Endless Mike {l Wrote}:Eaglekeeper {l Wrote}:I guess reporting the incident to the DA was part of the cover up? The DA did investigate Paterno and Paterno did comply with state law by reporting the incident to his superiors and he did get JS off his staff after the first incident. The DA was well aware of JS. The NCAA should not have gotten involved until all of the criminal trials concluded. Only a criminal investigation can get all of the facts in an unbiased, professional method. BC's point shaving was left to the FBI/US Attorney and players went to jail, but there were no sactions levied by the NCAA against BC. We might find out that the VP Schultz just completely mishandled the entire situation and might have withheld information from the DA. Paterno made a good scapegoat and distracted the public from looking at the officers of the corporation. If the victims can pin this on an officer of the corporation, the civil lawsuits will be huge due to PSU's deep pockets.
Can we get a recount on this guy's Asshat of the Year matchup? He's really making a late push here.
Joe knew. He knew Sandusky was still running an overnight camp for young boys on campus, and he looked the other way. And Penn State and the NCAA are cool with that because he won football games. And you have the gall to compare that to a gambling scandal? Fuck you with a cactus.
Both here make good points. Keeper's idea that a proper criminal investigation could have better gotten to the facts makes sense. It could have shed important light on some of the key questions: what did Paterno really know/what should he have known and how culpable was he therefore, as Mike focuses on, for Sandusky's being allowed to have ongoing contact with youths on the PSU campus? As to the comparison with the BC gambling scandal, the crimes might not be comparable, but that does not mean that the standards and methods of investigation should not be.
