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Penn State Cancels Paterno News Conference Amid Scandal
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com ^ | 11-8-11 | Teresa Masterson

Posted on 11/08/2011 9:35:01 AM PST by tcrlaf

About 50 minutes before it was about to begin, PSU administrators canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference Tuesday.

Penn State administrators have canceled Joe Paterno's weekly news conference in which he was expected to field questions about a sex abuse scandal involving a former assistant coach.

Paterno's son Scott tells The Associated Press on Tuesday that the decision was made by President Graham Spanier's office.

Scott Paterno says his father was disappointed and was prepared to take questions about the scandal as well as the upcoming game against Nebraska.

Rocked by an alleged child sex abuse scandal, Penn State issued a statement late Monday saying that Paterno will only answer questions about football Tuesday during his regularly scheduled press conference.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcphiladelphia.com ...


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To: tcrlaf

After watching the way the media has handled this event its my opinion that the media knows Paterno will retire at the end of the year (his contract is up) and are in a hurry to get him fired before he retires.

I sense that the media knows they are less able to impact public opinion on the political front (note the Herman Cain attempts at lynching) so they have decided to show their virility by going after an 84 year old Joe Paterno who was going to retire after the last game of the season.


21 posted on 11/08/2011 9:49:39 AM PST by NRG1973
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

You are right on the money


22 posted on 11/08/2011 9:49:50 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: yldstrk

And the4 taxpayers are still going to be on the hook for JoPa’s gazillion dollar a year salary and other perks.


23 posted on 11/08/2011 9:50:18 AM PST by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt The Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: NewinTexsas

Good gad. Would they even try to put that out if a coach had been caught raping female students? I don’t think so because they’d’ve been overrun with irate female protestors who wanted the perp and his enablers strung up from Old Main. Which makes we wonder, why the difference in responses....


24 posted on 11/08/2011 9:50:30 AM PST by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: tcrlaf
New York Times: Penn State Said to Be Planning Paterno's Exit
25 posted on 11/08/2011 9:50:51 AM PST by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: NewinTexsas

Forget the defense costs. How about the jury verdicts in civil suits? Or are PSU and its employees immune from civil suits?


26 posted on 11/08/2011 9:51:54 AM PST by mewzilla (Forget a third party. We need a second one.)
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To: tcrlaf

Really sad that a great coach may have been done in by a gay child molester hired by the state to be his defensive coordinator.


27 posted on 11/08/2011 9:52:21 AM PST by edcoil (The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital. -- Joe Paterno)
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To: NRG1973
" by going after an 84 year old Joe Paterno who was going to retire after the last game of the season."

You obviously did not hear Joepa's big 10 day press conference way back in August (I believe) where he said he thinks he could coach a few more years. Yes, his contract is up at the end of this year, but he had no intention to retire. I'm sure he will now.
28 posted on 11/08/2011 9:53:38 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Old Teufel Hunden

IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done.


29 posted on 11/08/2011 9:54:38 AM PST by harpu ( "...it's better to be hated for who you are than loved for someone you're not!")
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To: Owl_Eagle; All

Remember this from 2010?

Gay, Progressive Fraternity Added to IFC (Penn State)

Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay and progressive men, has been added to the IFC.

The Interfraternity Council (IFC) approved recognizing a fraternity for gay and progressive men Tuesday, which members hope will usher in a new era of collaboration between greeks and LGBT students.

IFC President Max Wendkos said the Delta Lambda Phi colony easily earned the minimum 2/3 of the chapter presidents’ approval required for recognition.

“It is always beneficial to welcome new and diverse viewpoints into any group,” Wendkos said. “We are excited for the opportunity that Delta Lambda Phi presents for the IFC to strengthen its relationship with the LGBTA community.”

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30 posted on 11/08/2011 9:54:45 AM PST by tcrlaf (Election 2012: THE RAPTURE OF THE DEMOCRATS)
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To: tcrlaf

Penn State University needs to drop the “S” and just be known as “P-U!”


31 posted on 11/08/2011 9:55:13 AM PST by N. Theknow (Idi Obama = Just your everyday, ordinary, 3rd World Dictator)
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To: edcoil
Really sad that a great coach may have been done in by a gay child molester hired by him. the state to be his defensive coordinator.

fixed.

32 posted on 11/08/2011 9:55:13 AM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: Old Teufel Hunden
Joepa should have went to the police.

Hard to argue against that.doesn't he also fit in the desciption of what the law considers a "mandated reporter" with a duty to do so?

33 posted on 11/08/2011 9:56:12 AM PST by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: NewinTexsas

That doesn’t even totally fix it. If Paterno is done in, it’s his own doing. Or technically, horrifically irresponsible lack of doing.


34 posted on 11/08/2011 9:57:24 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: edcoil
"Really sad that a great coach may have been done in by a gay child molester hired by the state to be his defensive coordinator."

If all the allegations are true (and I believe they are). Joepa has no one but himself to blame. When confronted with this evidence in 2002, he chose to tell the AD. And then did nothing basically. Keep in mind, we're talking about the anal rape of a child here. Why didn't he go to the police? I think I know the answer. Because it would be a scandal at his beloved institution. And Sandusky was not hired by the state. He was Joepa's assistant coach for more than 30 years and a close friend. He played on the team when Joepa was an assistant coach. Joepa has all the power to hire and fire assistant coaches. Ask Fran Gantner.
35 posted on 11/08/2011 9:58:00 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: harpu
IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done.

IMHO McQueary should have AT LEAST called 911 IMMEDIATELY! It goes to the sad culture of PSU that every one from the janitors all the way up to the president protected Sandusky and allowed him to continue raping boys in Joe's locker room.

36 posted on 11/08/2011 9:58:24 AM PST by NewinTexsas
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To: Steely Tom
PSU P-U!
37 posted on 11/08/2011 9:58:36 AM PST by N. Theknow (Idi Obama = Just your everyday, ordinary, 3rd World Dictator)
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To: tcrlaf

Paterno has a chance to be a stand up guy here. He should come clean, retire, and make a commitment to the victims in this to spend the rest of his days on this earth as their advocate.


38 posted on 11/08/2011 9:59:19 AM PST by NotSoModerate
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To: harpu
"IMHO the grad assistant (McQuarry, and his Dad, who was with him when McQuarry told Paterno) should have reported it to the police immediately after reporting it to Paterno as it was done."

I agree. And Joepa also had this same duty. In fact, anyone that heard about it had that duty IMHO.
39 posted on 11/08/2011 9:59:44 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: WOBBLY BOB

How could he justify knowing the perp was on his campus years after the ‘98 event, or that the perp ran an organization to recruit kids, and not reporting it?


40 posted on 11/08/2011 9:59:59 AM PST by Hegewisch Dupa
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