Joe Paterno has passed away

[lovegoldens123]

<p>I watched the last 1/2 hour when Jay Paterno spoke. Heartbreaking and inspiring. My daughter was there - in the nosebleeds, but she was there and said it was unbelievable. RIP JoePa.</p>

[Grcxx3]

<p>Here’s the part that got to my son (and me as well).</p>

<p>His fellow trumpet player…
[Hail</a> to the Lion - YouTube](<a href=“Hail to the Lion - YouTube”>Hail to the Lion - YouTube)</p>

[ljrfrm]

<p>It was a very moving memorial - I thought they did a great job at showing how much Paterno has done for so many students over the years and how many lives he shaped in a positive way. He was about so much more than just football!</p>

[lakeawead]

<p>Sandusky!!</p>

[greatescape74]

<p>To the “haters”:</p>

<p>People are coming here to mourn a death, not to criticize a life.</p>

[Gratisfaction]

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The “carnivorous media” was simply attempting to “tarnish his image?” You make it sound like he did nothing wrong. He helped cover up the sexual abuse of children! I simply fail to understand why some people aren’t upset over that.

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<p>He was wrong in what he did and his actions, or lack thereof, were deplorable to say the least. Why else would I have conceded that he at least passed away knowing what the world thought of him and that his legacy will never be remembered the same way? Look, absolutely no one is saying that what he did was right. It was wrong, very wrong in many ways. But if your post is testament to anything, it’s that you too have fallen trap to the sweeping accusations much of the media made against Paterno. He did not cover up rape. He reported it, but he never followed up on it. His intentions were never to let Sandusky continue what he did, and his failure to act on it is what will forever tarnish his image, but he did not cover up child rape.</p>

[RyanMK]

<p>You assert that nobody is claiming that what Paterno did was right. That may be true. However, there are plenty of people who believe that he didn’t do anything wrong; just a simple google search would show you that. And if you read my post after the one you quoted, I did say that I realized he told higher authorities. Yet even you can’t disagree that at some point, Paterno must have realized nothing was going to be done. As he never did anything more about it, it was from that point on that he was guilty of covering it up. And I have no way of knowing his intentions (I can’t read minds after all), but his actions certainly don’t support the claim that he cared about preventing child rape.</p>

[PrincessEuropa]

<p>Who should he have apologized to?</p>

[slipjig]

<p>Here is the main thread to talk about this: </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1237577-penn-state-sandusky-scandal.html?highlight=sandusky[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1237577-penn-state-sandusky-scandal.html?highlight=sandusky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thank you.</p>

[k_amp_s]

<p>JoePa made a big mistake in not taking further action than informing his superiors, but at the same time, one mistake (no matter how big; let’s remember, it was Sandusky who allegedly perpetrated those heinous crimes) shouldn’t take away from a lifetime of good works (but JoePa did deserve the criticism for not being more proactive).</p>

<p>Compare this</p>

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Jimmy Cefalo, a wide receiver from the 1970s who went on to play for the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, learned that lesson first-hand during his senior year, after his college football career was finished. **He said he decided to coast by taking easy courses during his last semester, but the coach got wind of those courses and summoned Mr. Cefalo to his office.</p>

<p>"I went in, and he said, ‘What do you think you’re doing? This is beneath you,’ " Mr. Cefalo recalled. “I was no good to him for football [anymore] but he kept that commitment.”**

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<p>and this</p>

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Kenny Jackson, a Penn State wide receiver from the 1980s, said it wasn’t just Mr. Paterno who stressed academics. He said being a Penn State recruit meant spending time at the Paterno house with the coach and his wife, who shared Mr. Paterno’s passion for learning,</p>

<p>He recalled what his parents told him after a visit to the Paterno home during a recruiting trip.</p>

<p>"They told me something very important. [They said] Sue only promised two things: the first, Kenny will go to class; second, he will get a quality education," Mr. Jackson said. “That’s all she said. She never talked about anything else.”

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<p>to this.</p>

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Weeks later, we now have one of the strong reasons for why April Justin (that’s Landon’s mother) felt so strongly about LSU: She felt disrespected by Alabama coach Nick Saban when the Crimson Tide head man visited the Collins household.</p>

<p>As reported by ESPN The Magazine’s Christopher Schultz, Saban went directly into a pitch about Landon Collins’ NFL prospects when he arrived in Geismar. It turns out that was not what April Justin wanted to hear; rather, she was more concerned about her son’s academic future and how he would fit in on campus in Tuscaloosa.</p>

<p>“I think he stereotyped me,” April Justin told ESPN.

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[XaviFM]

<p>RIP Joe Pa</p>