What if?
 

The question is "what if it was his son or grandson that was being molested".?
Darn right he would have called the police when he was first told!! He should
be fired and anyone else on the know that it happened or was going on. It
may be that the Exec's at Penn State asked him to keep it quiet but that is
no excuse. He is as much to blame as anyone who was told or knew including the many on his staff. There would have hell to pay if any of those had their
children or grandchildren involved. Fire him now!!:rant-rave:

Several more thoughts on this subject.
1. At one time, Joe Pa was the most powerful man on the campus but I think the board of directors will fire him over this scandal to move forward.
2. It is sad that after 45 years of exemplary behavior, (minus the years this indcident should have been reported immediately), that Joe Pa has this tremendous scandal to deal with. Not in my wildest dreams I would have thought this would happen.
3. It's all about the money for some people. 50 million a year the college football program brings into the university.
4. As a father and grandfather, I find this scandal to be revollting in the way the university officials tried to sweep it under the rug and protect the university and or colleague. They should reflect on what did they in their time spent in jail.

People in Happy Valley are not too happy anymore.

Penn State has lost it's moral high ground.

Great article
 

Poingnant piece on Grantland.com by Penn State guy Michael Weintreb..

In regards to Joe Pa being the benovalent dictator-

Best quote ever by writer, "One of the central truths of human nature- when you brush up against a truly powerful force, it is never quite as benovalent as you imagined it. In order to acquire power, you have to be a little ruthless!"

_amen

How many boys did Sandusky rape, fondle, assult after the 2002 incident - how many on campus?

Reading the Grand Jury report gets the blood boiling.

In My Humble Opinion
 

I think everyone who knows anything about this story is shocked/angered/disappointed on so many levels. I'm really not a big fan of Maureen Dowd of the New York Times, but her column today puts it all in a nutshell. Cudos to Maureen on this one.


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/op...t-penn.html?hp

I am sick about this. I am not a Penn State Alumnus but I really looked up to Joe Pa.

I hate when my idols crash.

But I hate more to find out about human behavior that is deviant and more prevalent than I ever dreamed.

And I hate to think of the victims.

Per CNN he will retire at the end of the season. (Statement made today.)

He said he would retire at the end of the season. Did the Board of Trustees agree?


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As an aside, the PSU president is reported to be gone by the end of the day:

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/footbal..._by_end_of_day

Bill :)

I used to think very highly of Joe Pa but I read an article that he was lamentening about "hindsight", Sorry, Joe, tell the kids about it.

Joe had the most power on the PSU campus. It's one thing when the dictator wants to stay or is there going to be junta?

I tend to agree with you and the board may have a different agenda.

Stay tuned

Joe Pa
 

Didn't take them long to toss Joe Pa under the bus.

Not the end of this
 

"Retire at the end of the season" and not TODAY...geez, the Board is a joke. Apparently they just want that last win.

Well, we will be hearing about this for a long time when they all go through civil court.

Funny (funny strange, not funny ha ha) how Jo Pa was supposed to be the most powerful person in Happy Valley, but when he tried to have his weekly press conference yesterday, the university president had it cancelled. Guess Joe wasn't so powerful after all. They can't let him coach the team this weekend. He's toast.

It's a sad day for Penn state and especially for the victims of this tragedy. Joe Pa built a lifetime building a legacy and destroyed his reputation by making a stupid decision not to contact the police. After he saw that it was not being done by the university, he should have done it himself. That is the morally right thing to do. I have always liked and respected both Penn state and Joe Pa but now, shame on them. It makes me sick to think that they feel that their athletic program is more important than human decency and the law. I hope that the victims are able to recover from this tragedy.

Great post. Short and to the point. :BigApplause: