One of my happy places:
Posted on 07/23/2014 10:39:40 AM PDT by FlJoePa
It really isn't about the money (at least for Jay), rather another attempt to get Freeh and some b.o.t. members on the record under discovery.
Well then. I guess it's safe to say then that he's donating the proceeds to the fund he'll set up for the Sandusky victims, won't he.
Joe Paterno made the statement: “In hindsight I wish I had done more.”
What a horrible indictment of Joe Paterno! And in his own words.
The js victims - with one pending - have been paid in full courtesy of an attorney, a memory repression expert, and a willful University.
Joe - or his family - owes them nothing. Jay does countless appearances for everything from child abuse to special olympics to pediatric cancer. Like I said, he is a good person.
Sorry. I now recognize your post is general/chat. I won’t bother you with my personal problems about your crusade.
Thanks for posting. Good man smeared.
‘Joe Paterno made the statement: “In hindsight I wish I had done more.”
Heck, I’ve said that when the full light of things became apparent. Until that moment, I had no idea.
A cop hears that his partner is dirty. He reports it. What is he told to do next? Act naturally, don't change anything about your routine, don't do anything to cause your partner to be suspicious. If you do, he may being destroying evidence and impeding the investigation.
Now from what I have read of this, the minute Paterno heard about this, he reported it. If he had confronted Sandusky himself, and Sandusky began intimidating witnesses and destroying evidence, would the same people now condemning Paterno for doing nothing now be condemning him for sticking his nose into where it didn't belong?
““In hindsight I wish I had done more.” ———— What a horrible indictment of Joe Paterno! And in his own words.”
I think everyone has that thought toward the end of their life - I wish I had done more.
In my state as a coach you are a mandated reporter. If you suspect abuse you are required to holiness it to DFS.
Joe followed protocol. Period.
Tears came to my mother’s eyes. I witnessed one of the most beautiful moments of my entire life. In a sterile hospital room full of monitors and the scent of sickness, a light shone on my mother and father. My father’s eyes opened wide as my mother pressed her forehead to his, grabbed his hand, and through the tears sang along in a voice strong and clear. Part of me felt I should leave them there, allow them that moment. But God wanted me there to see true love.
Off-topic. Visited the campus last month with the wife (She got her MBA there)...Made the obligatory visit to The Creamery, it was awesome. Stood outside of Beaver Stadium, made The Swamp seem puny in comparison.
I’ve been kind of a big college football fan for a long time so I know at least a little bit about Joe Paterno and what he did for Penn State and all of the young men who played for him. And I would have to say that the Joe Paterno legacy maybe far and aweigh the classiest record in all of college football. But all that came crashing down with the Jerry Sandusky revelations.
And, I think as part of Coach Paterno’s and Penn State’s “punishment” was to have some of their wins vacated and I hope at some point this is reversed
One of my happy places:
No, nobody at Penn State reported it, despite reports over a period of years and eyewitnesses to child rape. Sandusky was forced to retire in 1999 but was allowed to keep an office, emeritus title, and keys to Penn State athletic facilites.
The victims and their parents eventually reported the abuse.
I still ask the question, how come very few schools approached Sandusky about a head coaching job? With his reputation, he would have been perhaps the most highly sought out assistant coach in college football. And we know coaching is a kind of Fraternity so you have to wonder, just how many others at least had an inkling about Sandusky?
He would have been the UVA coach had Al Groh not lost his last three games w/ the Jets and saw the writing on the wall. Ziegler (of course) has written extensively on this.
I think this thing was much bigger than even Joe knew.
Putting Sandusky away was very “tidy.” A lot of real high ups were probably involved, and certainly did not want the truth to see the light of day.
Other colleges were immediately interested in Sandusky. When they contacted Paterno for a reference, they were told to stay far away from him. Paterno clearly knew for years that Sandusky was a molester but didn’t report that to the youth charity or even bother to take away his access to PSU athletic facilities.
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