Penn State scandal (merged)

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tvolsfan said:
Don't get me wrong. Paterno unquestionably made the wrong, immoral decision, but I can see why he may have thought that covering it up would have helped him protect his legacy.
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Well the football program was his legacy. Anything negative would affect it. I mean this was supposed to be the Camelot of football right? They call the place Happy Valley and prided themselves on doing things the right way. How could you have something like that come out in a place like Happy Valley? It was the closest thing to a fairly tale you can get in a football program honestly. Not my cup of tea, but whatever. And besides, I think there will still be much more to come out with 2nd Mile.
 
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bamawriter said:
We don't know that the DA was murdered, and if he was, whether it had anything to do with this case.
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Well I would say it definitely points in that direction.

bamawriter said:
Given that he chose not to charge Sandusky, i'm not sure why anyone involved with the coverup would have offed him.
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I can't speak on the evidence, but it's kinda odd he didn't charge him and then after a few years disappeared but his hard drive was found and destroyed. Is it so hard to think that a person that was a serial rapist, used a charity to lure young kids, who had the balls to continue to bring kids onto the campus and rape them even after he had been busted would be capable of other crimes such as murder? Nothing would surprise me.
 
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President of the NCPA says he's sent a letter to Emmert asking that PSU players be able to transfer without penalty. If the NCAA were to agree, I'm sure there are enough players considering their options at this point to severely hurt the team. And the NCAA would not really have to impose any other sanctions. This may be a way the NCAA could appear to be sensitive to the needs of the players while not stepping in and ruling on what most think is properly left to the DOE and Courts.

Advocate wants options for Penn State football players | Football | CentreDaily.com
 
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Another issue brewing, PSU is one of a few state institutions that are exempt from most of Pennsylvania's Right to Know (Open Records) Law. It is hindsight to say that Sandusky's actions may have been discovered earlier, but I think it is accurate to say the lack of openness to public scrutiny contributed to the closed culture. How can you say you are above reproach and maintain the utmost integrity if you aren't willing to be examined and held accountable? Hubris.

Record Tracker | Had Penn State been subject to open records law, Sandusky abuse could have been stopped earlier, educator says

He quotes Terry Mutchler, head of Pennsylvania’s open records office, as saying that “the exempted school police departments are the only police departments in the state that do not have to comply with state open records requests. Even the FBI must comply with open records filings, but not Penn State’s cops. That would become a key way the 1998 report about sexual misconduct by Jerry Sandusky stayed hidden for more than a decade.

“Had the Penn State police department been forced to disclose records as other departments must, you might have found a police report, a blotter item. You might have found something” that would have uncovered the Sandusky matter earlier, Mutchler says.”
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Our take: Apply open records law to Penn State - The York Daily Record

Right to Know Law: PSU shouldn't get open-records exemption | PennLive.com
 
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Riots will ensue. I don't care either way really. Taking down a statue does not provide the type of closure everyone is seeking. I get that it's a public display and all, but let's not make this out to be more than a bandaide on a pretty significant injury.
 
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knucklehead_vol said:
Why?
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Because if the BOT had any sense, they would have had several plans in place, with one to be executed depending on the findings in the Freeh Report. They had to know what was coming, especially since the damning emails had already been leaked. The press conference they held that afternoon should have included the time and date that the statue would be removed.
 
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Penn State just lost 20 scholarships a year for four years; that's 80 scholarships. Everyone can transfer. $60M penalty and no bowls.
 
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Vol Main said:
Penn State just lost 20 scholarships a year for four years; that's 80 scholarships. Everyone can transfer. $60M penalty and no bowls.
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They don't lose 20 per year. They lose 20 off the cap. Instead of 85 it will be 65. They can sign a max of 15 instead of 25. That's aloss of 40 scholarships
 
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