James Franklin wishes other B1G schools and Notre Dame would allow Penn State to move on.

Franklin,depending how you look at it, is lucky to be head man at a power 5 school after perhaps the most horrific, heinous sexual crimes toward children committed by a high ranking member of that staff. Further, his actions, prior to his arrest had come to the attention of what, at one time, was one of the most venerable head coaches in the history of this game. That man, Joe Paterno, in a move based on greed and to protect his legacy, failed to report any incidents that had come to his attention up until that time and any subsequent csc perpetrated by his assistant Jerry Sandusky. This decision can only be interpreted one way, based on an unblemished legacy of not only an unprecedented number of wins, but realized in a manner to which all other programs should aspire. These very actions assured such wishes would produce the exact opposite effect and rightfully so. Initially, he was forced to forfeit 111 wins later, for reasons inexplicable to this reader, the NCAA decided to reinstate the 111 wins.

What should have happened, an immediate report to police, dismissal of Sandusky from the university while the justice system ran its course. It was clear that the actions of Sandusky were unforgiveable. The conspiracy and subsequent coverup of Joe Paterno should have likewise earned him immediate dismissal by the President of the university and, at a minimum, all victories realized subseqent to Paterno gaining knowledge of the crime forfeited, and not unlike Sandusky, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

Last season PSU lost to Memphis by 2, NW by 2 and GA by 7. he lost three more games, one each to OSU, MSU and UM by a combined score of 121-42, with MSU dishing out the biggest thrashing. He has accussed them all of slander, ironically by the use of slander itself. Proof of misinformation on the part of the accused, the four schools named above, must be present in order to be a prosecuteable offense. Absence of such in this case makes Franklin, ironically guilty of the exact crime he is attempting to use to, not unlike former Head Coach Joe Paterno, bring about results that he stands not a chance in hell of obtaining and for which we all should be thankful. 

What the idiot - in this case at least, fails to realize, is that the Big X is doing him a favor by allowing him to remain head coach and  the school itself to remain a member of a Power 5 conference,. II would find it a deriliction of duty on the part of conference coaches to not warrn prospective PSU recruits of the nature, duration and disposition of crimes committed by former assistant and attempted coverup by then head coach, Joe Paterno. 

If he finds this negative recruiting offensive, he should view it for what it is. None of the teams listed need to engage in negative recruiting to gain an advantage on the football field. All do, however, by the nature of their positions, have an obligation to the conference to protect its interests in both a legal and moral sense and unlike Franklin, who is trying to rebuild a program to its status prior to an offense that should have led to its dismissal from association with all NCAA sanctioned events, these coaches are acting well within their rights to have this university removed from the conference. 

He is basically paddling up shit creek without toilet paper while the others owe him nor that university a thing unless directed to do so by the conference President who, by so doing, would be violating the terms of his employmet. 

So welcome Franklin to PSU and the traditions of Nittanly Lion football including sexual offender(s), his conspirators, disgraced legacy of fomer Lion Head Coach Joe Paterno, and these are but a few, and just why in  the Hell should the rest of the conference feel sorry for a position you accepted willingly? 

There is a difference between University leadership and students/alums/fans.

University leadership in the post November 2011 period did all of the following: (1) remove all of JoePa, Curley and Spanier from their jobs within the story's first 100 hours, (2) commission the Freeh Report within 10 days of the story breaking, (3) publicly release the full Report (take not Baylor) the following summer, (4) accept its findings, (5) take down the Paterno statue immediately thereafter, and (6) not fight or threaten to sue the NCAA when the penalties came down.

If the Paterno statue ever goes back up, your statement would be fair.  But I'm one alum who is VERY confident that will NEVER happen.

No, I don't think you're reading it wrong.  I thought that too. 

It's a nice wag to dog of not being accountable for their behavior and blaming others instead.

Does M, et al., really need to negatively recruit against Penn State?  I'd be shocked if that is happening as much as this article seems to suggest.

But Franklin specifically says they are:

"Those programs as well as others know that and use that against us."

I resemble that remark.   I grew up in Penn Hills.

Fuck Penn State and their culture of pedophile enablers.  NEVER FORGET!