That sounds really fishy to me....Not trying to make light of the situation, but this is turning into a pretty good Law & Order SVU episode....

 

This could be the biggest cover-up in college history when it is all said and done.

Seriously?

 

http://www.centredaily.com/2011/07/06/2818532/family-seeks-closure.html

Just saw that on Twitter. How did this article get swept underneath the rug for six months?

 

Probably the same way his actions got swept under the rug for ten years. Everybody in State College’s response was “nothing to see here, move along”.

And I'm confused, even after reading your link, about what constitues knowledge to the level that you are to report to the authorities directly.

 

I don't know. "Reasonable suspicion" is something hard for me to get my hands on.

I bet we will find out that this was not the first time he heard these things about his buddy.

 

I'm really hoping not, but the way things have went, I can't disagree.

I think it is sad when people put any institution or individual above the protection of children, especially ones that are already at a disadvantage in life. No person or institution no matter what whether it is Church, Government, and least of all a football team should be excused for covering up the sodomy of children. Jo Pa is/was a great football coach who won 2 championships without cheating. To me that now means nothing and he is a far worse individual in my opinion than anyone from SMU, the U or any other place with recruiting violations. He should have protected those children but instead protected the institution of Penn State football. For that Jo Pa should pay with his job and instead of chanting "Let Joe Stay", they should be chanting "Why did you let it Happen". This is a case where the cover up isn't worse than the crime but it is worse than any recruiting violation and Jo Pa's win with honor means nothing because football is a game. His moto should have been live your life with honor and reported the crime then his legacy would be firmly intact. Instead he will go down as the coach who knew kids were being raped in his locker room and did nothing about it. His legacy is that of a coward and it should be. Jo Pa should go.

This.

I'll have to read what you linked when I get home. But the timeline you describe and the way you describe it does shed new light on what I have understood the situation to be (relative to JoePa) up to this point. May I defer my response till later this evening?

 

OK...I'm confused even more now. I see that Paterno was informed of the incident which we're discussing. Where was he informed of the previous incidents?

greggdoyelcbs Gregg Doyel

BOT press conference at 10 pm. Paterno's future apparently a topic. Riot police, start your engines

Paterno is gone; no surprises.

OK...I'm confused even more now. I see that Paterno was informed of the incident which we're discussing. Where was he informed of the previous incidents?

 

If he says he didn't know about the 98 incident and that being the reason he retired in 99 I'm calling him a straight liar.

 

Joe Pa knows everything that goes on in that city. He's a coward and an enabler of a child predator. It's getting worse quickly. The guy that wrote that article 7 months ago is now saying that Sandusky pimped out young boys to rich donors of the foundation...Uh oh...