charge still "considered" the evidence?
I despise ESPN and what it has done to College Football more than anyone here, but this scandle is not of their making. It is inexcusable what happened at Penn State. Paterno is ultimately responsible for all that goes on in his program. He was informed of what Sandusky was doing. Paterno had an obligation to call the police. He should have fired Sandusky on the spot. Paterno had to go, there was no other outcome.
You mean, "He should have fired AT Sandusky on the spot."
You nailed it. JoePalogists never seem to have an answer for that
McQueary didn't need Paterno's permission to report a crime did he? On the other hand, I have to agree, if it were me, I would have told McQueary in no uncertain terms to call the police, or at least I'd like to think I would have.
Question.
If what you state is true (which it might be), why didn't the Grand Jury indict Paterno?
"JoePalogists"....perfect!
I agree. But this little pantywaist was obviously too afraid to act like a man and intervene.
Yesterday, FReeper reformjoy posted a sophomoric, ethically-challenged, anti-ESPN, pro-Paterno rant by a kook "journalist" who "writes" for bleacherreport.
The author's name was John Ziegler. That ill-informed rant and this one are "remarkably" similar.
That is why I believe that John Ziegler is actually Repulican donkey.
My other piece of evidence is that John Ziegler is stupid, and Repulican donkey can't even spell "Republican" correctly. Lol.
Maybe the Grand Jury was "bought off."
You are so right, Sandusky should have never been allowed to leave that locker room under his own power.
Question, if the Football program at Penn State is pure as snow how come they are going to end up paying $100-$500 million to victims?
And how come Peterno just hired one of the most expensive criminal lawyers in the country?
This actually happened, but it was my 12 year-old daughter, not my son. I thought it was better if I handled this myself, since I did not believe that the police would have done anything. I still think that is the case, given that this happened before society became alert to the issue. Because I handled it myself, this meant that in essence I had to take the law into my own hands, something that I later had reason to come to regret. However despite the consequences that flowed, I would not have done it differently.
If I fault anyone, I fault this McQueary character who walked in on the act, and turned away. To me, that is the primary and most unforgivable failure to act.
Paterno’s firing is all about the money.... Paterno’s coverup is all about the money.
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