And that he was fired for his non-action, right?

And his statue taken down in disgrace, right?

So...

So?

Paterno was one of them.



Tikki

What is it about this that is worth dredging up this nasty -- but filthy and oh-so-sensational -- story? A morbid desire to talk about child molestation?

I'm really serious about this: why bring up the same shit on someone who has been completely disgraced?

I'm out of this one.

NOT football loyalties. Again - read the linked article!

who not only endorsed repukes but went on stage with them. So it's fair game to drag their reputation and name through the mud to possibly gain some advantage in elections

we are just remembering our heritage. Bullshit. And the presumptive Republican nominee for President dog whistled campaigning for the Pennsylvania primary "How's Joe Paterno? We're gonna bring that back? Right? How about that whole deal?" Yeah right, screw that political correctness, Paterno was a GREAT guy and you can say so. Just like the Confederate flag this piece of crap can not be allowed to regain his legendary stature and let is supporters gradually sweep his crimes under the rug.

What's the purpose of your post?

It's where it belongs, and Jerry will have his buddy to talk to during the rough parts of his stretch.

Or you would if you had made the gargantuan effort to read the whole article from the OP link. But hey, why bother your beautiful mind!

I echo the comments in this thread. I've lived in Pennsylvania the past 46 years and having many friends, neighbors and co-workers who are Penn State alums. For a lot of these folks, their status as Penn State alums is the accomplishment of which they are proudest. There is a very strong effort to reinstate Joe Paterno to the status of saint.

Then there's the question of whether Penn State will recoup the $60 million it's paid out to victims.

This information is a bombshell.

Or did you duck that gargantuan effort of reading a fucking word posted in this thread?

BELLEFONTE - Nearly four years after his conviction for serial sexual abuse of children, former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky scored a key procedural win in his latest appeal.

Judge John Cleland ruled Thursday that he will grant an evidentiary hearing permitting Sandusky to test three of the most central claims to his arguments that he was denied a fair trial in 2012. Cleland set the new hearing for May 20, in Centre County court.

To date, no evidence of an illicit leak has been presented, but this hearing will provide the defense their best opportunity to date to directly question participants in the case about leaks under oath.

The defense and prosecution have also been invited to supply written arguments on another point raised in Sandusky's appeal: That the attorney general's office lacked jurisdiction to place the Sandusky case before a grand jury.

See, I wasn't talking about Sandusky, and neither was the OP. Just you.

Well gee whiz - settlements have cost Penn State over $60 million, which it is trying to recoup. But really, don't trouble your beautiful mind about such sordid goings-on.

The OP specifically refers to Sandusky.

In denial about Sandusky/Paterno connections? BuzzClik, party of one! Your table is ready.

A dead man who was fired, humiliated, and acknowledged to have aided a series of crimes through his inaction.

You chose to have a heart attack about Sandusky. Go for it. Scream, yell, stomp your feet, turn red in the face. I don't care. I'm not speaking of him, now or previously.

Have the last word.

that Paterno was dead? Is there some new governing law that the actions and statements of dead people cannot be referred to in a legal proceeding? Would that be a federal level or just for Pennsylvania?

This will be YUGE news to all the estates and trusts lawyers! We might as well just close down Orphans Court at once! WOW!

And . . . and. . . and . . . no more referring to the deceased in murder trials!

My god, man (or woman) you've completely re-written whole areas of law!

and there are unanswered questions on exactly what he knew, and when...

People are always trying to rehabilitate the tainted reputation of their fallen heroes; they nearly always fail because the truth is undeniable.

He wants a new trial, STILL claims he's innocent.

People are adults now, all should come forward tell their story. Get a Lawyer, sue the school and any sports charities who didn't supervise venerable kids under their guardianship.

Sandusky was his top and most trusted assistant for *decades*...

No one understood it at the time.

Ped State

the press in Boston years PRIOR to the eventual clusterfuck that precipitated global revelations of widespread pedophilia within the Catholic hierarchy.

Journalists IGNORED his allegations entirely, buried it.