[Oberon]

Really? You think the sports conferences and the media had it out for Paterno? He was one of the best-loved figures in sports.

[FlJoePa]

The media hated Joe. The ncaa hated Joe. The B1G hated Joe.

They never understood him and assumed him to be a fraud. When he won with players he demanded go to class and make something out of themselves outside of football, he made them all look bad.

Jay says in his book that (paraphrasing) “They wanted to tear it down so they could rebuild it and take credit for it”.

There wasn’t anything to tear down. PSU ran/runs a model ncaa Athletic Department. There is no denying this, and it has always been this way. Other than Stanford, no one else even comes close.

[fatnotlazy]

There was an element that wanted Paterno to retire and when he wouldn't do so voluntarily, they engineered this scenario to put all the blame on Paterno so he would have to leave.

Not all of the thugs are in the White House.