Joe Paterno to resign at end of season

[xoxoxoBruce]

The District Attorney decided not to bring charges against Sandusky in '98, so that was a dead end. They had no other choice other than excommunicate him from Penn State.

[Ibby]

i was reading an article - i forget where, now - where "legal experts" were nearly unanimous that given the report, paterno would DEFINITELY have been charged/indicted if he were still alive.

[ZenGum]

Wallpaper?

I think you mean "whitewash".

Quick, cover up the cover up!

[SteveDallas]

You really think those five men were the only ones who knew and didn't speak up because they were afraid it would harm the football program, or the university, or both?

[Griff]

Big-time athletics is rotting American education from High School on up. Binghamton University has been trying to break into the big time in NCAA Division I basketball with similar results to Penn State's, corruption that extends into government because these are state schools.

[classicman]

every Catholic knows this has been ongoing. And did not get angry when Voices of the Faithful were saying so.

Not true. Not "every" one knew.

Every Catholic knows pedophilia was ongoing - and did almost nothing. Thereby all but endorsing pedophilia.

Really? You must be Catholic then. I got a totally different take on it. Most that I know are embarrassed, pissed off and many MANY have stopped going and/or donating to the church.

[Lamplighter]

Apparently, the statue of Joe Parterno is going to remain at PSU,
but that may not be the end of the story about memorials to him.

This is an NY Times editorial that I believe is well worth reading in it's entirety.
But if you really don't want to do that, here are the last 2 paragraphs.

NY Times Editorial
By TA-NEHISI COATES
July 17, 2012

Leave the Statue, to Remember

<snip>
Arguing for the statue’s removal, the legendary coach Bobby Bowden said
he wouldn’t want Sandusky’s crimes “brought up every time I walked out on the field.”
That’s the point.
Sandusky’s crimes should never be forgotten, nor should the crimes of the broader community.
It is shameful to deify men who put nationalist ritual before children.
But it is more shameful to pretend that this elevation was achieved by Joe Paterno’s singular hand.

Removing the Paterno statue allows Happy Valley to forget its own compliance
in a national crime, to expunge its own culpability in its ruthless pursuit of glory.
The statue should remain, and beneath it there should be a full explanation
of Sandusky’s crimes, Paterno’s role and some warning to all of us
who would turn a pastime into a god and elect a mortal man as its avatar.

[tw]

Eventually Rocky's statue got removed from the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Paterno's statue will probably be moved in time.

Eventually, Paterno will be remembered for his football. Currently everyone only remembers hype that will diminish over the years.

[glatt]

I won't remember Paterno at all 5 years from now. Unless someone reminds who he is.

[Spexxvet]

Victims? Project Mayhem?

[classicman]

Yrp - Joe has become the scapegoat, rightfully deserved or not.
Its far easier to blame him now that he is dead, than to actually prosecute those who are still alive. Sickening all the way around.
The ban of his wins since '98 will take that record from him. Whoopdyfuckindoo.

[Lamplighter]

Wow !

I posted earlier that I thought it was a "blame the dead guy" scenario,
but I changed my mind upon reading this one paragraph in Spexxvet's link ...

Emmert, speaking at a live press conference at the association's Indianapolis headquarters,
said Penn State had perpetrated a "football first" culture that ultimately enabled
a serial child abuser, former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, to continue his crimes for years.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by classicman

Yrp - Joe has become the scapegoat, rightfully deserved or not.
Its far easier to blame him now that he is dead, than to actually prosecute those who are still alive. Sickening all the way around.
The ban of his wins since '98 will take that record from him. Whoopdyfuckindoo.

As Louis CK was saying on the Daily Show, there really isn't an "in-between" when it comes to pedophiles. You're either for it or against it, There's no one who says, "Yeah, I don't do it myself, but it's cool if other people are into that."

But, yeah, blame the dead guy. As though there was no one other than Paterno and Sandusky involved in the cover up?

[Spexxvet]

1998: University police and State Department of Public Welfare investigator go ahead and interview Sandusky. No charges were brought up, and Sandusky said he would no longer shower with children.

These are the incompetent assholes who are more responsible than everyone but Sandusky. If they'd done they're job,....

[xoxoxoBruce]

And the janitors who actually saw it and said nothing.