No doubt they tried to keep it on the down low because they knew what a shitstorm it would cause. They probably tried to reform him internally.
imagine if it was your family... you found out your brother.. or your mother... did something like that. would you instantly run to the police and the press? or try to keep it quiet and take care of it 'in the family' ?
if you say you'd run to the police and turn them in first... you're either lying... or family means nothing to you.
This may be OT but it's great news for my Alma Mater UW-Madison Badgers.
WTF is wrong with you people and media going after Paterno, one of the last old school great coach and great person in a sports filled with aholes.
JoePa didn't witness the incident first hand, he was told of the incident, and immediately reported to school administrators who has the power to investigate and take action. He didn't know what actually happened, he doesn't have the mandate nor the resource to investigate. Sandusky was not his staff in 2002. He assumed the school would investigate and take proper actions. The school did investigate, took action (Kick Sandusky off campus), but it wasn't JoePa's call if the action was enough or proper because he wasn't involved in the detail investigation and only had second hand info.
Why didn't the witness go to police himself? Why isn't he getting bashed? Oh I get it, he isn't famous enough.
Great to know where your priorities lie.
imagine if it was your family... you found out your brother.. or your mother... did something like that. would you instantly run to the police and the press? or try to keep it quiet and take care of it 'in the family' ?
From what I have read I don't think that Paterno did anything wrong. He was told by someone else that they saw a boy being molested/abused. So if he goes to police, all he has is heresay evidence, not really much the police will do excecpt watch for more evidence. Now, the person (student) who told Paterno should have been the one to go straight to the police since they had eye witness knowledge of what happened. That the cops would likely have to act on. Paterno did the right thing and told his superiors. To do anything more would have put him right in the middle of a mess based on a story someone else told him. That would have been very stupid had that story turned out to be false. IMO the eyewitness is 100% at fault as are the school official who did nothing. Paterno acted correctly. About all he could have done (and maybe did but you wouldn't know it from watching the news) is demand the eyewitness go to the police. That is about all I can see he is guilty of.
Edit: BTW the Badgers fucking blow.
Joe Paterno announcing retirement after this Season.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=txpennstateabuse
Pretty sad end to a truely outstanding career. And from everything I've seen Paterno did nothing wrong-he did what he was supposed to do by immediately reporting what he knew up the chain of command.
Apparently people are holding Paterno to a higher standard of duty because of who he is.
I hold my Alma Mater near and dear to me.
I hold my Alma Mater near and dear to me.
Where do you hold 10 year old boys?
You don't have to reply, I think we already know.
I wouldn't think of holding you...
I'm sure you wouldn't, as I'm not a 10 year old boy.
But you act like one...jobless and whoring off my hard earned wages.
he's stress testing the system. Of course he should be paid to do what he does.
But you act like one...jobless and whoring off my hard earned wages.
I'm pretty sure extending unemployment over and over again is your team's fault. Maybe you should stop voting for them.