re: Freeh report is out: "PSU showed 'total disregard' for Sandusky victims"

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Who, exactly, is being punished again?

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Do you think they would have kept the name up if Paterno was not dead?

This whole scandal just makes me sad. I admired Paterno because I thought he tried to do things the right way and I think on the balance he was a good person... but he went unchecked over the decades as the institution became subservient to his wishes and that lack of appropriate supervision was disastrous when one of his best friends turned out to be a monster.

It just makes me sad because it is so human to fail in this kind of way - and for the consequences of a failure to multiply and destroy so many lives. I think there is a strong comparison to the child sex scandals in the Catholic Church over the last few decades. I believe most of the people involved with those cover ups were people with good intentions and sadly their bad choices led to ruined lives.

To me the story must have started a couple decades before the incidents in 2001 or even 1998. Sandusky started the Third Mile charity in 1977 - and I just can not believe that this was an innocent association in light of the repeated incidents already documented.

I therefore can not believe that the people around Sandusky (esp including Paterno since he knew him well but also people like Sandusky's wife) did not see things and should have known what was going on for decades. I am inclined to give Paterno and Mrs Sandusky the benefit of the doubt if we want to argue they fooled themselves into not believing what they were seeing... but I simply do not find it credible to believe they did not see enough to conclude Sandusky has inappropriate relationships of a sexual nature with children prior to 2001. I think it is also debatable if that is really giving Paterno or Mrs Sandusky the benefit of the doubt given that this amounts to putting aside your concerns to protect a loved one at the expense of innocent third parties.

Burn in Hell. Joe pa.

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Who, exactly, is being punished?


Answer my question.

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Your question is irrelevant. They would have taken the name down either way. But doing so is NOT a punishment. That's the point, you dimwit.

frick Joe Paterno.

is matt millen talking again or is this all replay from before?

I was dumbfounded when he was asked if this changed his perception of joe pa and he basically said that he's seen him do good things enough that covering up child rape is not enough to change his perception that joe pa was a good person that handled things the right way and was an honest person.

What. The. frick.

The pro/anti death penalty argument is getting redundant & neither side is budging, so get past it. The NCAA has used the death penalty exactly one time in its history & will never impliment to an institution, right or wrong, like Penn St. To me, with this report, the arguments should be more on what penalties should be handed down on those who did cover it up. I know one charge was perjury, but as I recall, there was another bout failing to report a felony? Anyone have any ideas what a criminal penalty mite be for that?

I understand that JoePa thought he was doing the right thing by handing the situation over to the board, but he should have had enough common sense to follow through with the issues and not keep his head buried in the sand and see this monster around the campus with other kids.

I think they should have some sort of sanctions placed upon the AD department, but giving the football program the death penalty is extreme. None of the current players or fans had anything to do with this problem so why should they be the ones that 'suffer'?