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Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions (not possible)
Yahoo ^ | 8/03/12 | GENARO C. ARMAS

Posted on 08/04/2012 9:48:56 AM PDT by Libloather

Paterno family intends to appeal NCAA sanctions
By GENARO C. ARMAS (AP Sports Writer) | The Associated Press – 18 hours ago

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- Joe Paterno's family said it planned to appeal the sanctions imposed by the NCAA against Penn State for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The governing body's response: Don't bother.

Family lawyer Wick Sollers in a letter sent Friday to the NCAA said the Paternos would like to appeal the ''enormous damage'' done to Penn State, the community, athletes and the late Hall of Fame coach. He died in January at age 85.

But the NCAA quickly rejected their plan. ''The Penn State sanctions are not subject to appeal,'' spokesman Bob Williams said.

(Excerpt) Read more at sports.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: appeal; joepa; ncaa; paterno; pedophileagenda; pedostate; sanctions; sandusky
That's a shame.
1 posted on 08/04/2012 9:49:05 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

To say that the man did not know what was happening - to any degree - is ludicrous and a lie. The family must really miss that statue..../s =.=


2 posted on 08/04/2012 9:51:21 AM PDT by cranked
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To: Libloather

I didn’t realize the Paterno family had been sanctioned.


3 posted on 08/04/2012 9:53:40 AM PDT by slumber1 (Don't taze me bro!)
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To: Libloather

The Paterno family name keeps getting dragged further into the mud everytime anyone from this family opens their mouth! They need to all go away and leave us alone! They are media hounds and no one wants to hear anything ever again from them.


4 posted on 08/04/2012 9:55:12 AM PDT by rawhide
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5 posted on 08/04/2012 9:55:51 AM PDT by randita (Either the politicians fix our fiscal insanity, or the markets will.)
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To: Libloather

The Paterno Family has to understand that JoePa is not part of the University anymore AND they have no say what Penn State accepts or not. Penn State accepted the punishment. “Nuff said.


6 posted on 08/04/2012 9:58:14 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Libloather

Careful reading of the NCAA sanctions indicates State Pen gives up the right to appeal.

Contrary to all the pederast-enablers’ opinions, sanctions could have been much worse, and it’s certainly possible the NCAA knows more than has been publicly revealed. The NCAA is a CYA organization too.


7 posted on 08/04/2012 10:00:04 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Libloather
Paterno was the absolute boss of Penn State football - and the near-absolute boss of Penn State itself - because he brought in the big bucks.

Was there any avenue of appeal when Paterno made a decision someone in Penn State football didn't like?

8 posted on 08/04/2012 10:00:30 AM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: jjotto
and it’s certainly possible the NCAA knows more than has been publicly revealed.

Oh, they know. The Second Mile Prostitution Ring, perhaps.

9 posted on 08/04/2012 10:06:36 AM PDT by dfwgator (FUJR (not you, Jim))
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To: Libloather

The Paterno family has devolved from denial to delusional. They need to move on.


10 posted on 08/04/2012 10:16:01 AM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: Libloather

They could better spend their money having Joe’s statue erected just off campus in clear view of the Board of Trustees, but this another finger extended.


11 posted on 08/04/2012 10:20:35 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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To: Libloather
Perhaps Paterno’s personal titles, statue, etc should be removed and future sanctions taken against the University.

However, the players are the ones who really earned the school titles. I'm sure they had no clue about this and don't deserve an asterisk on their records. It just pointlessly adds to the misery that Sandusky already caused.

12 posted on 08/04/2012 10:30:12 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga

“I was just following orders” has been a defense of Yamashita, Calley, Meyer Goring, Eichmann, Himmler, the Waffen SS and the New Orleans Saints players under Sean Payton. I guess we could extend it to the Penn State players as well.


13 posted on 08/04/2012 11:10:15 AM PDT by righttackle44 (I may not be much, but I raised a United States Marine.)
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To: Libloather
the Paternos would like to appeal the ''enormous damage'' done to Penn State, the community, athletes and the late Hall of Fame coach.

I understand there are a number of young men who would like to appeal the enormous damage done to them when they were children - damage that Joe Paterno could have prevented. The Paternos might want to consider them, consider the fact that Joe Paterno might be facing a perjury indictment in connection with that issue if he were alive, and give it a rest.
14 posted on 08/04/2012 11:25:25 AM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Libloather
I’m surprised the athletes have not sued the NCAA, I would!
15 posted on 08/04/2012 11:27:27 AM PDT by Bulwinkle (Alec, a.k.a. Daffy Duck)
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To: righttackle44

Not Yamashita. His conviction, and hanging ostensibly stands for the proposition that a commander is responsible for what his troops do, even if it against his express orders.

Yamashita, running his army from a gully in northern Luzon, had ordered that Manila was to be evacuated by Japanese forces, and declared an open city. The Admiral commanding the Naval Infantry detachment in the city, disobeyed the order, stayed, fought, and his men butchered civilians wholesale. That was what Yamashita was convicted of. Delaying the triumph of that historical impulse, Douglas MacArthur was merely a coincidence, and had nothing to do with it.[ < s/o >].


16 posted on 08/04/2012 11:30:06 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek
I understand there are a number of young men who would like to appeal the enormous damage done to them when they were children - damage that Joe Paterno could have prevented. The Paternos might want to consider them, consider the fact that Joe Paterno might be facing a perjury indictment in connection with that issue if he were alive, and give it a rest.

You nailed it.

17 posted on 08/04/2012 11:40:48 AM PDT by Bronzewound
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To: righttackle44

Oh please. I can’t believe you’re actually trying to compare committing murder/torture under fascist military orders to playing football under a coach that was a symbol of integrity for decades(as far as most people knew).

Unless you can prove the players were involved in the crime, there’s no reason to punish them.


18 posted on 08/04/2012 11:42:09 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: Libloather
"...the Paternos would like to appeal the ''enormous damage'' done to Penn State, the community, athletes and the late Hall of Fame coach."

Penn State's last best shot at redemption was squandered when they retained Spanier as a prof. He wasn't fired; he was merely demoted.

19 posted on 08/04/2012 11:51:15 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Bulwinkle

Unrest at the Board of Trustees:

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-source-psu-trustees-meet-193132151—ncaaf.html;_ylt=AtnHY9z1w6bu54S6bvqfZcG37ux_;_ylu=X3oDMTM4MT

I wonder what the outcome was???


20 posted on 08/04/2012 11:57:26 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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