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More To The Story At Penn State
Townhall.com ^ | November 12, 2011 | Brian McNicoll

Posted on 11/12/2011 8:13:38 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: UriÂ’el-2012

I agree. Shut down the football. Maybe the entire school


21 posted on 11/12/2011 8:39:18 AM PST by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: BunnySlippers

He was a top notch coach who should have been in line for his own major football program.

But apparently other programs knew enough to not offer. They knew that something was wrong with this man.


22 posted on 11/12/2011 8:40:33 AM PST by desertfreedom765
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To: Kaslin

Sandusky said. “He’s hard on everyone.”

Poor choice of words, there.


23 posted on 11/12/2011 8:42:56 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Kaslin

Considering how the football programs at state universities are perceived, I will wager that this incident is the tip of an iceberg that extends throughout all 57 states. I know. I live in Alabama where football is a religion and and the coach and his staff are the gods on Mt. Olympus.

One of my co-workers is a retired college coach who is acquainted with some of the top coaches and teams in the country. He hasn’t coached in 20 years, but he still expects awe from everyone. And he gets it. He also expects everything to be given to him: free food, vehicle, and even some groping of female associates, too. All the while he is able to set his own work hours and rate of pay. He gets it, because, you see, he was once a COACH of some stature.

I’m not surprised at any of this despicable mess.


24 posted on 11/12/2011 8:43:24 AM PST by AnnGora (I'm suing my tagline for sexual harrassment.)
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To: Kaslin

Sandusky was an evil man. IMHO, he either had something on everyone or at the least had something big on someone very big. He could have told Paterno if you out me I will tell why you ran up the score in some games and sat on leads in others. Whether it was true or not. He could have pics of Spanier in compromising positions. The AD and VP could be cheating on their wife’s with students and he knew it. The list could go on and on. I agree that the secret has to be huge for so many to protect this POS. Will it ever become public remains to be seen.


25 posted on 11/12/2011 8:44:01 AM PST by cork
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To: Libloather

Here is another article surmising this story must be bigger even that what’s come out. Thinking about it a little more it does seem strange that they would hide this man’s actions. ESPECIALLY since they all knew he was running that “charity”. I mean, they let him go spend ALL his time with children. That really is very creepy.

As for football being the motivation, well he was off the staff after the first incident, so it’s not like he was still going to help them win games.

Oy.


26 posted on 11/12/2011 8:44:11 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Kaslin

Me thinks cops were involved in hush money & bribes...word leaked to the DA....he ‘s gone....this is hugh, people!!!!


27 posted on 11/12/2011 8:45:52 AM PST by MadelineZapeezda (Tagline for rent: Inquire within!)
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To: AnnGora
I live in Alabama where football is a religion and and the coach and his staff are the gods on Mt. Olympus.

Something I have never understood about the 'Bible Belt'...G-d is pretty clear on the subject of 'idolatry'...

28 posted on 11/12/2011 8:46:50 AM PST by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: jocon307

[I mean, they let him go spend ALL his time with children. That really is very creepy.]

They knew he stayed in hotels with the children in his room ALL THE TIME. Everytime he went out of town, he took a young boy with him. It really is sick. They all just gave him a wink and a nod.


29 posted on 11/12/2011 8:47:49 AM PST by KansasGirl
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To: Kaslin

No one should have ANY doubt what motivated Paterno, Spanier, and all the rest of this sad lot - MONEY.

College football represents a multi-million dollar revenue stream that these universities could never replace. It is the most sacred of cows, how else can they tap huge alumni donors for world-class training facilities, luxury jock dorms, and NFL-caliber million-dollar coach salaries?

Here’s some data to prove it:

Rank School Total Revenue Conference
1st Texas $120,288,370 Big 12
2nd Ohio State $117,953,712 Big Ten
3rd Florida $106,030,895 Southeastern Conference
4th Michigan $99,027,105 Big Ten
5th Wisconsin $93,452,334 Big Ten
6th Penn State $91,570,233 Big Ten

As always...follow the money.


30 posted on 11/12/2011 8:48:13 AM PST by bigbob
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To: Kaslin

Now that I know Sandusky openly resented Paterno, it adds up that he kept returning to the school for his sexual crimes. Completely primitive goon. An animal, really.


31 posted on 11/12/2011 8:50:58 AM PST by Havisham
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To: AnnGora

A former co-irker on a mass system deployment job did very little, late normally, screwed up a lot but got a pass as a rule since he played football in some small college.


32 posted on 11/12/2011 8:53:11 AM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

“The NCAA needs to shut down the football
program at Pederast University.”

Double-Dog Dittos to that and AMEN!! Where are they???? Absolutely SILENT!! The NCAA should have shut it down THIS weekend.


33 posted on 11/12/2011 8:56:57 AM PST by Polyxene (Out of the depths I have cried to Thee, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice.)
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To: Kaslin

I suspect we will have a sudden suicide and the person will leave an explanation of how far reaching the demonic exploitation of children goes. There may be alums and wealthy donors who took advantage of what Sandusky could ‘procure’ for them. If that is written ina suicide notice, will the controlling devils in sludgesylvania ever allow it to be exposed? I doubt it, so the suicide notice needs to be placed where the batards cannot squelch it!


34 posted on 11/12/2011 8:58:01 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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To: Kaslin

The Joe Paterno situation reminds me of another corrupt man who became a “Godfather” to a small part of Pennsylvania - John Murtha. He was the power in and around Johnstown, PA who also used his position and longevity to be the man responsible for the money, only in his case it was pork barrel spending.


35 posted on 11/12/2011 8:58:39 AM PST by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar (The "p" in Democrat stands for patriotism.)
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To: Kaslin
"The I-told-my-boss defense also does not fly for Joe. It’s fine if you start out that way. You tell your boss. You get the paper for a week. If you don’t see a story in the paper about what you told your boss, you take other action."

Curley was Paterno's "superior" in the same way a newly minted Second Lieutenant is "superior" to a Command Sergeant Major with 27 years under his belt.

36 posted on 11/12/2011 8:58:46 AM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Kaslin

I’ve said it more than once here, Paterno was the CEO of Penn State Football, Inc.


37 posted on 11/12/2011 8:59:33 AM PST by dfwgator (I stand with Herman Cain.)
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To: Kaslin; Libloather; All

Does anyone think that if the Mark Madden rumor is true, that there will be the mother of all cover-ups?

I am expecting exactly that.

I have lost faith in the “system”, completely and totally.


38 posted on 11/12/2011 8:59:39 AM PST by jacquej
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To: muawiyah
Department heads are shaking in fear.

I think this is going to go much further than the college as it plays out.

39 posted on 11/12/2011 9:00:14 AM PST by caww
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To: sillsfan

We sort of have one. It’s called ‘bttt’ or bump to the top.


40 posted on 11/12/2011 9:00:47 AM PST by MHGinTN (Some, believing they can't be deceived, it's nigh impossible to convince them when they're deceived.)
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