When he came forward with his story he said he was confronted by "Jim and Joe" and there was no mistaking who Joe was. This isn't about a paycheck, this person has already been paid by the university. This isn't a man seeking fame. He had returned to ridicule and relative anonymity. This is only being brought to light now because of the lawsuit between Penn State and their insurer. This is a guy who has more courage than Joe ever showed. Penn State is the very worst thing in college football. There's no pay for play scandal that is worse than this. What gets me is that we now see clearly that at the absolute minimum, we know there were rumors about this guy naughty touching children and young boys going back to the 70s.... yet somehow JoePa allegedly didn't know. I wish them ill. I honestly do. This is an institution that formed a witch hunt committee to go after those Board Members who voted to fire Joe Paterno. This is a school that has to know, or have a very strong suspicion of what went on, yet they continue to be more concerned with having JoePa's wins restored, regaining bowl eligibility and bringing back JoePa's statue than they were with the clear legacy of institutional rape conspirators. If anything, their actions have proved it. More than 40 young boys had their manhood taken before they had the chance to become men and Joe Pa knew about it going all the way back to AT LEAST 1976. It's fine if you want to protect this piece of **** monster of a human being, but I'd ask that you fight at least as hard to protect the victims of these crimes and help them restore what is left of their life. I hope the Wisconsin students bring back the "We are Rape State" shirts whose proceeds went to helping rape victims while sending a clear message of "F*ck Penn State". Those kids too were shamed and shut down for making those. I really hope they bring them back, I'll buy 2. I can never root for this school. I can never in good consciousness allow my son to consider attending this school. We all took our turns 'hating' on various teams from the Creminoles to the Crimicanes. Those were instances in which ghetto kids needed real guidance and were simply exploited for their football abilities instead. They needed structure and were shown how to skim the system. I've used the term hate far too liberally in the past. Those situations were despicable, but even words like that seem laughable when placed in comparison to what Penn State has done. SMU was just good old fashioned Texas oil greed gone wrong. Nothing is as bad as what Penn State did. I sincerely wish them nothing but ill, and I really hope the media takes the same position. I don't give a **** if the kids on the team weren't on the team then. This entire program was built on the backs of raped children. F*ck Penn State, I hope they never win another game.
I have a buddy who is a sports writer/professional asshole. He introduced me to this latest chapter of the Paterno/Sandusky saga. I thought he said it best when he posted the first SI article with the caption "Kings will do a lot of things to protect their empire."
Yikes... What I dont get is why Joe protected him? Was he just not able to believe it? Sandusky will find a particularly hot place in hell waiting for him. Probably within sight of his buddy Joepa...
It's getting worse by the day. The clock is now back to 1971. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/us/jerry-sandusky-victims-paterno-penn-state/ Drop football Penn State.
You ask the million dollar question Scott. I know the defenders of JoePa often point to that. I think that's a valid question with a lot of open ends. What doesn't have open ends is that, to believe Camp Paterno, you have to believe there was a grand conspiracy that existed for more than 30 years of boys who became men who would randomly make up a story admitting the one thing no man would ever confess to, only for that poor persecuted man to be driven to molest children eventually 30 years later. No one ever asks that question.
Jo'co predicted this from the outset. Sandusky didn't just wake up as a 40 year old and become a pedophile,and it was always likely that Paterno knew more and knew it sooner than initially thought. Think about it, when that asst caught Sandusky and told him he wasn't all that upset and just kicked up the chain and dismissed it.
:idea: :arrow: As teachers, we're mandatory reporters of certain behaviors. People who later become serial killers, serial rapists, child molesters or child abusers all have well established patterns of conduct that begin very early. For example, serial killers nearly always begin by harming animals or small children. Most of this was unknown half a century ago, but now teachers, police and firemen are on the lookout to recognize these patterns so that psychiatric intervention can take place as early as possible. Once these individuals reach the age of around 16/17 it is already too late...
This guy began, as we can now prove, raping/molesting young boys as early as 1971. I think he joined the staff in 69? I'd be shocked if there's really a 2 year gap. If you read the accounts of his earlier victims, they were much more confrontational and brutal rapes. He honed his skill as a predator on the Happy Valley dime all while being considered the best DC and LB coach in college football. His later victims were groomed and lured in more slowly. The Paterno family really tries to play down the contributions of Sandusky in terms of football greatness when discussing the Paterno empire. The fact is, without Sandusky, there's no Paterno. Penn State is/was Linebacker U and renowned coast to coast for their physical defense. You may beat them, but you won't out physical them. That was entirely Jerry Sandusky. If you really want a stomach turning thought.... Has anyone ever searched for any molested children, rapes or missing kids in locations that Sandusky would have been staying overnight during recruiting season? You can become awfully invisible on the road.
Well written Corey. I remember the pristine reputation Paterno had and how he was critical of other teams methods. None of those methods hold a candle to what happened under his watch.
Thanks Bill, I genuinely believe Penn State should be urged to drop football. That program is Joe Paterno. The actions of the alumni and fans have shown this to be true. They refuse to admit that Joe Pa had anything to do with it, and even go so far as to suggest many of the counts are faked. It's a hard thing to admit you're wrong, and we all were about this public persona.