From the column: The totality of this merits one of the most disgusting scandals in sports history. For this, Paterno's legacy as a brilliant football mind means nothing -- absolutely nothing. His lack of judgment, as a human being in charge of representing so much for Penn State and the college football world, is pathetic. Paterno no longer deserves to go out on his own accord. He lost that freedom nearly a decade ago, even if it's only being brought to light now.
From the column: Paterno must be fired immediately for not appropriately reporting his knowledge of the despicable, horrific, mortifying, inhumane sexual crimes Jerry Sandusky is accused of committing against young boys -- some of which happened at Penn State's athletic facilities, according to a Pennsylvania attorney general report...Sandusky may have destroyed countless lives with sick, twisted selfishness. (If you've got the stomach for it, you can read the grand jury testimony here or the attorney general's press release here.) The mental anguish of the victims will haunt them for an eternity, and the helpless feeling of their families will extend to no end.
I am totally indifferent toward Joe Paterno as I was not a Penn State fan. However, this is more than a little early to jump on a “ride Paterno out on a rail.” Let’s wait and see what develops from all of this.
Sounds like the Catholic Church scandals.
Doesn`t this mean that they have to sell Beaver Stadium and all the buildings `n properties and give the money to the victims if Penn State loses the lawsuit?
>>despicable, horrific, mortifying, inhumane sexual crimes
“The Franklin Cover-up: Child Abuse, Satanism, and Murder in Nebraska”
http://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Cover-up-Satanism-Murder-Nebraska/dp/0963215809
We’ll see if justice is any better served in this case... or if there’s a similar breakout of aksarbenicide in PA, instead.
If for nothing else than recruits are going to avoid PSU like the plague as long as Paterno is there, he needs to go.
Agh!! This institution deserves to collapse!
First, the REAL reason they are going after Joe Paterno is because old Joe is a Republican. That’s why all the Liberals are calling for his firing.
Second, Joe actually reported what he heard in 2002. That is exactly what he should have done and it’s why he is not in trouble. He did not know all the facts and allegations
Third, here is another prime example of the Leftist double standards. One for Republicans and another for Democrats.
I can’t do the right thing ... I have a reputation to preserve!
YOU'RE FIRED!
Penn State is a BASTION of Liberalism...
The only shocking thing in this article is how long it stayed under cover, even though Administration officials KNEW it was going on.
This was in the WSJ:
“He (Sandusky) married the former Dorothy Gross of Chattanooga, Tenn. With no natural children of their own, they eventually adopted six children.”
I’m still kind of confused about the graduate assistant who apparently walks in on a grown man sodomizing a little boy, and then goes....and calls his father?!?
I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that you actually started a thread that didn’t somehow connect the Mormon Church to this scandal.
After doing a Google search using “Joe Paterno + Mormon” keywords I found that you already had done so here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2803939/posts
It must have been disappointing to you after your exhaustive search to find out that he is not Mormon.
Maybe next time.....
Child rape. This is the one instance I could understand citizens marching on a campus and taking over the president’s office to demand justice. It’s too much to tolerate that any of them keep their jobs or their perks.