RIP JoePa
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- moldero0
- it would be funnier if they kid would have said "leave my bitch alone" or "take your hands off my bitch"********
- it would be funnier if they kid would have said "leave my bitch alone" or "take your hands off my bitch"
- ukit20
“In order to avoid the consequences of bad publicity,” the most powerful leaders of Penn State, Freeh’s group said, “repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky’s child abuse from the authorities, the board of trustees, the Penn State community and the public at large.”
- Bunch of old assholes trying to protect their way of life. They should all be in prison.CygnusZero4
- fooler0
Nike is cutting one of its last remaining ties to Joe Paterno -- removing his name from the child care building on the corporation's campus.
Nike founder Phil Knight added, "It appears Joe made missteps that led to heartbreaking consequences."- self-righteous misstepsprophetone
- how fittinglambsy
- Oh but they still have Michael Vick as a spokesperson? Hypocrite much?monkeyshine
- fooler0
Joe Paterno Statue At Penn State Taken Down
- Probably the right thing if they want to try and put this completely behind them.CygnusZero4
- Llyod0
I saw him coach last year. He just walked the sidelines. Didn't make any calls.
- He's just been a figure head there for a while. He hasn't really been running the team.CygnusZero4
- it seems making the calls was not his thing. it was more "let them play". you know...********
- It was left to the teams other coaches to run. He was just there as an icon and pillar for the team.CygnusZero4
- utopian0
I guess that Joey's life was not that amazing after all!
- It actually was despite all this. He didnt do all he should have, but he still had an incredible career.CygnusZero4
- He ran that team for 42 years. That's crazy.CygnusZero4
- WTF 42 years...utopian
- CygnusZero40
Wow Penn State just got ass raped by the NCAA.
- $60m fine
- 4 year bowl ban
- All wins from 1998-2011 erased
- On probation
- Students allowed to transfer from Penn State with no penalties- Painfully poor choice of words. Not severe enough, IMO.Gucci
- Purposely used those words because the NCAA just handed them a little shower action.CygnusZero4
- And those penalties are hardcore. The university itself will suffer badly from this.CygnusZero4
- gooddiscoduro
- Jacque0
Penn state raised $208 million during the last year in donations ($1.6 billion since 2007). $60 million fine is wimpy. They just effectively bought their way out of harsher penalties.
- 20020
funny how all these things are happening after he dies.
- CygnusZero40
Honestly as morbid as it sounds he's better off not being here to witness all those wins being stripped from his record, his statue being taken down and the university he dedicated his life to in shambles.
- BonSeff0
i wish he was alive to see his legacy get trashed. covering up pedophilia can be a bitch, eh? i hope wherever he is now is hot.
- identity0
the "death penalty" in the case - I think I read - would only extinguish the football program for one year. No games, practice, recruiting, etc.
This, to me, seems preferable to having the reputation and legacy permanently affected by taking away wins.
Paterno posthumously got what he had coming to him - but the players, the school and the fans are the ones who are really suffering with this ruling. For a lot of those past players, those wins and experience were a big feather in their life-cap. Much empathy goes out to them... I think the NCAA got this one wrong - but I recognize setting an example when I see it.
- I would think that NCAA for the first time, did something right.2002
- CygnusZero40
Yeah the past players suffering for this is definitely going to be a big debate. I think the issue with the death penalty, and the NCAA heads said this at the conference, is that is not harsh enough, and they said they would have piled other penalties on top of that.
1 year without a football program really is not that severe of a punishment, so the NCAA felt that they had to punish them for all those years they covered it up, 1998-2011.
Yes innocent players will now suffer from this but I guess the NCAA saw no way around this. They really want to make sure noone ever does this again, and a 1 year death penalty would not actually damage any school all that much. I think the NCAA actually purposely wanted to damage the school it self for this, and I guess there was no way for them to really do that without the players also suffering from it.
- 4 year bowl ban will discourage any player. will be hard to recruit "pro" talent. took SMU 20 yrs to recover as well.robotron3k
- Good, they really do deserve it, allowing kids to be raped just to protect their football program.CygnusZero4
- teh0
a team is just a shell though the people responsible for what happened will get punished but you can't dismantle a team it is stupid.
- Necessary casualties. The program itself had to be punished. No way to avoid the players feeling that, but it had to be done.CygnusZero4
- to be done regardless.CygnusZero4
- PonyBoy0
Deserved.
Rest in pain, joePutz.
- I'll forgive Joe in time... but Sandusky... that's gonna be difficultPonyBoy
- Joe is dead. I don't think he's looking for forgiveness.CygnusZero4
- Llyod0
hopefully the team won't recover for at least a decade