Posted on 11/12/2011 5:14:37 PM PST by 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at cbssports.com ...
Paterno knew what Sandusky was doing. Stuff like this does not go undiscussed in the locker room. As recently as 10 days ago, Sandusky still had an office in the sports complex and access to the school's facilities at 3 or 4 campuses.
Paterno had enough pull to see that the man was never allowed on campus again. He failed.
You’re an idiot! You think you know the whole story? Why not wait for the investigation to find out if Coach Paterno followed protocol.
No brain, just knee jerk reactions.
Yes, I have sat on a board. The firings do not excuse them. My point is that the University itself needs action at the governance level.
But you knew that. The administrators are running for cover. Even the governor of PA looked shaken on TV the other day. I don’t know why, but there it is.
Hot damn! We just found one of them perverts! String him up!
everyone who knew about this and did nothing should swing.
everyone.
I hope scoutmaster doesn’t mind when I cut and paste his words from another thread where the hearsay issue has already been discussed....
“First, calling the police has nothing to do with hearsay. Hearsay is a rule of evidence.
Second, unless something said out of court is offered to prove the truth of the utterance, it’s not hearsay. I can testify that I heard Bob tell me he saw John rape Mary. If that testimony is offered as evidence that I heard John say that, then it’s not hearsay. If that testimony is offered as evidence that John raped Mary, then it’s hearsay.
For Paterno to report that somebody told him that Sandusky abused somebody isn’t hearsay if it’s offered to prove that somebody told Joe about Sandusky. It’s only hearsay if it’s offered as proof of the rape.
Third, you would be surprised. There are so many exceptions to the hearsay rule that in Evidence class your professor will joke that the rule is actually an exception to the exceptions to the rule.
Fourth, most state’s child abuse laws mandate reporting in school and similar situations by people in authority who hear a creditable claim of abuse. Yeah. So does Pennsylvania. The only question is who has the obligation to report that abuse that he or she didn’t see.
I’ve actually posted the link to Pennsylvania’s reporting statute on a couple of your posts about hearsay. Have you missed it?”
Uh, no. You are thinking of Franco’s teammate Lynn Swann, who Franco campaigned against.
If this is a fair sample of the feeling of Penn State fans, then they've turned Paterno and Penn State football into an idol. It's become their moral compass and master.
Oh, I’m sorry. You’re right.
Sandusky’s activities were apparently an open secret, sounds like everyone around there knew about it. Nobody did anything about it. Not even an anonymous tip.
What a freaking insane asylum.
PSU needs to be shut down and disinfected.
IMO, they should all swing.
Is he a tight end or a wide receiver ?
He could have been a catcher
Re: “The board did the right thing. Have you ever sat on a board? They are liable for this kind of stuff.”
The Board admits openly that it did not even research the facts before acting. It said yesterday (per today’s newspaper) that it was going to investigate and discover all the facts. In other words, they scapegoated Paterno to gratify a media lynch mob.
Paterno did exactly what he was supposed to do. I can tell you from personal experience what happens when you do “more” as his detractors suggest. I saw on a very prominent pro-life Web site an accusation that a named doctor and hospital had left a baby (as defined by law) to die from neglect. I forwarded that Web page to the hospital regulatory agency of the state in question, which discovered the accusation to be false. The Web site owner was therefore lucky to not be sued for libel along with the source of the allegation.
If Paterno had gone outside channels to call Sandusky a kiddie diddler, or even imply he was one, and had been proven wrong, he and Penn State would have been hit with one huge libel suit. He doubtlessly assumed the University’s attorneys would make sure it was handled properly. Greg Schultz (in charge of campus security, but indicted for perjury) is the one who let it drop through the cracks, apparently without involving counsel.
Paterno therefore exercised good stewardship by taking the matter through the prescribed channels, including the person in charge of campus security, as opposed to being a loose cannon like the chest-beating beer-muscled columnists and talk show hosts would have had him do. The Trustees therefore exercised bad stewardship by firing him. Do you KNOW how many millions of dollars in alumni support (that’s per year) they just threw away with their action?
Like I said, I’ve more or less been there myself. Allegation of a serious felony from a seemingly trustworthy source, proven false, exposure to major libel suit. That was why I sent it “through channels” and didn’t circulate it via Free Republic or elsewhere, or even to the police in the city in question. I knew I wasn’t an eyewitness and the police would probably not be interested in hearsay. This doesn’t mean I did nothing, and Paterno also did something; something prudent and responsible instead of turning into a loose cannon.
Also, remember those 88 faculty members at Duke who felt they had to do “more” about an alleged sex crime? Well, their names are now online forever and in a very bad context.
Actually, I have only seen four or five freepers who are pro boy rape in defense of materialism and idols. Most freepers are disgusted with the lot of them.
see 17 above
What I am talking about is when people - like you did earlier - assume, with no evidence whatsoever, that someone like Franco Harris must be gay or a rapist of boys just because he takes a different stance on Joe Paterno’s firing. One Freeper yesterday said that Joe Paterno must also have raped children. Bizarre.
Obama has a man/boy pervert homo Czar heading up the “safe school” white house program.
Check out Kenneth Jennings:
http://theobamafile.com/_associates/KevinJennings.htm
Sandusky posed as a man of conservative values and honor... Most boy molestor pervs do within organizations where they can get access to boys.
Idiot. Why would you ever rely on wikipedia as your only source?
http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/81340448
You might want to ask Franco Harris’ son about his mother.
Oops, I think you responded to the wrong person on the thread. I forgive you.
How about in defense of fairness?
He could have easily made an anonymous tip to the police. The fact seems to be that he knew about these activities and chose to ignore them. To enable them. Was it Paterno who offered McQeary the job of QB coach? Was it in exchange for his silence on Sandusky?
How many children were raped after that day?
They are all guilty IMO.
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