Penn State scandal (merged)

#554
#554
orange+white=heaven said:
Penn State football coach Joe Paterno says he's disappointed university President Graham Spanier has canceled the team's weekly press conference, without explanation, this morning. The press conference was supposed to begin in an hour, at 12:30 p.m., and Spanier canceled it without conferring with the coach, Paterno said.

-Pennlive
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So, JoePa can't call his own press conference in this situation? Haaaa! Hilarious if it wasn't so sad. Can you spell deflection, boys and girls?
 
#555
#555
zjcvols said:
What did the trustees do?
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A major issue in this case is how widespread the cover up appears to have been: AD, University president, campus police, football program. I don't know if that means that the BOT knew anything, but I think there are a lot of heads that should roll beyond the AD and football program.
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#557
#557
zjcvols said:
If they weren't told of the allegations, it's hard to blame them.

Now, if they knew about Sandusky and he was still allowed on campus, then yes, they can be at blame.
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They had to have known Sandusky admitted improper touching in the case that was not prosecuted...
 
#558
#558
I would think parents of any of the victims after the one's who mom called in 1998 the campus police have every reason to bank rupt the entire program. Since when do police officers not look into a mother's claim that there child was just molested?

The whole campus should be in major trouble for ruining lifes of multiple families. Penn State only function in this world is to educate people. Their lucky if they are allowed to that imo.
 
#564
#564
When PSU sets up the fund to pay victims, they're going to come out of the woodwork. This will be expensive. That problem will be further exacerbated by the diminished booster and team revenue from the program. This should and will hurt badly.
 
#565
#565
djc53 said:
I would think parents of any of the victims after the one's who mom called in 1998 the campus police have every reason to bank rupt the entire program. Since when do police officers not look into a mother's claim that there child was just molested?

The whole campus should be in major trouble for ruining lifes of multiple families. Penn State only function in this world is to educate people. Their lucky if they are allowed to that imo.
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Police chief who's either directly elected or subject to firing by an elected mayor/city council has to decide whether to act on the report of a single low-income community member and risk killing the golden goose of PSU football for perhaps a decade or more.
 
#566
#566
Jerry has or had a close relative here in Chatt.... remembering that reminded me how crushed those close to Sandusky must be.

So much damage in so many places.
 
#569
#569
VolunteerHillbilly said:
Police chief who's either directly elected or subject to firing by an elected mayor/city council has to decide whether to act on the report of a single low-income community member and risk killing the golden goose of PSU football for perhaps a decade or more.
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What's your point? That's his job. If he is incapable of investigating an allegation because it concerns the football team, then he shouldn't be the chief of police.
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#571
#571
No link, this is per ESPN and Matt Millen.

Joe Pa had a press conference scheduled today, that has been canceled, no further statements but Millen said the Board of Trustees were acting on information available.

This is such a sad situation all around, no matter how you feel about Penn State or the Big 10, this story is just a tragedy of megaproportions. I hate this for Paterno, I used to despise the guy but in recent years had actually changed my tune. This will probably kill him.
 
#572
#572
I know no one pays attention to a university's president unless they attend the school, or attended the school, but with every move that Penn St. continues to make I would love to Spanier became the president to begin with, and how in the hell he continues to hold the position? Literally everything he has done has been wrong, before and after this stuff came out.

If the board of regents doesn't fire this guy in the next 24 hours it just truly shows how incompetent they all are. They HAVE to rid themselves of this guy, immediately.
 
#573
#573
dreVol said:
What's your point? That's his job. If he is incapable of investigating an allegation because it concerns the football team, then he shouldn't be the chief of police.
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Exactly. The chief of police is supposed to protect and serve, not use little boys as sacrificial lambs to appease the football Gods of Penn State. Besides, if this were dealt with when it first happened, there wouldn't be nearly the $hit storm that we are seeing now. JoePa would have gotten rid of the pervert and would likely maintain legend status too. The program would have come out smelling like roses compared to what it will smell like after this storm. Oh, and countlesss other young boys would not have been raped. Let's not forget that little detail.
 
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#575
SamRebel35 said:
Exactly. The chief of police is supposed to protect and serve, not, use little boys as sacrificial lambs to appease the football Gods of Penn State. Besides, if this were dealt with when it first happened, there wouldn't be nearly the $hit storm that we are seeing now. JoePa would have gotten rid of the pervert and would likely maintain legend status too. The program would have come out smelling like roses compared to what it will smell like after this storm. Oh, and countlesss other young boys would not have been raped. Let's not forget that little detail.
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JoePa successfully allowed Happy Valley to become the NAMBLA HQ.
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