<p>“How long has the board of trustees known about these accusations? Why are they not implicated as well for doing nothing earlier?”</p>
<p>Spanier’s known.</p>
<p>“This case was brought before the police in 2009. Why did the police not arrest Sandusky at that time and save more kids from abuse?”</p>
<p>It’s been under investigation for 3 years. The cynical answer is they were waiting for their 409th win. But, I do not know why it would take 3 years to investigate this.</p>
<p>Hunt
That is what I am saying. It was through the charity and not the college. The college did benefit though through donations.</p>
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<p>Having grown up in the Catholic church, and having a priest for an uncle, I will say that these kinds of things can get incredibly ugly when the layers start coming off.</p>
<p>Good luck to Penn State. I was sure there were trustees who must have been aware.</p>
<p>No college will cover up a pedophile ring to get donations, no matter how big they are. The risks would be too immense–as we are seeing for something less horrible than that would be.</p>
<p>Gosh, I’m as cynical as the next person, but I sure hope that rumor is totally unfounded.</p>
<p>In the last few years, support for Paterno must have been eroding on the Board. He obviously had the majority of the Board’s support when he refused to leave after having been asked. This begs the question as to whether Paterno discussed the 2002 report with his real boss - someone on the Board. We will probably never know as I don’t see Paterno ratting anyone out at this point.</p>
<p>WEEI is not a bastion of good news reporting. It’s Sports talk radio, we cannot take this so called reporting seriously.</p>
<p>Author Andrew Vachss’ novels have a recurring theme of endangered children. He made himself an expert on the perpetrators of such crimes. In a lecture he explained how U.S. society doesn’t begin to understand or really doesn’t want to know, the extent the underground world in which these monsters operate, many of whom seem perfectly respectable in the light of day, like Sandusky. I’d sure like to hear Vachss’ perspective on the facts as we know them thus far.</p>
<p>That’s what I thought of as I watched and listened to the young protesters on the streets of State College. They didn’t seem to get the gravity of the crimes and MORAL accountability at PSU.</p>
<p>Joe did not have the support of the Board in my opinion. They wanted to find a position for him to transition gracefully. JoePa said no way in hell. JoePa knew that if they did let him go that there would be rioting in the streets and the Board would be considered villians. He played his hand knowing that the Board would back down. All apart of the corruption of a University by its football team-incredible that a Board would be that intimidated by a college coach.
If you listen to JoePa’s unscripted statements, except at the very end, the welfare of these kids was not what he was thinking about.</p>
<p>I wonder if the (i) retirement and (ii) subsequent resignation could have been one orchestrated event. Does Paterno receive a larger settlement if fired than he would have received if he retired?</p>
<p>[Madden:</a> Sandusky a State secret - Timesonline.com: Mark Madden:](<a href=“http://■■■■■■■.com/br4r7os]Madden:”>http://■■■■■■■.com/br4r7os)</p>
<p>story was from 6 months ago</p>
<p>On the “Mike and Mike” show on ESPN yesterday (Wednesday) morning, they talked to a man that claimed to be a childhood friend of McQueary. This man claimed that McQueary was a friend of one of Sandusky’s children and that they grew up together.</p>
<p>Has anyone seen anything anywhere that corroborates this?</p>
<p>^^ geeps: that is mega creepy. So it was in the open as far back as April? And nothing for 7 months? Prophetic article.</p>
<p>Hadn’t thought about the fact that Sandusky never worked past 55. Does make you wonder why no one wanted to hire an apparently very good coach at the height of his productive years.</p>
<p>UMDad: yes there is stuff upthread about the local boys growing up together.</p>
<p>The behavior of the students is not heartwarming. No kid of mine will attend that school.</p>
<p>Yes, it was in an early story. McQueary went to school wtih Sandusky’s and Paterno’s kids.</p>
<p>I read upstream that UVA courted Sandusky but hired Groh. I guess UVA choosing between Groh and Sandusky demonstrates what good judgment UVA has - not.</p>
<p>My opinion.</p>
<p>Joe is being proteceted from most of this news by his family and close friends. He is isolated from the vitreol most of the country is feeling towards him and PSU. I really believe he is trying to do the right thing and doesn’t understand until the next day why his statements or actions are not helping.</p>
<p>His son, an attorney, has made the mistake of counseling his dad in a very emotional time for all of them. The first statement Joe read was written by his son. It was received horribly as it seemed Joe was just telling everyone he covered his butt. The retirement statement was again the wrong move as it seemed he was trying to get around getting fired.</p>
<p>Article from 1982 about how Sandusky was turning down other jobs because he couldn’t bear to leave Penn State and his ‘programs.’</p>
<p>[Linebackers</a> Are Jerry Sandusky’s Business, But Not His - 12.06.82 - SI Vault](<a href=“http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126185/1/index.htm]Linebackers”>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1126185/1/index.htm)</p>
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<p>The fact that this case involves child sexual abuse is the answer.</p>
<p>One thing I hate the most about this is that it makes people suspect the motives of anybody who wants to work with kids.</p>
<p>April 3, 2011 Beaver County Times Story:
Madden: Sandusky a State secret</p>
<p>[Madden:</a> Sandusky a State secret - Timesonline.com: Mark Madden:](<a href=“http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/mark_madden/madden-sandusky-a-state-secret/article_863d3c82-5e6f-11e0-9ae5-001a4bcf6878.html#user-comment-area]Madden:”>http://www.timesonline.com/columnists/sports/mark_madden/madden-sandusky-a-state-secret/article_863d3c82-5e6f-11e0-9ae5-001a4bcf6878.html#user-comment-area)</p>
<p>Why did Sandusky retire at age 55??? I’ll bet Paterno knows why.</p>