Franco Harris defends Paterno, McQueary, blasts trustees

CBS Sports ^ | 11/11/11 | CBS Sports

[Winged Hussar]

Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back and Penn State alum Franco Harris blasted the school's Board of Trustees for its decision to fire Joe Paterno and defended Mike McQueary, according to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

"I feel that the board made a bad decision in letting Joe Paterno go," Harris told the Tribune-Review's Kevin Gorman. "I'm very disappointed in their decision. I thought they showed no courage, not to back someone who really needed it at the time. They were saying the football program under Joe was at fault.

"They really wouldn't give a reason. They're linking the football program to the scandal and, possibly, the cover-up. That's very disturbing to me.

[cracker45]

Thanks for the fake indignation!! Yes, JoePa did not rape any kids, but he covered for one who did! In a way, that is worse, in that he provided a high visibility, silent endorsement to one who clearly engaged in pedophilia!

JC

[cracker45]

Wifey, I don’t know you, but your instincts are spot on! Paterno and his old lady know the truth, but will never confess because of their financial liability for this pederasty of young boys that they failed to disclose!

JC

[wardaddy]

Many of these boys were pre puberty....hence homosexual pedophilia

Not pederasty which is pubescent but pre maturity lads

The media are absolute pu$$ies in their fear to mention the queer factor in it all

[wardaddy]

Many of these boys were pre puberty....hence homosexual pedophilia

Not pederasty which is pubescent but pre maturity lads

The media are absolute pu$$ies in their fear to mention the queer factor in it all

[wardaddy]

Many of these boys were pre puberty....hence homosexual pedophilia

Not pederasty which is pubescent but pre maturity lads

The media are absolute pu$$ies in their fear to mention the queer factor in it all

[cracker45]

All of these weirdoes should be shot to death in the court square to protect the kids from such horrendous sexual atrocities!!

JC

[Kitten1]

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16080280/sandusky-courted-psu-recruits-as-late-as-last-summer

Here’s a sickening revelation, if true. What say you Franco??? Still wanna support PSU??

[vladimir998]

You wrote:

““Maligning people” ie personal attacks are not permitted by the mods on the FR religion forum as you well know, vlad.”

False. You malign people. Usually they’re not Freepers - and that means the mods don’t get involved.

[Senator John Blutarski]

..... That is my thinking as well. All this attention focused upon Paterno seems suspiciously like a “wag the dog” exercise. Not saying that Paterno is necessarily blameless, but this matter reaches a great deal farther and wider than the football coach’s office and. so far at least, a wall of silence seems to persist around that aspect.

[McBuff]

The guy abetted a pedophile. Paterno knew what Sandusky was about, he didn't report him and he kept him around on the Penn State campus. That's the reality.

Reality? You have "reality" from what you're hearing on TV??!!. . .I see. How about the internet. . .getting some good reality there, too I bet. When Paterno knew what Sandusky did, HE DID REPORT HIM! TWICE! Paterno didn't "keep him around." That was the university's decision. But forget it. ..it's clear you already have the reality that makes you feel good about yourself. . .enjoy.

[McBuff]

Thanks for the fake indignation!! Yes, JoePa did not rape any kids, but he covered for one who did! In a way, that is worse, in that he provided a high visibility, silent endorsement to one who clearly engaged in pedophilia!

You don't know any of those things. . .you are only sitting in front of your glowing box and are enjoying being entertained. You are the one who is confused about what is fake and what is real. Enjoy the show.

[Scoutmaster]

Is Paterna still on the board of trustees? If he is, he's got his job cut out for him. Like the Pope did, clean house. What responsibilities do the rest of the board members have?

There is a Board of Trustee and an Honorary Board of Trustees. Paterno was listed on the Honorary Board.

There are several answers to your questions and your unasked questions.

The list of Trustees and Honorary Trustees contains prominent business leaders and politicians, but mostly everyone famous you know from sports who has a Penn State pedigree or who has a reputation of being a Good Guy in sports. You get the impression that if you were ever asked to speak at a The Second Mile Program, you were made an Honorary Trustee. Lou Holtz reported in a public letter this week that he had just found out after this incident that he is an Honorary Trustee, and his connection was knowing Sandusky, thinking well of the program's work, and speaking once at a conference or camp.

