PSU trustee intends to appeal to NCAA sanctions

AP ^ | 08/06/2012 | staff

[safetysign]

A Penn State trustee has told the NCAA that he intends to appeal college sports governing body's strict sanctions on the university for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

[FlJoePa]

Well, we haven't had it Scott. And I find it incredulous that this forum (of all on the interwebs) has swallowed this combination of media deceit and louis freeh as easily as they have.

There is ONE radio host (in St. Louis) that has been on this for 3 weeks (the factfreeh report). His name is Kevin Slaten and the other day he interviewed Ziegler (who exposed the media in his documentary after the 2008 election).

Ziegler is from PA, but has no ties to PSU. He's a bright, sharp guy that just sees a wrong.

Here is Ziegler on Slaten's show: THIS tells the whole story: Ziegler on Slaten radio

[scottjewell]

Agreed, we haven’t.

And thanks kindly for that link!

[MasterGunner01]

Death penalty — I like that. Do it. Do it now.

[Uncle Chip]

Remember Erickson was the one that gave those keys to js. Not Joe. The current President of the University was the last to sign off on his “emeritus status”....how ironic.

So then Erickson does not have clean hands. No wonder he wants to put this behind him.

[FlJoePa]

Scott, Don't forget to visit framingpaterno.com - Ziegler's new site. This will be where the truth emerges from.

[LoveUSA]

Spanier's homosexual agenda and history with the Nebraska scandal certainly would cause concern within any thinking individual. Yet he got free pass, was allowed to resign, AND is still going to be receiving University money. And, according to my friends within the State College circle, he was the one who pushed for Sandusky's emeritus status when others were not as enthusiastic.

Looks like someone is afraid of making a homosexual-pedophile connection or they'd go after Spanier, his actions, and his "most gay-friendly university in the country" aspiration.

[Tucker39]

Can you spell EXTORTION?! “Give us what we want or we’ll give you the death penalty!
All they were after was the money. But once they hit PSU up for the money, they HAD TO throw in the robbery of the 111 wins (for their ol’ buddy Bobby Bowden) just to make it look like they gave a crap about anything else.
Bowden and the NCAA’s racism was clearly displayed, when the announcement that Bowden now has the most Ws included the QUALIFIER that he had the most Ws of all MAJOR universities, thereby screwing Eddie Robinson and Grambling U. out of the rightful title.

To quote Big Daddy Pollett in CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF, “I smell the powerful odor of mendacity!”

[Colofornian]

Actually the ncaa clearly communicated that...along with possible additional sanctions...penn state also already signed off anyway

[FlJoePa]

There’s a great line by Ziegler in here about his disgust for Walter Cronkite. Pretty funny.

[scottjewell]

Will do, thanks kindly for that imp’t link.

[srmorton]

I agree. I have worked at a community college for almost 30 years and our president could not agree to anything like that without the approval of the BOT. Also, one of my dear friends at the college is a PSU graduate and she believes, since JoPa (as she calls him) is conveniently dead and can't defend himself, he is being made the scapegoat.

[RedMDer]

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[Sax]

they HAD TO throw in the robbery of the 111 wins (for their ol’ buddy Bobby Bowden) just to make it look like they gave a crap about anything else. Bowden and the NCAA’s racism was clearly displayed...

Speaking from an FSU grad/fan perspective this record is forever tainted; it is radioactive. No self-respecting FSU fan, or Bobby fan is ever able to celebrate it without simultaneously raising the spectre of why it is the way it is. There is no joy, no celebration on the part of FSU/Bowden fans. I can assure you of that.

[Uncle Chip]

<>If there were ever an organization on Earth that deserved a knee in the groin, it’s Penn State.<>

NO — I’d start with The Second Mile foundation:

http://notpsu.blogspot.com/2012/03/the-second-mile-questions.html

and then ask why Louis Freeh ignored the Second Mile charity where all these abused kids came from and forgot to interview its longtime CEO Dr Jack Raykowitz??? Who is Louis Freeh covering for???

[IrishBrigade]

and then ask why Louis Freeh ignored the Second Mile charity where all these abused kids came from and forgot to interview its longtime CEO Dr Jack Raykowitz??? Who is Louis Freeh covering for???

