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Posted on 01/08/2006 3:59:22 PM PST by NJRighty
January 8, 2006, 6:18 PM EST
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- A leader from the women's rights group NOW has asked Joe Paterno to resign over comments the Penn State football coach made about an alleged sexual assault.
Joanne Tosti-Vasey, president of the National Organization for Women in Pennsylvania, said Sunday that she was "appalled" by Paterno's comments last week and that they represent an institutional insensitivity that endangers women.
Paterno's remarks came a day before the Orange Bowl, when a reporter asked about Florida State linebacker A.J. Nicholson, who was accused of sexual assault and sent home before Tuesday's game.
Paterno replied by talking about past suspensions of Penn State players. He then added: "There's some tough -- there's so many people gravitating to these kids. He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do?"
"Geez. I hope -- thank God they don't knock on my door because I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms," Paterno continued. "But that's too bad. You hate to see that. I really do. You like to see a kid end up his football career. He's a heck of a football player, by the way; he's a really good football player. And it's just too bad."
Tosti-Vasey issued a news release calling for Paterno to apologize and step down from the post he has held for 40 years. She sent an e-mail to Paterno and the university president the next day, but said Sunday she has not heard back from either.
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Scum like her are just looking for publicity. Even she can't be so stupid as not to realize Joe Pa's importance to the state of Pennsylvania. Who the heck is she anyway? I never heard of her. Maybe that's the point. To put herself on the map. I suggest she become a stripper instead.
Basically that football players have a place for their aggression and have plenty of opportunities in college to engage in consensual activity.
Joe can respond.....with posts #17 & #18!
I grew up around athletes and let me tell you there is NO shortage of women CHASING them!!!!!
I'm sure there are a few girls around who might want to have the baby of somebody who stands a good chance at an NFL contract.
Child support payments would be impressive
AND this Ohio State Fan :)
along with about 99% of the Big Ten if it comes down to it....
AND this Auburn grad along with most of the SEC too.
thank you :)
"He then kindly told them to take a hike, which resulted in an Orange Bowl victory and almost a trip to the Rose Bowl, if it weren't for 2 seconds in the Michigan game."
They still wouldn't have gone to the Rose bowl. Not over Texas, who as we know now, definitely deserved to be there.
The radical queers around here have been pulling this same crap with our terrific women's basketball coach, Rene Portland. They don't seem to understand that this is Penn State, not some lefty institution.
"Geez. I hope -- thank God they don't knock on my door because I'd refer them to a couple of other rooms,"
And this is offensive how? I'm not following...
Gee, is this the group that called for Bill Clinton to resign because he said "he did not have sex with that woman Ms. Lewinsky" And isn't this the group that claims that you can't have consent beteen even two adults when there is a discrepency in power and is there a greater discrepency in power anywhere on the planet than that of the President of the US and an intern?????????
NOW ought to change their name to WAS.
If you have seen her picture she is also probably still wondering why she has never heard back from either of the dates she ever had.meow
I am not a Penn State fan but I have the utmost respect for Paterno and to have any of his career tarnished just will not stand.
There is a wack-job professor pretending to be indian in Colorado that wont resign.
What's the issue with NOW?
I thought NOW disbanded into irrelevance years ago.
Is there BigTen ping by any chance? :)
Oh..ok scrolled down some more..(disregard the last comment)
You're right, although I would have tried to give you one hell of an argument for it during the season..haha
She's probably still wondering why Bobby Sherman never called even though she wished and wished and wished.
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