zippy5 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Posted November 14, 2011 The Judge who set bond at 100K unsecured (he doesn't pay unless he doesn't show up) was a 2nd Mile volunteer. sheesh. The prosecutors wanted 500K and an ankle bracelet since he was a flight risk. This is all messed up. The Patriot News will also have a story Monday on why it took so long for this to actually happen http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf..._report_co.html Quote
Dave in Green Posted November 14, 2011 Report Posted November 14, 2011 It sure didn't take long for Pennsylvania to make the first questionable call in this case. As a volunteer for Sandusky's group, The Second Mile, Judge Dutchcot should have recused herself from the case on grounds of personal involvement. Instead, she gave Sandusky the lightest possible ruling -- going free with no bail posted unless he failed to show up for a court hearing. This kind of small-town friends mentality is exactly the kind of situation that invites federal intervention. Get your house in order, Pennsylvania. The whole world is watching. Quote
zippy5 Posted November 14, 2011 Report Posted November 14, 2011 Paterno's name removed from the B1G championship trophy Quote
tbozeglav Posted November 14, 2011 Report Posted November 14, 2011 link for the above post: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/...pionship-trophy Quote
Dave in Green Posted November 15, 2011 Report Posted November 15, 2011 Some of the excerpts from Jerry Sandusky's biography are just plain eerie. I'd like to see a good psychiatrist's analysis of this one: After founding his charity, one night Sandusky was talking to two Second Mile boys who had rebelled against their foster parents. The foster father "grabbed me around the back of my shoulders and he made me do something when I didn't want to do it," one boy told Sandusky. "Do you ever grab your kids like that?" " 'No, I don't grab my kids like that,' " Sandusky answered. " 'I grab them like this.' With that, I put my hands gently around their throat. "I could tell they were totally confused," Sandusky wrote. "Both boys had a scared look in their eyes." Jerry Sandusky's autobiography 'Touched' contains passages that now make the reader cringe Quote
zippy5 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Posted November 15, 2011 Sandusky is doing a phone interview on NBC at 10 with Bob Costas Quote
GP1 Posted November 15, 2011 Report Posted November 15, 2011 Sandusky is doing a phone interview on NBC at 10 with Bob Costas I listened to some of it this morning while working out. Had to turn it off. Very disturbing. Quote
tbozeglav Posted November 16, 2011 Report Posted November 16, 2011 the guy is delusional to think he's innocent of everything he's charged with. the fact that he openly admitted that he'd "fool around" with kids in that manner is beyond disturbing. Every day this goes by, the more disgusted I become with it in the sense that I can't believe this happened for so long under an organization that turned a blind eye to the matter. No words describe what I feel about this man and what the organization allowed him to do. Quote
Dr Z Posted November 16, 2011 Report Posted November 16, 2011 McQueary Contacted Police? SI's Jimmy Traina thinks CBS pulled a bait and switch on the above McQueary story. JoPa sells his house to wife for $1 back in July of this year!?! Quote
Dave in Green Posted November 16, 2011 Report Posted November 16, 2011 I'm pretty sure from all I've heard that McQueary believes that talking with PSU police is the equivalent of talking with city, county or state police. I'm guessing that McQueary's claim that he did something to stop the attack before he left the shower area will turn out to be something like making a noise or something to cause Sandusky to stop what he was doing. There was apparently nothing in the PSU police report to indicate that McQueary physically stepped in and stopped it. Good development in the last hour on the legal front: State College district judge Leslie Dutchcot has been replaced by an out-of-county magisterial senior district judge after it was revealed that Dutchcot had benefited from a fundraiser organized by an official with The Second Mile, the children's charity started by Sandusky. One Pennsylvania attorney had commented to Deadspin that he had never had a client who was charged with those counts released on unsecured bail, and that because the charges carry such heavy penalties, monetary bail is always required as a way to prevent people from skipping out on the case. Report: Jerry Sandusky's charity official raised money for district judge who set his bail Pa. Criminal Attorney On Sandusky Judge: "I Have Never Had A Client Who Was Charged With Those Counts Released On Unsecured Bail" New Judge Named To Handle Penn State Scandal Case Quote
