Posted on 08/10/2014 8:03:26 AM PDT by FlJoePa
Cody Curkendall, 8, tries a move on his dad, Pete, a former Penn State football player, as the two horse around at their home in Liverpool, N.Y., in May. Although Pete Curkendall clashed with former coach Joe Paterno during his playing days, Paterno stepped in to help when Pete's son, Joshua, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. (Kate Penn — Daily Record/Sunday News)
Thanks
How many boys’ lives were ruined because JOEPA didn’t speak up about a serial child molester?
I don’t follow college football that much nor do I have any association with Penn State but even I realize that the Joe Paterno scandal story is more than a bit of media pile-on (OK a ton of pile-on!) In my opinion the media was following the “Victims of Abuse” party line and reacting against a perceived giant when they found a chink in the halo.
If Coach Paterno had not been such a fixture at Penn State for so many years, if he did not have such a reputation for graduating his players, for being such a good role model, the scandal would not have been so great! Is it / was it fair? No, but it is what sold newspapers and airtime and made his last years on earth miserable. Now we get these stories and I hope that people will see that, weighed in full, Joe Paterno is still the class of his, and most other, generations!
"How many boys’ lives were ruined because JOEPA didn’t speak up about a serial child molester?"
” Joe Paterno is still the class of his, and most other, generations!”
Some class. One word from Joe would have save numerous boys from a sexual predator. Joe’s testimony .... “I had other things to do.”
Joe Bodani trots out a JoePa puff piece every few weeks.
Probably relieved Joe to help when he could since his knowledge of child sex abuse was making him feel rotten.
People don’t explode and die from guilt when they are not guilty.
Joe Paterno turned down a million dollar offer to coach the Patriots in the 70’s when a million was a lot more money. He turned it down because he would rather have an ‘influence’ on an 18 year-olds life when he’s away from home for the first time. It said a lot about him.
“He turned it down because he would rather have an ‘influence’ on an 18 year-olds life when he’s away from home for the first time.”
What did he do about the young boys getting ‘spanked’ in his PSU showers?
“When informed about Sandusky, who was no longer employed in the program, JoePa followed legal and university protocol and passed the information up the administrative chain of command. “
Yep. They all met and decided not to reveal JS’s ‘activities to the proper authorities. Result .... JS kept on molesting and JOE was one of the enablers!
Don’t bother. Trolls that would thread hijack a story about a family that cares for disabled children can’t really be reasoned with.
“Don’t bother. Trolls that would thread hijack a story about a family that cares for disabled children can’t really be reasoned with.”
Apparently Joe didn’t care about the boys JS was molesting.
Do you remember the mom’s testimony about the boy JS would take out of school for his enjoyment?
“I had forgotten the details”
I had pretty much forgotten about the whole thing but now the Paterno family and Paternobots have choses to whitewash it all.
Needless to say Jay Paterno has a lawsuit against PSU so this is about money also.
People that keep propping up a secret of child sex abuse for many years through the power that was Penn State football are the unreasoned.
Your JoePa was an enabler who defended his university to his death. Little Boys across state lines to bowl games is not outside of his knowledge. Little Boys being sodomized by coaches that worked for him was not outside of his knowledge.
Joe Paterno is an enabler of child sex abuse. Pride over Providence.
Let it go.
Oh yeah, it was all the media piling on ole Joe. He did nothing wrong, nothing at all, nope.
Excuse me while I puke
Please just delete this thread. I thought it was a nice story about a good-hearted family that some may enjoy reading.
Others took it as an opportunity to hijack the thread and simply troll Joe Paterno.
It’s not fair to the Curkendalls - to tarnish all they have done, and their great story w/ some of these vile comments.
Thanks in advance.
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