[Section136]

Joe Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Football Players - WSJ.com


Quoted here is I believe is the most damning setence in the entire article:

In 2004, after several incidents involving football players, Mr. Paterno told the Allentown Morning Call newspaper that the players weren't misbehaving any more than usual, but that such news was now more public. "I can go back to a couple guys in the '70s who drove me nuts," he said. "The cops would call me, and I used to put them in bed in my house and run their rear ends off the next day. Nobody knew about it. That's the way we handled it."

The bolded part seems to be routine in the Penn State/Paterno way of life.

[hawkeyebob62]

Originally Posted by Section136

Joe Paterno Fought Penn State Official Over Punishment of Football Players - WSJ.com


Quoted here is I believe is the most damning setence in the entire article:

In 2004, after several incidents involving football players, Mr. Paterno told the Allentown Morning Call newspaper that the players weren't misbehaving any more than usual, but that such news was now more public. "I can go back to a couple guys in the '70s who drove me nuts," he said. "The cops would call me, and I used to put them in bed in my house and run their rear ends off the next day. Nobody knew about it. That's the way we handled it."

The bolded part seems to be routine in the Penn State/Paterno way of life.

Wrong. That is how most coaches handled that stuff. Paterno is absolutely correct, internet and media have brought misbehavior into the limelight, but to say he was any more or less guilty of sweeping under the rug is flat-out wrong.

[9YRPLAN]

this happened consistently in Iowa City. the internet changed everything.

[Section136]

Originally Posted by hawkeyebob62

Wrong. That is how most coaches handled that stuff. Paterno is absolutely correct, internet and media have brought misbehavior into the limelight, but to say he was any more or less guilty of sweeping under the rug is flat-out wrong.

No doubt some punishments were kept "in-house" back in the day, but Im guessing no other coach swept a major child sex abuse tradedy under the rug also.

[racerhawk]

I think the level of "misbehavior" should be considered.

If it is clearly a criminal act, then people in a football program shouldn't be disciplined differently than other students. If it's a crime, it's a crime...

Maybe the culture of handling things "in house" is part of the problem???

[FalseMirage]

Terrorizing the residents of an occupied dwelling is a very serious charge.

[INTIMIDATORHawk]

Very interesting article.....