Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by mredskins

This is starting to reach Jim Jones levels:

Penn State students protecting Joe*Paterno statue - NCAA Football - SI.com

Happy Valley will soon be Jonestown with large punch bowls placed through out the campus.

After reading this, I say burn the whole campus down. Officially in the absolutely ridiculous territory.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

After reading this, I say burn the whole campus down. Officially in the absolutely ridiculous territory.

Then you'll LOVE these reactions.

http://deadspin.com/5926561/i-hope-t...illes-renaming


Now, they can burn the school down for all I care...**** PSU.

[mooby]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Then you'll LOVE these reactions.

"I Hope Tim Tebow Rapes A Kid" And Other Completely Sane Penn State Fan Reactions To Paternoville's Renaming


Now, they can burn the school down for all I care...**** PSU.

Proof that sheeple still exist, how sad.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

Then you'll LOVE these reactions.

"I Hope Tim Tebow Rapes A Kid" And Other Completely Sane Penn State Fan Reactions To Paternoville's Renaming


Now, they can burn the school down for all I care...**** PSU.

I *love* the latest line of defense from PSU. (paraphrased) "The NCAA should do nothing because it wasn't a football matter."

Your freakin head coach knowingly let a pedophile use your college facilities to rape young boys. Like hell it isn't a matter involving your football program.

[MTK]

I heard someone say they should leave the statue up but paint it yellow, that way everyone will know what a coward looks like. Works for me.

[NC_Skins]

One BoT stepping down.

Penn State Nittany Lions trustee Steve Garban steps downs after Jerry Sandusky scandal - ESPN

Steve Garban, a longtime and influential member of Penn State's Board of Trustees, resigned Thursday, bowing to pressure by some of his fellow trustees who were angry at him for failing to alert them about the Jerry Sandusky criminal investigation in April 2011.

Sad thing is, they'll replace him with a JoePa apologist.

[SmootSmack]

Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekend

[12thMan]

Kimberly Jones just reported they're removing the statue this weekend.

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekend

Whether it's this weekend or later, I bet the reason PSU claims is "controversy over the statue" rather than any shame of Joe Pa permitting Sandusky.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

Kimberly Jones just reported they're removing the statue this weekend.

I still would like to volunteer to remove this. My way would be much cooler and make for a better youtube experience.




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[SmootSmack]

Franco Harris and I must have read completely different reports

Exclusive interview: Franco Harris defends Paterno, bashes PSU... | www.wpxi.com

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Franco Harris and I must have read completely different reports

Exclusive interview: Franco Harris defends Paterno, bashes PSU... | www.wpxi.com

Matty is my new PR rep on the subject.

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Anyone who is still defending Joe Pa at this point just needs to stick a gun in their mouth.

Pretty much.

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Some people now speculating the statue will be taken down this weekend

Joe Paterno statue call to be made by Penn State Nittany Lions president - ESPN

Various tweets Friday morning said the board had voted and/or made a decision about the statue and that it would be removed this weekend. However, if the board had taken a vote during the call, it would have violated state law, which prohibits votes from being taken outside of declared board meetings.

The trustees who spoke Friday morning said board members did discuss possibilities for the statue, including moving it from the stadium area, perhaps to the library on campus that bears the Paterno name, or the Penn State All Sports Museum near the stadium. Board spokesman David LaTorre declined to comment Friday morning

Move it to the library? These assholes really don't get it. Anything Joe Paterno needs to be removed from that campus ASAP in order to start fresh. Anybody associated with that scandal need all traces removed from that campus.

[JoeRedskin]

It's coming down. Not b/c Paterno enabled a child molester but b/c:

"[C]ontrary to its original intention, coach Paterno's statue has become a source of division and an obstacle to healing in our university and beyond," University President Rodney Erickson said in a statement.

The 900-pound bronze statue, outside Beaver Stadium, will be stored in a "secure location."

"I believe that, were it to remain, the statue will be a recurring wound to the multitude of individuals across the nation and beyond who have been the victims of child abuse[.]"

Meanwhile the library will remain named after him b/c:

The library remains a tribute to Joe and Sue Paterno's commitment to Penn State's student body and academic success, and it highlights the positive impacts coach Paterno had on the university[.]

University: Paterno statue to be removed - CNN.com

... and Mussolini made the trains run on time. Sorry, They just don't get it. The culture fostered by Paterno in his last couple of decades at PSU, and the abuses it clearly hid, more than counter any "positive impacts" that culture created. You don't get to claim credit for creating great citizens if it comes at the expense of intentionally covering up and enabling the torture of young children.

I cannot say enough bad things about PSU and its defenders right now.

[JoeRedskin]

What happens to people who stood up to Paterno?

Politi: Meet Vicky Triponey, the woman who stood up to Joe Paterno at Penn State | NJ.com

Triponey lived it. She took the job at Penn State in 2003 and, within a year, started butting heads with Paterno over disciplining his players. The general student population had one set of rules, she said, that didn’t apply to the football team — and any attempts to challenge that were not just met with resistance, but anger.

Her e-mail exchange with former university president Graham Spanier and athletic director Tim Curley, among others, created national headlines when it was uncovered last fall.

“I must insist that the efforts to put pressure on us and try to influence our decisions related to specific cases ... simply MUST STOP,” she wrote. “The calls and pleas from coaches, board members and others when we are considering a case are indeed putting us in a position that does treat football players differently and with greater privilege ... and it appears on our end to be a deliberate effort to use the power of the football program to sway our decisions in a way that is beneficial to the football program.”

Penn State, at the time, had earned the nickname Penitentiary State for a rash of off-field problems, including a 2007 brawl at an off-campus apartment involving a half dozen players that led to serious injuries. Triponey wanted suspensions. Paterno wanted to discipline the players himself, making them clean the stadium after games. The coach got his way.

It ran deep folks.