oh no, i absolutely feel bad for his wife, children, and other family members.you know, the people who weren't actually aware of the enabling. but i do not have any sympathy for paterno himself.
but now that he's gone, here come the eulogies that all happen to omit the years when children were raped in facilities which paterno oversaw and was supposed to have some semblance of responsibility. oh and i'm sure some will not only be praising him, but will also be blasting the media and public in general for "causing" his death.
eta: now reports are out saying he's still alive??
ENabling? enabling? he went tot he campus police and reported it. He did what he was supposed to..
I'm keeping him in my prayers, you guys that aren't have no soul because he made one mistake
Get off your high horse. You don't have the right to judge someone's opinion. And for the record, I'm not happy he has passed at all. But the man still was negligent in the way he handled the Sandusky issue.
whats garbage i self righteous pompeous pricks begrudging a man in death who did nothing but improve and make lives better for thousands of people. people seem to think Joe paternos had all this power but he didnt he was a 70 year old plus coach at penn state where his only power was in popularity of not getting fired and coaching his football team. The trustees. vice presient and president have or had all the power in penn state and Joe was fully cooperative every step of the way. If reporting it to a man in charge of a 54 man police campus is nt suffcient im not sure what you expected joe to do that didnt put him on another end of a lawsuit.
You guys cant even let people mourn without pissing on a guys grave.
The sandusky scandal doesnt define Joe pa. it defines the trustees. the campus administration. campus police and an eyewitness with no spine. Joe trusted the people around him. its common for people at that age.
none of those things really negate covering up for a rapist. nothing really could.From his Wikipedia page:
"In addition to his legacy as a coach, Paterno is highly regarded for his contributions to academic life at Penn State. After the announcement of his hiring in 1966, Paterno set out to conduct what he called a "Grand Experiment" in melding athletics and academics in the collegiate environment, an idea that he had learned during his years at Brown. As a result, Penn State's players have consistently demonstrated above-average academic success compared to Division I-A schools nationwide. According to the NCAA's 2008 Graduation Rates Report, Penn State's four-year Graduation Success Rate of 78% easily exceeds the 67% Division I average, second to only Northwestern among Big Ten institutions.
Paterno is also renowned for his charitable contributions to academics at Penn State. He and his wife Sue have contributed over $4 million towards various departments and colleges, including support for the Penn State All-Sports Museum, which opened in 2002, and the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, which opened in 2003. After helping raise over $13.5 million in funds for the 1997 expansion of Pattee Library, the University named the expansion Paterno Library in their honor.
In 2007, former player Franco Harris and his company R Super Foods honored Paterno for his contributions to Penn State by featuring his story and picture on boxes of Super Donuts and Super Buns in Central PA. A portion of the sales will be donated to an endowment fund for the university library that bears his name."
If we're going to judge the man, let's judge everything, not just his worst moments.
lolI'm keeping him in my prayers, you guys that aren't have no soul because he made one mistake
lolENabling? enabling? he went tot he campus police and reported it. He did what he was supposed to..