<p>Yeah, I dont think he’s going to have a press conference, now.</p>
<p>It appears McQueary learned well the Omerta code taught by Paterno and company: protect the family at all costs. And Sandusky was part of the family.</p>
<p>Sixty-eight pages of posts … impressive. I have a question for those who think the Penn State authorities (including Paterno) have been treated abruptly … do you think they should be reinstated, permanently I mean?</p>
<p>poetgrl, we may indeed hear his side if he gets sued and deposed, which seems likely. In civil cases, you can’t plead the fifth, but you can be charged with perjury if you don’t answer truthfully. And I hear tell that plaintiffs’ attorneys can sometimes ask some pretty good questions.</p>
<p>The press conference was going to be his regularly scheduled ‘football coach talks about the upcoming game’ press conference and was going to present and spotlight the seniors on the team, an annual tradition. I think he expected to decree at the beginning that he would only talk about his seniors and the Nebraska game and hold it his way as always. The university mercifully canceled it.</p>
<p>I did not realize Gov. Corbett of Pennsylvania had a special interest in the case.
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<p>and this
<a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/sports/ncaafootball/tom-corbett-pennsylvania-governor-couldnt-discuss-inquiry.html?hp[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/11/sports/ncaafootball/tom-corbett-pennsylvania-governor-couldnt-discuss-inquiry.html?hp</a></p>
<p>Greta, Paterno obviously knew he was only going to get questions about the scandal at this press conference. His son has said he was prepared to talk about his role and was eager to tell his side.</p>
<p>Sandusky was on the campus as late as last week. There is culpability to go all around, but the big man on that campus was Joe Paterno. If he let that man around campus and allowed his players to participate in the charity he ran after all that happened up to 2002, then there is no excuse that he could come up with that would excuse himself. If there was we would have heard it by now. He is condemned by his own testimony to the Grand Jury. He knew that something happened in 2002, and after the incident in 1998 he still said nothing. And some of these crimes were happening on Penn State property and grounds. </p>
<p>If anyone can come up with some explanation of Joe Paterno’s actions I would be anxious to hear about them. Right now it looks like he will best known for presiding over the worst scandal in Sports History</p>
<p>“His son has said he was prepared to talk about his role and was eager to tell his side.”</p>
<p>And “his side” is relevant how?</p>
<p>From Yahoo news, whether you want to believe it or not;</p>
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<p>Anna’s dad–</p>
<p>You’re right. I always forget that about civil cases.</p>
<p>I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that you can’t plead the fifth, but that’s a whole other story.</p>
<p>So, yeah, we may hear whatever version his lawyer helps him come up with. It’s all a sordid mess.</p>
<p>So sad for those boys. They really ought to cancel the rest of the season at this point.</p>
<p>This seems very similar to the Catholic Church cover up for pedophile priests, to the army covering up Pat Tilman’s death by friendly fire, to president’s lying about Vietnam. Sometimes people value institutions more than victims. Unless you have been in a situation like McQueary was in, it is hard to say for certain what one would do. It is not hard to say what one should do, that is clear. However, he was probably shocked, confused, scared (about the perpetrator’s power and influence), and revolted. When fight or flight situations arise, many people fly. Whistleblowers are often reviled and some victims won’t come forward to corroborate the crime seen by a witness, especially when sex crimes are involved. </p>
<p>After the fact, it is very easy to say what should have been done, but it is much harder to act admirably on the spot. Therefore, what shocks me more than McQueary’s inaction at the moment is that nothing was done in the ensuing weeks, months, and years. </p>
<p>The students at Penn State are demonstrating the lack of frontal lobe development in young human beings, particularly males. Joe Paterno ought to speak to the campus, acknowledge his gross error of judgment, that he is not a victim of anything but his own poor judgment, and ask the students to view the football team in context and behave in ways that respect the victims. By acting gracefully and in the interest of the victims - belatedly, he show repentance for his own failure.</p>
<p>Yeah, NewHope, I think his side of the story is relevant.</p>
<p>Bogney,
Excellent post.</p>
<p>Well said, Bogney.</p>
<p>Update</p>
<p>[Report:</a> Paterno sought criminal defense lawyer - CBS News](<a href=“http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57322825/report-paterno-sought-criminal-defense-lawyer/]Report:”>http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57322825/report-paterno-sought-criminal-defense-lawyer/)</p>
<p>From the NYT article linked in post 1026</p>
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<p>vis-a-vis discussion earlier about the release of grand jury report. Does this mean more lawsuits for the apparently inadvertent release of the report?</p>
<p>BTW, if the Yahoo news report is right and Paterno didn’t know about the 1998 incident, it would shoot down many of the theories I have been reading here about Paterno’s culpability since he had already known about Sandusky when he was told in 2002.</p>
<p>parent57 - How is Paterno’s side of the story relevant? How could his side of the story make things “less worse” for Penn State?</p>
<p>NewHope, because he is being vilified and subjected to the most vicious attacks I think I have ever seen a person endure who has not been accused of a crime. I guess in the name of fairness, he deserves to have his side of the story told.</p>