So the Honorary Trustees probably had few responsibilities except to add respectability to The Second Mile by allowing their name to appear (or having their name appear) on the list.

Second, and cynically, Joe Paterno showed no indication of having a desire to clean house at The Second Mile from 2002 to 2010 (when Sandusky left The Second Mile). And those dates are kind. The lower date should be at least 1998, if not earlier.

Third, Joe is old and infirm at this point. His is going to be filled dealing with the personal legal actions that he may face, including civil actions against him, subpoenas to testify in other civil actions, testifying in the criminal trials of Sandusky, Curley, Schultz and others who may be charged criminally, testifying before University, state, and federal panels, and possibly facing criminal charges against him (because DAs are criminal animals, and the pass he first received may not be extended again, if new evidence comes to public light and cannot be bottled up before it a DA decides what goes before a Grand Jury).

The rest of the Board of The Second Mile should clean house and try to save the charity. It's much larger than people think; it apparently has done a great deal of good, Sandusky aside. However, the name and charity itself may be toxic and beyond the point of saving.

Just my thoughts.

[Enterprise]

There's another thing that is getting overlooked by a lot of people here. The first known incident was in 1998. But logic tells me that a person who engages in this type of behavior wouldn't just suddenly start in mid life. It makes sense to me that this behavior could have been going on for a long time already. Was it 10 years? 20 years? 30 years?

How many incidents were on campus? How many incidents were off campus, paid for by University funds? Who else knew and kept silent? Other posters have alluded to the Catholic Church scandals. This may be the first school to have an equivalent scandal. Could the amount of victims be not just a few but dozens, maybe scores?

And Katy bar the door if only one victim steps forward now and alleges that Sandusky shared him with other men.

I read an estimate that this scandal could cost Penn State 100 million dollars. Well, Penn State should hope that it would only cost them 100 million.

[Scotswife]

some articles are claiming reports as far back as ‘95 or ‘94. I don’t think that showed up in the presentment, so I’m not sure where that info is coming from.

Before that...it’s anyone’s guess.

He founded the charity in ‘77.
If he was abusing them from the beginning, there will be a flood of reports coming in now.

I think it’s odd people thought Joe was just being cautious so as to not be accused of slander.

Look at the legal/civil repercussions now.
They’re going to wish the only thing they had to worry about was one lawsuit claiming slander - that would have been dismissed in less than a minute.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Franco has a son that ran for mayor of Pittsburgh His wife is his college sweetheart. They are living together.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Franco may be a lib but he is not gay, they just buried his mother-in-law on Friday. His wife is his college sweetheart

[Uri’el-2012]

Then he needs to update his wiki page to reflect that information.

I merely stated that there was no information
about a wife or marital status.

It could be that he does not think enough about
his wife to mention her existence.

[MadelineZapeezda]

Maybe he just doesn’t give a damn about his wiki page!

[keeper53]

Enough of this denial!

Little 10 year old boys were raped. They knew, and let it continue. OUTRAGEOUS and EVIL

Prosecute to the full extent of the law.
Shut down PoS football for some time.
Clean house.

[Uri’el-2012]

Many of these boys were pre puberty....hence homosexual pedophilia Not pederasty which is pubescent but pre maturity lads The media are absolute pu$$ies in their fear to mention the queer factor in it all

Pederasty
Not to be confused with Pedophilia.
Pederasty or paederasty
( /ˈpɛdəræsti/, UK /ˈpiːdəræsti/)
is an intimate relationship between
an adult and an adolescent boy
outside his immediate family.
The word pederasty derives from Greek
(paiderastia) "love of boys",[1]
a compound derived from
παῖς (pais) "child, boy"
and ἐραστής (erastēs) "lover".

Pedophilia has to do with feelings;
Pederasty has to do with acting out
those feelings while in a position of trust.

Having been a Child Abuse Prevention Trainer
for the Boy Scouts in Denver,
The punishment for this crime is considered
more severe for adults who are in "Positions of Trust.

E.g.: Teacher, Scoutmaster, Coach, Priest, Pastor, mentor etc.

You will notice the Media deconstructs
this crime down from pederasty to "child abuse"
for fear of upsetting the Homosexual (LGBT) lobby.

They are attempting to provide moral equivalence
to parents who discipline their own children.