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Paterno Statue to Come Down

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10 months ago

Report: Amid public outcry, Penn State to take down Paterno statue this weekend.

Report: Amid public outcry, Penn State to take down Paterno statue this weekend - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com News, Scores, Stats, Schedule and BCS Rankings

NFL Network reporter Kim Jones reported Friday that Penn State plans to take down the Joe Paterno statue outside of Beaver Stadium.
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10 months ago

Well, thats a start!
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10 months ago

I really did not see this ending any other way.
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Paterno is the most famous of the people responsible for the cover up, denial, enabling and ultimately the continued child rape at the hands of Jerry Sandusky. Many say he was the most powerful and wielded his influence over all the Penn State officials making him the key to the continued abuse by Sandusky, years after he should have been put away. Paterno's motives included financial considerations (he and other officials were inverstors with members of the board for the Second Mile), the image of Penn State (which is ironic today) and his own chase for the wins record.
I hate to see the way Paterno is bearing the brunt of the public outlash in this case but he brought it on himself, his family and Penn State. May the chips fall where they may!
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BOL_Trevor H said...
I really did not see this ending any other way.

Agreed. There wasn't another way. Probably shouldn't have been this much discussion about it. Way to big of an issue to allow that to remain.
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THIS is why I don't think you should put up statues of people during their careers....just sayin.' I know CNS would NEVER have made the callous decisions JoePa did, but you this stuff over and over, glorifying people and then having to walk it back.......
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10 months ago

Even before the independent report came out you knew that he knew all that happened when he said that was the worst mistake he had ever made ...sad all the way around...
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10 months ago

Is Coach Saban now the moral compass of college coaches? I know he is the most influential coach today.

Saban stepping up as new coaching icon when we need one the most - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com News, Scores, Stats, Schedule and BCS Rankings

When everyone wants to burn Penn State to the ground, Nick Saban comes up with -- gasp! -- a solution. Dennis Dodd says the two-time championship coach is the current gold (and crimson) standard for his profession.
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Not a shock. It seems like the good people at Penn State still haven't accepted this fully scandal yet. This should NEVER have even been a discussion.
There is talk of shutting down the the football program at the NCAA and yet Penn State took weeks to decide to remove a statue. It's like they don't get it yet.
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10 months ago

They should have just covered it up.
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Public outcry my @ss! They should do it b/c it's the right thing to do and not blame it on what the public wants.
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Not a shock. It seems like the good people at Penn State still haven't accepted this fully scandal yet. This should NEVER have even been a discussion.
There is talk of shutting down the the football program at the NCAA and yet Penn State took weeks to decide to remove a statue. It's like they don't get it yet.

Not only the NCAA But the federal government is threatening to take financial aid away and doing there own type of death penalty. As well as I read that the Big Ten was considering kicking them out.

Penn State is being urged to shut down its football program

Legal experts and educators are imploring Penn State to shut down its football program before the NCAA doles out penalties.
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Title IX could lead to Penn State death penalty | Constitution Daily

http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/07/title-ix-could-lead-to-penn-state-death-penalty/
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Penn State Could Soon Find Itself Kicked Out Of The Big Ten Conference

Is punishing Penn State the answer?
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They had to take this thing down for sure. It's really too bad he choose to do nothing to help those kids that needed it.
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BOL_Trevor H said...
I really did not see this ending any other way.

Agreed
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Wow. Definitely agree with the decision
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