OT: Paterno knew of Sandusky abuse in 1976
The PSU cultists will still defend him.
http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/05/court_filing_says_joe_paterno.html
A new bombshell dropped in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal Thursday.It came in the form of a line in a court order on a related insurance coverage case involving Penn State, and its ramifications can't immediately be gauged.But that line was eye-popping in itself.The line in question states that one of Penn State's insurers has claimed "in 1976, a child allegedly reported to PSU's Head Coach Joseph Paterno that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky."
That is absolutely priceless.
Oh, so the kid getting raped by an old man is 12 instead of 8. Well, then. That changes EVERYTHING!!
Good grief.
They should keep Paterno's statue. But place it in a 180 degree angle from where people can see it. After all, that is his legacy, turning his back on all those little boys.
Just, no. Not one bit of that sentence makes any of it better. What kind of asshole could even think of holding that forth as a moderating factor. I think I'm going to need several showers to clean off the grossness of reading that.
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HEY DELANY - it is not too late to get rid of penn state!!!!!!!!!!!!
"An allegation now about an alleged event 40 years ago, as represented by a single line in a court document regarding an insurance issue, with no corroborating evidence, does not change the facts. Joe Paterno did not, at any time, cover up conduct by Jerry Sandusky."
Bullshit. Fuck you Joe, and fuck you Jerry. Horrible humans. What a complete crock of shit. How Penn State was not held totally accountable for this atrocity is beyond me.
Sounds like a quote from that coat-tailing riding, father hawking salesman jay paterno.
BTW, FUCK penn state and all their delusional joepa loving fans.
i mean, all the time back in the '70's incredible fan icons were always being accused about knowingly covering up child abuse. sure. happened all the time. who would give it a second thought?
After watching the movie Spotlight. I had a feeling that this could be even worse for PSU if someone took the time to investigate in the same manner.
Just sick.
For a minute I thought your post said, "Has Joe Paterno responded?" I was going to say, "yes, his decomposing corpse was just on CNN, and he made a pretty articulate argument about how he didn't know anything...until a rat crawled from his eye socket, which kind of ruined the moment."
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Ask yourself, how does Jerry Sandusky go from being the DC at a powerhouse like penn state, at a time when they had great defenses ("Linebacker U", etc.) to being retired??? No other school offered him a job and he cared not to accept or pursue, but rather go and retire and be more involved in his boys' "charity".
Could it not be explained by a serial predator focusing on hunting victims? I hate to say it, but it makes sense that he would focus on his "charity." He was/is just that sick.
if paterno forced him out after remaining silent for 20 years, it was due to fearing Mcreery (sp) would blow the whistle with sandusky still on the staff. That had to have been the difference
Not shocking. Penn State slipped below Ohio State and Michigan State when this story broke. The acts themselves were heinous but the fact that they continure to defend pedophiles is just deplorable.
Don Canham was frighteningly close to hiring him in 1968. He most likely would have brought Sandusky with him to Ann Arbor.
Now THAT is disturbing.
Well, yes. I should have phrased that better. A side disturbing fact to an already f*cked up situation.
so...who knows?
He played for Paterno's predecessor several years before.
If Paterno came to Michigan, he could have easily brought Sandusky here.
You can be sure that Sandusky had his "problem" at that time. I wonder if being at Michigan would have made a difference in terms of what they thought they could cover up. Penn State is isolated in both geography and culture in a way that Ann Arbor is not.
We'll never know for sure.
it more likely that he would have brought Sandusky here.
It's easy to make the mistake of thinking horrible things can't happen here, (insert place). PSU isn't the only place where football has too much influence. At the same time, not many places are dominated by a single school like the region around PSU. Add in the geographic isolation and the small town host. Then consider that the growth of the school largely coincided with Paterno's tenure. PSU wasn't even a university until the 1950s. The school's identity was closely tied to Paterno and football.
These were factors that exist in very few places in the country. We were lucky not to have Paterno and Sandusky in Ann Arbor. I don't doubt they would have been the same. I do find it hard to believe a cover up could have been pulled off here for very long. I bet there would have been an attempt at one though, and it would have been messy.
Sandusky is from Pennsylvania and played at PSU. While it's possible he'd have come here, I wouldn't assume it.
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It really is shocking. It also really is unsurprising.
I'm so fucking glad Joe Paterno turned down Michigan's offer to come coach the Wolverines.
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Seriously doubtful.
Agree that all of Paterno's on-field accomplishments need to be wiped from the record books. He should be remembered for nothing other than his protecting a monster for 40 years. I would say Penn State should be given the death penalty, but they're gonna be such an easy win for us for the foreseeable future that it's hard for me to want them gone.
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This suggests to me that the laws need to be changed then. Covering up child rape should be an offense where you are facing jail time.