Paterno Statue Down/PSU Penalties?

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Seems like the right place for this

My OSU neighbor - we are young.

Me - How do I know your team is young? They just got abused by PSU.

My neighbor now feels better about the loss.
 
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Less Than 40% Went To The Victims

Less Than 40% Went To The Victims

Penn State abuse scandal costs approach a quarter-billion | Fox News
FoxNews.com 1/8/17

Penn State has shelled out almost a quarter-billion dollars in costs related to the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal -- and nearly half of the money is lawyer fees.

At least $112 million has been spent on lawyers, consultants and others involved in representing the school during the numerous probes launched against it relating to the Sandusky case, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Saturday.

The Penn State figures were released in response to an inquiry from The Inquirer.

In the five years since Sandusky was arrested on child molestation charges, Penn State has paid out about $236.4 million. The Inquirer notes that total could be even higher if lost bowl game revenue is counted.

But the massive figure does include a recent $12 million verdict in the whistleblower and defamation case brought by former assistant coach Mike McQueary, whose testimony helped convict Sandusky in 2012.

It also takes into account the 33 people who've alleged abuse by Sandusky that the university has settled with for a total of $93 million.

The total covers the $48 million "fine" levied by the NCAA that is funding anti-child-abuse efforts in Pennsylvania, too.
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Jerry & Joe cost PSU more than just their reputation.
 
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Irish#1 said:
Apple doesn't fall far from the tree. It's an adopted son. I wonder how old he was when Sandusky adopted him? Not a stretch to think Jerry might have molested him.

Jerry Sandusky's son arrested for child sexual assault | SI.com
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I mean, Yea, that was what I assumed. How many other Sandusky kids are running around out there? The people in that area are/were salt of the earth, trusting folks. I mean this makes me sick(er) thinking this goes multi-generations in the Sandusky family, AND those little communities...
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Five years after the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sandusky?src=hash">#Sandusky</a> scandal, two former <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PennState?src=hash">#PennState</a> administrators plead guilty to child endangerment. <a href="https://t.co/5CZUUE85II">https://t.co/5CZUUE85II</a></p>— Margaret Fosmoe (@MFosmoe) <a href="https://twitter.com/MFosmoe/status/841374883833663489">March 13, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Complicit and corrupt all the way up.
 
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My mom was at he Rose Parade this year and sat in the PSU section... she doesn't follow all this stuff as much as we do so she came into it only knowing a few base news stories...

She watched the game with us after the parade and was telling me how lovely all the PSU fans were and how much it sucks that one guy got the whole school in so much trouble... how she learned that the media made it into a huge school wide rigamaroo, even though it sounds like no one else knew anything at all... too bad...

I was like, "you can't be freakin serious, that's how they really spin this shit??"
 
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IrishSteelhead said:
Even more unbelievable is the comment sections with this story. The cult is in full force.
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My younger brother went to PSU and was there when this whole thing broke. There is a crazy divide between some Pennsylvania natives who grow up indoctrinated and truly believe PSU is the victim in all of this, and the rest of the student population. There are literally some people who only cared about Joe Paterno's legacy and the football sanctions and gave zero shits about the cover up of serial child rape for decades.

Also, there is a concerted effort to treat Sandusky like he never existed and just pretend the whole thing didn't happen. They refuse to say Sandusky's name and treat it like Voldemort... when ever they do mention him, they call him "dusky." They get mad that people aren't "moving on". The whole thing blows my mind, mainly because the courts are holding every single administrator responsible for the cover up but they're still in denial that Paterno and their school at large have any culpability.
 
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2-3 months actual jail time is an injustice!

2-3 months actual jail time is an injustice!

Three ex-Penn State officials get jail in Sandusky child sex abuse coverup | Reuters
Jan 2,17
By David DeKok | HARRISBURG, PA.

Three former Pennsylvania State University officials were sentenced to jail on Friday for covering up ex-coach Jerry Sandusky's sexual predations and effectively letting him victimize more boys.

