Same thing happened to Jan Kemp (I think that was her name) when she blew the whistle on the athlete grade fixing priorities at UGA in the 1980’s. She was crucified.
I know that Paterno is really taking it in the shorts these days, but I can’t help but see him as more of a victim in all this than some sort of perpetrator. And, I’ve never been a big Paterno fan (or detractor). His last couple of months on earth must have been pretty miserable with the cancer and all this craziness surrounding him.
Football is to Penn State what islam is to Mecca. It is a violent, sodomizing cult.
I mean, I'm a big fan of the New England Patriots, especially during the current Bill Belichick coaching era. I think Belichick is a great coach and a major part of the success of the team these past 10 years, but if one of Belichick's coaches did what Sandusky did and Belichick tried to cover it up, I'd be the first one calling for Belichick to be thrown to the curb and tarred and feathered. And if the Patriots fell back to last place under a new coach, I would still hold the same opinion.
What disgusted me today was hearing the ESPN morning chorus (the Mikes) of radio broadcasters trying to explain why SMU deserved their death penalty for money payments but it would do no good to give a a football death penalty to Penn State. The argued it was too late and it wa suncessary to send such a message. Right. Plus they said Penn State should continue to play all their football games so it did not harm the rest of the Big Ten as per revenue. That was their logic. (and ESPN get its share of the game no doubt). Amazing and quite telling when it come to the “money” at stake.
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Is it possible that this is perhaps one reason why Paterno stayed around so long because he knew as soon as he left this would all become public.
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Great, now feminism is trying to get some mileage off of the Paterno scandal.
Listen, lady, it's not about you, okay? Jocks are jocks everywhere, and who's to say there weren't serious problems with your behavior, in addition to Paterno? Generalizing the Paterno story into an anti-jock screed IS abusing your power, but can you even see that anymore? Or are you too far gone?
Like all feminists, your problem is hating men. It's a mental illness you refuse to deal with, and instead choose to try to politicize and destroy millions of good people over, and enslave the rest.
You're sick. Get help before you hurt any more men with the lies and bureaucratic power you use as your weapon.
This sickens me. For decades, Paterno was billed as this staunch by-the-rules disciplinarian who ran a clean program. We now find out that Paterno makes Jackie Sherrill look like Bear Bryant.