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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:31 PM Original message |
What bothers me about Joe Paterno and his 'abrupt firing' |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sports is way too important in academia and with our nation as a whole |
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savalez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. +1 |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. They're not called |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
44. Or in other words " bread and circuses" - sports are still the circus. |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. Because they're stupid, and they give more of a shit about football than poor little kids |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Just Look Around You - Think About The Repug Debates & Look What People Are Cheering Or Booing At... |
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global1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #2 |
47. Just Look Around You - Think About The Repug Debates & Look What People Are Cheering Or Booing At... |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. Gladiators were also indulged celebrities and the games were major events |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yep, good observation. Also, some schools value their sports more than academia. n/t |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
4. They weren't "young football players", they were little boys with |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Which coach are you referring to? |
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Raven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Sandusky. |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
5. Joe did the classiest thing he knows how to do |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. We have similar figures in my part of the country.. |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. If that is the classiest thing he knows how to do |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Its not a surprise to me at all |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. I don't believe it is unclear. Here is more info for you |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. 15 seconds into reading the article at that link a Chase Bank ad launches |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. There are many other links detailing the grand jury report |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Here's the report itself. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
51. Thanks! |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Someone reporting sex abuse of a child is a little more than a complaint |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. The part about the complaint "going nowhere" bothers me. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I too found that very odd that nothing was done by the legal system |
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zerox (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. This complaint never reached the legal system. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:24 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. I heard that some were told Sandusky was found "horsing around" with the boy. |
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melissaf (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #19 |
52. Joe was probably happily hoping |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. It was not stopped. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I still am amazed at the lack of legal action when it first came to light |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. oing the right thing, regardless of what others may or may not do. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. Have you ever had a baseless complaint made against you or a collegaue? |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. None of those students have known the world with out Paterno as coach |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:44 PM Response to Original message |
11. Don't some look for any old excuse to disrupt? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. It's "Yay Team" mentality... |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
17. My impressions |
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melissaf (307 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #17 |
53. "The ones who did obviously had a piece of their identity |
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dynasaw (664 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
20. It's An Insult |
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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
21. Drunk college kids are known to do dumb things |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
24. i thought he put in for retirement |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. He was fired last night, shanti...after he said he would retire at the end |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. He did report it...those he reported it to did not take appropriate action |
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itsrobert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Yup, only kept in him on his staff |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. While troubling, if no legal action was taken, would it be reasonable to assume it was unfounded? |
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zerox (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Not at all. |
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zerox (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Paterno runs that school. |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Not any longer. eom |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. That is a position I had not considered... |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
49. He was already planning on retiring at the end of this season |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
35. what will they do for an encore when he is arrested? n/t |
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tawadi (631 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #35 |
55. Doubt he'll be arrested. Maybe a star witness though. eom |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
36. I'm disgusted by the students' response, too |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
46. they had mass protests at IU when Bobby Knight was fired. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:53 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Knight won three national championships at IU |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
48. it makes me sick to my stomach |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. A modest reply: |
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