What Should Be Done To Joe Pa at Penn State?

[HorseFixer 2,013]

This whole thing about Jerry Sandusky about makes me sick. One of the most storied programs in football history

and Joe Pa just breaking the all time career wins and then something like this Happens. Dont get me we wrong I

thinks the world of him he is a ICON. But What gets me is it all was on Joe's watch and even tho he didn't do

anything Illeagle himself that was just it...... he didnt do ANYTHING!!! Other than report it to The A.D. and then

When the A.D. didn't move swiftly on this, shouldn't have Joe then went forward to the police? This is a serious

crime effecting many innocent children why didnt he stand up for them?

What do you think should happen to Joe Pa? Is he above the law? :dunno:

[JimD 3,347]

From what I've read about this, it has been determined that Paterno did nothing illegal. He did report to the Administration of the college. THEY failed to report it to law enforcement.

This poll should be about what should happen to Jerry Sandusky.

Ya know, I can't help but wonder if you'd be running this poll if this had happened at Michigan. :dunno:

[illinilefttackle 399]

From what I've read about this, it has been determined that Paterno did nothing illegal. He did report to the Administration of the college. THEY failed to report it to law enforcement.

This poll should be about what should happen to Jerry Sandusky.

Ya know, I can't help but wonder if you'd be running this poll if this had happened at Michigan.

I agree with Jim- this did not happen on Joes watch-Sandusky had already retired and left Joes staff when this happened. Too much time on our hands if we have to go on a witch hunt without reading the facts first-Al :wh:

[HorseFixer 2,013]

I think I did state the facts. It did happen on his watch At Penn State at a office in the football department!!! Joe Pa was still coach wasnt he? That is his department where the crime took place! He also knew that his superiors did nothing! And still he did nothing about it. Since when dont you report a Crime to the police?

And Jim, If The coach at Michigan Did the same thing? then he should be punished by the Law! This has nothing to do with football! As I said before I thought the world of him and I think this is a shame it happened! Not for him but for the children!

You have to learn to quit twisting things I post around to fit your Ideals!!

I'm not worried about Jerry Sandusky and running a pole on him, he will get his!

By COLLEEN CURRY, KEVIN DOLAK, TJ WINICK (@tjwinick) and ALYSSA NEWCOMB

Nov. 7, 2011

Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno will speak at his regular weekly press conference Tuesday, his first public appearance since the arrest of his longtime assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, on child sex abuse charges.

Paterno was named in the indictment that brought charges against Sandusky and two university officials for what police allege was a cover-up of at least one instance of Sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy on campus in 2002.

Sandusky is charged with molesting at least eight boys over 15 years, at least three of whom were brought to the attention of employees at Penn State who failed to report the incidents to police.

Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President of Finance Gary Shultz were both charged with failing to report the abuse and lying to a grand jury when asked about what they knew.

Paterno, who was first told about the 2002 incident, did not report the incident to police but did tell his supervisor, Curley. Paterno has not been charged with any crime, thought prosecutors stressed to ABC News today that the investigation is ongoing.

"As top administrators and senior officials at the university, Curley and Schultz had an obligation to report," said a spokesman for the attorney general's office. "We feel confident that given the circumstances of this case, the law applies to them."

Paterno has said that his actions are in accordance with the law.

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When asked about Paterno, State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan said, "He is not regarded as a target at this point."

Still, authorities condemned Penn State University today for what they called a widespread culture of failing to report the abuse by Sandusky.

"This is not a case about football. This is not a case about universities. This is a case about children that have had their innocence stolen and a culture that did nothing to stop it or prevent it from happening to others," said State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan.

Police are still trying to determine the identity of the boy from the 2002 incident.

"There aren't many heros involved" in the case, Noonan said.

A local high school finally notified police in 2009 after Sandusky volunteered there, allegedly in order to keep abusing one of his victims and the victim's mother discovered what was happening and reported it.

But the commissioner said there had been three instances in which Penn State officials allegedly witnessed Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy and failed to act to prevent it from recurring.

"I don't think I've ever seen something like this before," Noonan said.

School President Graham Spanier also has not been charged. It is unclear whether Spanier knew the full extent of the allegations.

The allegations against Sandusky include eight named victims who have testified that Sandusky befriended them through the charitable organization he founded, The Second Mile, a group home and outreach program for troubled boys. Sandusky allegedly tried to mentor the boys, plied them with gifts, trips to sporting events, and access to the Penn State football facilities, and then sexually assaulted them.

Sandusky had coached at Penn State for 23 years, and served as the defensive coordinator before retiring in 1999. After his retirement, Sandusky continued to have full access to the school's grounds and an office in the football department, where he brought children from The Second Mile, according to the indictment.

Sandusky was known for his love of children before the incident. He and his wife, Dottie, adopted five children and have raised three foster children, and in 1977, Sandusky officially founded the Second Mile, which ran a group home and programs for troubled boys in the State College, Pa., area. In 2001, Sandusky published a book called, "Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story," about a man devoted to helping disadvantaged children through Second Mile.

Dottie Sandusky told Sports Illustrated in 1982 that the couple "saw the opportunities that some kids just hadn't had. But we'd gotten to the point where we couldn't take in any more, so Jerry started thinking about starting a group home."

[dennist 139]

My wife and I spoke of this last night when it was on the eve news and we agree with Duke-He should have enough morals to know when the A.D. did nothing, It was his responsability to go to the next level. I have much more to say, but will bite my tounge.

[rmaynard 16,289]

I personally don't know how Joe Paterno can live with himself.

[JimD 3,347]

What happened to those kids sickens me as much as anyone else here. It does not suit my Ideals.

To suggest that it does sickens me even more.

What troubles me about this thread is the fact that we're passing judgment on a well known public figure that didn't even commit the crime, Yes he should have gone to the police himself, but we don't know why he didn't. Could he have been told not to by the University Administration? Maybe, but we'll probably never know. But while all of this attention is on the high profile Coach, nobody even mentioned the graduate assistant that actually witnessed this despicable act that DID NOT REPORT IT TO THE AUTHORITIES. Where's the poll for him?

Finally, this forum is a form of entertainment, as is all of the forums within it, even the poll feature. With all of this on the news and all over the internet, do we really need to have it thrust at us here too? I certainly find nothing entertaining about it.

Bob, for what it's worth you are right, this did all happen on Paterno's watch.

[CasualObserver 3,411]

Yep... I think we're done here. You guys want to debate this, take it to email or to a football forum. Non-tractor or not... this will lead to nothing but some angry posting.