Jay Paterno elected to PSU BoT
The story that won't die continues to not die.
Statement on the Trustee Election: pic.twitter.com/mhwBPp1cwv
— Jay Paterno (@JayPaterno) May 5, 2017
Well this was his initial draft before Penn State PR editors got their hands on it:
First, special thanks to all the delusional JoPa loving fans who voted and participated in this Trustee Election. It is a statement of your love for winning football games above all else. We will always strive to carry your voices, but never those of innocent victims of child molestation as we chart the future course of Penn State.
Being elected to Penn State's Board of Trustees is and should always be a call to service, to represent first and foremost the interests of Penn State, specifically those of its diverse coalition of football fans - the students, alumni, faculty, staff, child molesters and friends of this great University - above all other interests, especially those of innocent young victims of child molestation.
[Dear PR team, please insert some obscure legislative act and reference a quote from one of the guys on Mount Rushmore to help me look like I've read one or two non-football related things, thanks - Jay] For over half a century since my dad became football coach, that call to winning football games has crossed generations. From State College to State College, and from State College to State College, together we can create and inspire football excellence for Penn State and State College.
While some have uncovered my true motives of this candidacy, be assured I will join the Board of Trustees and leverage your adoration for my pedofile enabling dad. Together, we can build on the enduring football pride and football values that have never wavered, even when they could have wavered a bit to instead prioritize the interests of innocent victimes of child molestation under dad's watch. Winning football after all, has always been the foundation of our Alma Mater.
[PR team, again please quote one of the Mount Rushmore guys to send me off sounding well read, thanks - Jay]
that they just do not seem to get it. Wow.
It's not that they dont get it. It's that they dont care!!! Allright does everyone get it. People of Pennsylvannia will put Penn State football ahead of anything and especially the reputation of a penn state legacy. They get it and they believe it, the problem is they just don't care. Majority of osu fans are exactly the same way so why should anyone be susprized. I have seen the same behavior for decades. Just look who there coaches are.
Except for this part, "People of Pennsylvannia..." Change it to PSU fans and you are spot on.
As someone who lives in State College, I totally agree. The level of veneration/denial is downright weird.
FUCK PENN STATE
FUCK PENN STATE
It has been a while since I have commented but I had to jump on to say FUCK PENN ST!
doesn't check out?
I now have this newfangled power of voting! How am I supposed to wait until next Friday's posbang or the next Mr. Yost-esque meltdown neg bomb?
Burn the fucking place to the ground....
BTW FUCK Penn State and their JoePa loving fans
and a FUCK PENN STATE of my own for good measure!
They'll never get it
Even for them, that is ..... wow.
The comments against him in the post were scathing though.
He's not getting a free pass in the general public.
pieces of shit to invoke religion/God(s).
Athiests get a bad rap. Here's a link to a Pew Poll:
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/06/01/10-facts-about-atheists/
"Americans like atheists less than they like members of most major religious groups. A 2014 Pew Research Center survey asked Americans to rate groups on a “feeling thermometer” from zero (as cold and negative as possible) to 100 (the warmest, most positive possible rating). U.S. adults gave atheists an average rating of 41, comparable to the rating they gave Muslims (40) and far colder than the average given to Jews (63), Catholics (62) and evangelical Christians (61)."
This is even though athiests don't fly planes into buildings, molest altar boys, or launch Holy Wars.
PSU is garbage. I felt bad for the players when the scandal first came out, but now, as many Mgobloggers have expressed, screw PSU and everyone associated with that school. They can't claim ignorance now.
Holy tone deaf. Not only is this guy attached by name to the biggest scandal in college sports history, he's spent the last 5 years trying to sue the shit out of PSU.
I swear Penn State and Baylor hold each other's beer while they try to one-up the other's incompetence.
Art Briles soon to be appointed Title IX investigator at Baylor?
Baylor, PSU and on the outside closing fast is MSU.
all are eligible to vote. Jay Paterno garnered 16,233 of those votes.
That's on the order of 2.5%.
Which means that 97.5% of PSU living alumni --- myself included --- did not vote for Jay.
Unfortunately I suspect you're going to be dealing with a small but vocal and motivated minority of aggrieved JoePa supporters for a long time.
Four candidates were vying to fill three available alumni-elected seats on the board, and Paterno received the largest number of votes -- 16, 322 out of 21,233 ballots cast.
there were only 4 candidates who ran --- people could vote for up to 3.
The best way to get rid of the "Paterno Loyalist" portion of the fanbase is the passage of time. Eventually the old folk will die away. The younger alums --- in general (there are always a few individual anecdotes, of course) --- don't care as much.
But you are right - for the time being, they are vocal and motivated.
"The best way to get rid of the "Paterno Loyalist" portion of the fanbase is the passage of time."
If by "best" you mean laziest, then you are right. Otherwise, this statement is apathetic BS.
Too bad the majority aren't motivated by dismay at what the Paternos have done, to vote for someone else. It's on all of them, get the government they deserve
maybe you should try voting next time, since this is just another piece of evidence that your piece of shit institution values football over the lives of children
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No problem. Sorry your fanbase and institution cares more about the legacy of a person who enabled child rape to win football games than they do about the victims. Its gotta suck knowing everytime you wear a piece of psu clothing people associate you with a piece of shit since your community won't admit what happened and move on.
but someone should've spoken up against his candidacy.
If only 22K out of 650K voted, that's a lot of people that sat on their hands and let this happen.
They could have easily put a stop to his candidacy, if the university itself would not do it.
They keep letting the Paterno's lead that institution around by the nose.
It has the most disgusting fanbase in college football, by miliions of light years.
One one hand, I'm surprised he would even run for that position. On the other hand, I'd be surprised if he didn't.
In any event, one more reason to remind everyone at every chance we can that Joe Paterno and his cohorts enabled the rape of children on and away from PSU facilities.
Maybe Kathy Klages can run for MSU's board of trustees next.