[Cicero]

Paterno was renegotiating his contract? That’s what successful football coaches do—or even less successful coaches.

The Times, like the rest of the corrupt media, is eager to smear Joe Paterno at every opportunity. Yet there were others, usually relegated to the back pages, who were far more guilty, especially the college president and the head of the athletic department. But they don’t offer the same opportunity to smear a former hero.

One of the chief reasons the new President was hired was that he promised to increase LGBT programs and the preaching of gay rights at Penn State. What a coincidence.

There was already corruption there, and Paterno was not the primary cause of it. He did report Sandusky to his bosses, who were primarily responsible for the coverup. Maybe he should then have done more. But there is no excuse for this constant pretence among the Catholic-hating, gay-loving leftist presstitutes that Paterno was the head villain.

[slumber1]

Paterno was renegotiating his contract? That’s what successful football coaches do—or even less successful coaches.

Pull your head out dude. Paterno knew of the investigation and knew there was a chance he would be fired for cause. He wanted to get all he could before the bottom fell out. And for all practical purposes Paterno had no bosses.

Everything You Need To Know About Louis Freeh’s Damning Report On Penn State

[Scotswife]

Have you read the Freeh report?

I am not a JoePa hater.
We have his books in our house.
My hubby attended his coaching clinics.

But the Freeh report confirms what most people understand in Happy Valley - that the administrators served at JoePa’s pleasure - not the other way around.

I have held out hope this past year that there would be some explanation...naivete, senility, incomplete information.

The Freeh Report has put an end to all of that.

[KantianBurke]

Per the results of the Freeh report, Paterno should burn in hell.

[Scoutmaster]

He did report Sandusky to his bosses, who were primarily responsible for the coverup.

Bosses? Plural?

Then (as we all know) Paterno perjured himself before the Grand Jury, where he testified under oath that the only person he told about Sandusky was Athletic Director Tim Curley and again when he testified that he (Paterno) did know if any other official at Penn State found out about Sandusky.

Right? He perjured himself?

And as for the others being primarily responsible for the cover-up, have you read the Freeh report? You've been defending Paterno since before any facts were known; you continue to defend him no matter what facts are revealed.

[rawhide]

He did report Sandusky to his bosses, who were primarily responsible for the coverup. Maybe he should then have done more.

Yes, Paterno should have done more, and he failed as a leader there. Paterno bears a great deal of responsibility for all the abuse that occurred after being told. He could have easily suspended Sandusky, then order an investigation, which would lead him to fire Sandusky. Then afterwards letting the police deal with Sandusky. What was O' Joe thinking?

Sandusky deserves to go to jail over this and to spend the rest of his life there.

[rwilson99]

Ding! That is the real story... Intergenerational intimacy is all a part of the sterile selfish sexuality that Graham Spanier celebrates.

[fortheDeclaration]

Stop hiding behind 'anti-Catholic' nonsense.

Paterno was a disgrace, he knew about what was happening, was complicit in the coverup.

Now you guys embarrass yourselves by coming on here and trying to defend him, showing more and more that Penn St. football is more akin to a cult.

[newzjunkey]

You are delusional, caught in a classic case of worshiping a false idol and refusing to see reality.

Paterno was a wretched two-faced monster more concerned with his own image than with right and wrong.

He had no character. He was no hero. Get over it.