Because he followed the law? He did exactly what the law specifically states he was supposed to do. Everyone agrees on this point, or at least anyone who has half a brain and has bothered to do any real research does.

You may not like it, but it's the law. That's why the NCAA had to back down. So if you want to get mad at someone, get mad at the people who make the laws, not at those who followed them.

The right people are being punished here. No need to punish the ones who did the right thing, at least as far as the law is concerned.

GTFO.

JoePa sent a personal letter, threatening to give a player negative job recommendations, over $12.99. He also sent a copy to the players' parents. Some would call that going above and beyond the call of duty.

Yet JoePa's deliberate inaction and looking the other way - after multiple instances of direct reports of Sandusky's activities - led to young boys being raped for another decade. He saw Sandusky with kids for years after all of this.

I wish I believed in Hell - because if it exists JoePa is rotting in it right now.

LOOL

"abuse our desire"

"principal"

Everyone agrees on this point, or at least anyone who has half a brain and has bothered to do any real research does.

Oh good flacucki is back.

He always did what was in the best interest of the program and university. He never took into account how that affected other people. Once he reported me for not stopping at a stop sign for 5 full seconds, because it was in the best interest of the university. He didn't care if I got into an accident on I-81 and was badly injured, only that the image of the university and football program was squeaky clean. It wasn't about positively affecting people, it was about him and the university's legacy. Guy is a stone POS.

Slappies defending JoePa after all this time. Sad.

Not as sad as morons unable to identify the real problem.

Which is?

Sandusky raping children and joe punishing him by kicking him off the team and telling him to keep it away from the locker room is not the problem; obviously

Hey. I'm sorry I didn't tell everyone about the guy raping kids in the showers. I didn't break the law, though, so **** off.

Gotta admit, I did not expect to see the "don't hate the player, hate the game" defense of JoePa's inaction, on 2p2. But here we are.

Ironically, a friend received a jury summons for what is believed to be a certain criminal trial starting this week for a certain former university president. The friend was excused for scheduling related issues.

If I got that summons I would go full John Cusack in that Grisham movie.

he should've used allen iverson's defense

I should have put "a friend of mine" in quotes

IDK man did a little research and would love to hear how you think he didn't break this law!

If you can't see the distinction between what is morally and legally acceptable in this situation, you're at best intellectually dishonest and at worst a sociopath.

Or I am able to read and recognize trends that point to a greater problem.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/po...th-minors.html

There can be multiple "real" problems at the same time.

(1) Joe Paterno's cowardly, if not malicious, failure to report rampant child molestation.
(2) Powerful people committing rampant child molestation.

Both are really bad and both should be discussed.

I like tacos.

That's the problem, though, isn't it?

The opportunity to have a proper discussion about a problem that borders on a national epidemic, and the utter failure of the justice system to properly handle these cases, was pretty much squandered because the media and the vast majority of people chose to focus solely on the narrative that Joe Paterno should be crucified because he didn't do enough to stop this behavior.

Meanwhile, there are dozens of other examples of people doing pretty much the same thing, and those examples are met with a collective shrug.

It is somewhat galling to me that people only seem to care about this because it involves a college football program.

Meanwhile, child sexual abuse is literally an epidemic. USA gymnastics. Youth hockey in Canada. Soccer in England. The Catholic Church. And what meaningful changes are being made to address it?

And yet in a discussion in this thread that has lasted for years, the only thing that seems to matter to most people is how this will impact their favorite college football teams. It's just sad.

I could care less about Joe Paterno. Dig him up and cut off his nuts. Take away his wins. Ban PSU football. Do all those things, and not one kid is going to be made any safer. And if kids aren't going to be made any safer, why do any of those things?

It is strange that we continue to only discuss the Penn State situation in a thread specifically about the Penn State situation in a sporting events forum.

jsb makes some good points - I made similar arguments when this thread was created, under a different screen name of course.

Jury is back on spanier. Awaiting verdict