...gee, good source you cite in your post, uncle chip...good unbiased reporting there on that website, yessiree...
...in answer to your question, why would Freeh speak to the director of an institution outside the scope of his factfinding mandate...he was clearly paid to uncover penn state’s involvement in this sordid mess, not to unravel the existence of a homosexual child sex racket operating out of Centre county...is that not the job of an enterprising journalist not being paid by a specific entity to determine the complicity of that same specific entity...why would the BOT sanction his going to an organiztion outside the scope of his mandate, when it did not pertain to that mandate?

[Uncle Chip]

in answer to your question, why would Freeh speak to the director of an institution outside the scope of his factfinding mandate

You mean blame-making mandate. Why don't you ask him or read his report and find out the answer to your question.

I do apologize to Freeh on that point as I see in his report that a request for an interview was made of Dr Jack Raykovitz, child psychologist and Executive Director of the Second Mile who was promptly notified of Sandusky's 2001 indiscretion -- but Freeh's request was refused. I can understand why he doesn't want to talk, can't you???

But then again Joe Paterno requested that Freeh interview him before he died and Freeh refused.

I also note that atleast three times in the Freeh Report the administrators meet, make notes and send e-mails to each other about contacting the Department of Public Welfare.

Strange -- bringing in the DPW is certainly not standard "cover-up" modus operandi, wouldn't you say??? I wonder if they did contact them and what they said as it seems clear that the DPW was on their list of to dos.

But Freeh fails to follow-up on this notation and just passes right over it and hopes everyone else will as well.

The three things on the to do lists in the Freeh Report are contacting: 1]Sandusky 2]The Second Mile 3] Department of Public Welfare. The administrators followed through with 1] and 2] as Freeh documents, but nowhere does Freeh tell us what happened to number 3]Department of Public Welfare. Wouldn't that contact be important???

Ehhh -- that was probably outside of his mandate as well, right???

[safetysign]

The Freeh Report has been sold to the world as some great, all-inclusive, all-knowing, absolutely thorough document
that must be accepted as ending all arguments relating to Penn State’s football program. IT IS NOT ANY OF THAT.

As a very experienced legal researcher and writer myself, I would give the Freeh Report nothing better than a C.
It is NOT any great masterpiece. The Freeh Report is the farthest thing from a proper investigation in which the
affected parties are given the opportunity to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses, and present exculpatory
evidence on their own behalf.

Many things are said six or seven times in the Freeh Report; and it is redundant to the 2,000th degree. If all the repetition was removed, the 267 page Freeh Report would be down to about 100 pages. As a very experienced law
professor, you would NOT give that document a high grade.

It is unforgivable that the Freeh Report gives us nothing about any interviews with Joe Paterno’s office secretary
and office staff members. Paterno’s secretary would know almost everything that Joe did during the last ten years.
How could a witness as important as she is be omitted entirely from the Freeh Report?

It is even worse that the Freeh Report makes no mention of Vicky Triponey, the woman who stood up to Joe Paterno
on matters of discipline of football players. She got fired and ostracized from Penn State because she stood up to
Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno was exposed for having managed the Penn State football program as “His Own Kingdom” for many,
many years. I don’t have any problem accepting all the penalties imposed against Penn State EXCEPT the $60
million fine. I really doubt that the NCAA Constitution and By-Laws grant the NCAA the power to levy onerous
fines of $60 million against any of its member institutions.

Could the NCAA levy a $60 million fine against Sul Ross State or Drake University?

[safetysign]

Below is the story about Vicky Triponey, the lady who stood up to Joe Paterno at Penn State and
got fired and ostracized from Penn State for doing so. How could she be omiitted from the Freeh
Report?

http://impact.nj.com/collegefootball/print.html?entry=/2012/07/politi_meet_vicky_triponey_the.html

[safetysign]

Below is the story about Vicky Triponey, the lady who stood up to Joe Paterno at Penn State and
got fired and ostracized from Penn State for doing so. How could she be omitted from the Freeh
Report?

http://impact.nj.com/collegefootball/print.html?entry=/2012/07/politi_meet_vicky_triponey_the.html

[Uncle Chip]

<> How could she be omiitted from the Freeh
Report?<>

Probably because she has her own fair share of detractors:

http://safeguardoldstate.org/the-vicky-triponey-timeline-of-terror/

The article makes it sound as if she was trying to exert her own power and build her own little kingdom at PSU by sticking her nose where it didn’t belong.