GP1 Posted November 18, 2011 Report Posted November 18, 2011 Link Andrew Sullivan links to a couple of good articles about the problems with college athletics getting too big. A professional entertainment industry has been introduced into universities and the schools are not showing themselves very good keepers of this form of entertainment. Quote
GP1 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Link Some interesting reading. Those who think college sports should be eliminated are wrong, IMO. After this PSU horror show, I do think this country needs to take a close look at college athletics at most schools and really being to set some priorities. Maybe elimination is not the thing to do. Maybe deemphasizing is the way we need to go. Quote
Dave in Green Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 @GP1, the reader who worked in college admissions makes some really intelligent points. Deemphasizing college sports may make more sense than total elimination. But trying to deemphasize college sports could be quite a challenge. I see it as a supply and demand situation, where we (the fans) demand college sports by virtue of our willingness to help finance them through our purchase of tickets and our donations. Colleges and universities are merely responding to the marketplace by supplying what we demand. Would college sports fans be satisfied with deemphasized sports, i.e. not high-level, quasi-professional sports, or would it lead to lower interest and less income to help support colleges? The key question for me is what would be the total effect on higher education of deemphasizing or eliminating college sports? If a major revenue source like football were to be reduced or eliminated, would this be better or worse for higher education overall? Higher education is increasingly important to competing in the modern world. America needs to keep its educational system near the top in order to compete in an increasingly global market where other countries are placing a higher priority on higher education. We need an honest and objective evaluation of what best contributes to this, including all the sacred cows such as college sports. Quote
tbozeglav Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 deemphasizing will be VERY difficult, especially given how commercialized collegiate football and basketball have become along with the amount of emphasis ESPN alone puts on college athletics. Quote
GP1 Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 Deemphasizing college sports may make more sense than total elimination. But trying to deemphasize college sports could be quite a challenge. I think it could cripple many schools. The monster is create and now the monster has to be fed. It's hard to kill a monster. Quote
Dave in Green Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 If the following Wall Street Journal story is factual, it doesn't reflect well on Paterno, Penn State, or an attitude that's too prevalent in college football: A Discipline Problem: Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Players Quote
Zipmeister Posted November 22, 2011 Report Posted November 22, 2011 If the following Wall Street Journal story is factual, it doesn't reflect well on Paterno, Penn State, or an attitude that's too prevalent in college football: A Discipline Problem: Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Players One more time: One of the worst things about being a college coach must be convincing people who don't belong in college to come to theirs. Quote
MDZip Posted December 22, 2011 Report Posted December 22, 2011 How about we campaign to have Bobby be the figurehead head coach until he breaks Paterno's record? Quote
MDZip Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 Sad to see JoePa's passing. What a terrible year for Penn State. Quote
GP1 Posted January 22, 2012 Report Posted January 22, 2012 Sad to see JoePa's passing. What a terrible year for Penn State. RIP Joe Pa. As far as Penn State..."Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." - Galatians, Chapter 7. They helped create the problem, now they have to deal with it. Quote
Buckzip Posted January 22, 2012 Author Report Posted January 22, 2012 Too bad his legacy will be tarnished forever. RIP. Quote
tbozeglav Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 Too bad his legacy will be tarnished forever. RIP. tarnished, yes... but his successes as a coach cannot be discounted. I'll still remember him as the greatest coach in CFB history. To give a bit of perspective, Woody Hayes is still regarded as one of the best OSU coaches, but nobody will ever forget what he did. Quote
g-mann17 Posted January 23, 2012 Report Posted January 23, 2012 tarnished, yes... but his successes as a coach cannot be discounted. I'll still remember him as the greatest coach in CFB history. To give a bit of perspective, Woody Hayes is still regarded as one of the best OSU coaches, but nobody will ever forget what he did. What'd he do? Is it something to do with the Alamo? I know I'm supposed to remember that for some reason..... Quote
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