Paterno, Penn St reminds me of the ski mask thing

[redandguilty]

When I recall the story about a bunch of Penn State players getting in a fight or something and Paterno making the whole team clean the stadium after games, I thought it was an example of what a disciplinarian Paterno was. Looks like I had the wool pulled over my eyes. Sounds like Paterno is as bad as Dantonio.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204443404577052073672561402.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories


[quote:k0o27qt7]In 2007, as many as two dozen players broke into an off-campus apartment, sparking a melee that captured headlines and prompted the police to file criminal charges against six Penn State football players. "Pretty much the entire Penn State defense broke in and started swinging bar stools and stuff," says John Britt, then a third-year criminal-justice major who was beaten up in the incident. Mr. Britt says he took a beer bottle to the back of the head

 

[redandguilty]

...and I don't need anyone to tell me there were no ski masks at the ski mask thing. When I say "ski mask thing" people know what I'm talking about.

 

[Michchamp]

...and I don't need anyone to tell me there were no ski masks at the ski mask thing. When I say "ski mask thing" people know what I'm talking about.

DUDE! there WERE no ski masts at the ski mask thing...

 

[deathroh]

...and I don't need anyone to tell me there were no ski masks at the ski mask thing. When I say "ski mask thing" people know what I'm talking about.

No Red, we don't know what kinky things you and your wife are into, and we don't want to know.

 

[Michchamp]

In that article I posted back when all the Penn State thing first broke, the writer claimed Penn State football players were more out of control around State College than any program he's ever covered.

There was some insane stat he cited, like over a three-year period in the 90's, 40 players were arrested for over 100 different crimes, and from those, charges were only filed in a handful of instances.

he also said Paterno and that whole regime, including the university presidents were notoriously tight lipped; never gave answers, never responded to press inquiries, etc. etc. And the dailies in Pittsburgh and Philly never covered these issues.

 

[Michchamp]

State College sounds like a zoo!

Unbelievable:<blockquote>Mr. Paterno had decided to let cornerback Anwar Phillips play in a bowl game, even though he had been charged with sexually assaulting a woman and had been temporarily expelled from school.</blockquote>or this:<blockquote>In the spring of 2005, Dr. Triponey's office suspended Penn State offensive lineman E.Z. Smith and a teammate for the summer after they were caught shooting arrows through an off-campus apartment wall</blockquote>The NERVE of some people: <blockquote>"Coach Paterno would rather we NOT inform the public when a football player is found responsible for committing a serious violation of the law and/or our student code," she wrote, "despite any moral or legal obligation to do so."</blockquote>I didn't know Curley was a former player... explains why he didn't do squat in '02: <blockquote>Mr. Curley, who had played for Mr. Paterno's team, explained what he said was the coach's "frustrations with the system." Mr. Paterno, he wrote, felt that "it should be his call if someone should practice and play in athletics."</blockquote>Wonder what former coach he was harassing?<blockquote>That same fall, Dr. Triponey's office suspended Dan Connor, a Penn State linebacker, who had been accused of making harassing calls to a retired assistant coach.</blockquote>

 

[rumseyhouse77]

Shows the kind of power Paterno had at PSU. It was not like if he wanted something to happen (ex. banning Sandusky from associating with the program) that he could be overuled. My respect for Paterno is declining with every report.

Wouldn't want my son or especially my daughter going to PSU.