In sentencing all three men for child endangerment, Judge John Boccabella in Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas also harshly criticized the late, revered football coach Joe Paterno for failing to alert authorities.

Graham Spanier, 68, once the nation's highest-paid public university president, was ordered incarcerated for four to 12 months with two years probation.

Former athletic director Timothy Curley, 63, was sentenced to seven to 23 months incarceration and two years probation.

Ex-vice president Gary Schultz, 67, who supervised the campus police force, was ordered to serve six to 23 months behind bars and two years probation.

The three men were accused of covering up a 2001 complaint filed by then-graduate student Michael McQueary, who said he witnessed Sandusky sexually assaulting a boy who was about 10 years old in the campus football locker room showers.

Sandusky, 73, is serving 30 to 60 years in prison after he was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period. He continues to appeal his conviction.

“Why no one made a call to the police or the Department of Public Welfare is beyond me,” the judge said.

The only motive for the men's silence, he said, appeared to be to protect Penn State’s reputation.

Speaking in court before they were sentenced, Curley and Schultz sobbed as they apologized to the victims, saying they should have done more. Spanier, who maintained a steely composure, also apologized to the victims, his own family and the Penn State community.

“Today’s sentencings, which landed all three defendants behind bars, leaves no doubt that there are consequences for failing to protect children in Pennsylvania,” state Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement.

The judge said the men could serve a substantial portion of their punishment on home confinement with electronic monitoring - meaning just two months in jail each for Spanier and Schultz and three months for Curley. Each man also was fined, with Spanier given the heftiest penalty of $7,500.

Boccabella, who said he was picked for the case because he had no Penn State connections, said incarceration was a necessary deterrent to prevent others from making the same mistake of failing to report suspected abuse.

He also criticized Paterno for not calling authorities, as well as McQueary and his father and a neighbor who counseled McQueary. All could have done more, he said.

Deputy Attorney General Patrick Schulte also pointed a finger at Paterno for the cover-up itself, saying the trio of administrators had intended to report Sandusky to child welfare officials until they met with Paterno after the shower incident.

The sentencing ends the last criminal case in the Sandusky scandal, which broke in 2011 and led to the firing of Paterno. He died in 2012.

Since Sandusky's conviction, Penn State has paid more than $90 million to settle civil claims filed by accusers.
 
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It's really too bad Paterno didn't live long enough to stand trial and go to jail along with the rest of these child rape enablers.
 
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It's been in the news a lot in PA, but thats mostly due to geographical proximity. The culture that enabled Sandusky to serially rape multiple boys hasn't changed; the Football program and JoePa are still beyond any reproach. If you read the details of the case it's pretty sickening; some of the frat brothers prevented another from calling andambulance and instead let the kid suffer for hours before doing anything.

Edit: Here are some articles:

Questions swirl about live-in adult adviser's role in Piazza death

http://6abc.com/news/timeline-stunning-details-in-penn-state-frat-death/1976183/
 
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http://s.pennlive.com/IaRYevK

Man this Franklin guy is a real hard ass toward these kids making them go to class and stuff. :jerkit:

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Prized Penn State commit Dorian Hardy no longer at Paramus Catholic after post-practice incident | PennLive.com
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Charles Hardy (the dad) said the (Paramus Catholic) head coach has not defended his son or Clark to school officials and is placing their future football careers in jeopardy."It's a travesty that Coach Sabella didn't stand behind his players," Charles Hardy said. "I feel as though he threw his players under the bus. Most coaches stand by their players. They want the best for these young men. You don't do that by throwing them under the bus. These kids have potential scholarships at risk now."
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OMG! A coach didn't lie for the kids throwing their scholarships in jeopardy? Ah dad, wasn't your kid's involvement in a school hallway fight AND a second time outside the school the issue? Why was your kid fighting IN school? Perhaps you need to look in the mirror. Did you speak with the principal before running to the press?

Coach punched my son during brawl, claims father of top N.J. football recruit - NJ.com

Coach punched my son during brawl, claims father of top N.J. football recruit - NJ.com
 
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