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ESPN
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/12179571/joe-paterno-111-wins-were-vacated-restored
The NCAA announced the new settlement with the school weeks before a scheduled trial on the legality of the 2012 consent decree it will replace.
The new deal also directs a $60 million fine to address child abuse be spent within Pennsylvania and resolves that lawsuit.
The NCAA board of governors approved the settlement, said association spokesman Bob Williams. The Penn State board approved it Friday afternoon.
isobar
(188 posts)a piece of shit pedophile enabler who's legacy should begin with that little fact. The harm he did far out weighs any tiny good he may be credited with. Shame on the NCAA, shame on Penn State, mostly, shame on JOE PATERNO pedophile by proxy. Put that on his fuckin' statue.
So obvious that $$$$ is far more important than the safety of children.
benz380
(534 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)Reminds me of a joke Bobby Knight used to make. "The NCAA is so mad at Ohio State that they put Western Kentucky on probation for 3 years."
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)when the major conferences pull out of the NCAA and set up their own jointly controlled governing body.
Expect to see players get some compensation and the plantation mentality of the NCAA set permanently aside when that happens. The NCAA needs the big conferences a hell of a lot more than they need the NCAA.
lpbk2713
(42,735 posts)I always thought is was only meant to be temporary anyhow.
Link: http://deadspin.com/ncaa-screws-bobby-bowden-out-of-all-time-wins-record-1679973867
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)I am glad, though, that the kids.......the players.......who played and won all those games will once again be getting credit for their efforts.
isobar
(188 posts)phil89
(1,043 posts)a little more focused on his victims.
WillowTree
(5,325 posts)How do they benefit from the team not getting credit for the games that they legitimately won?
Those kids were victimized by Jerry Sandusky. Joe Paterno, at the very least, turned a blind eye, which is also unforgivable. But the team did nothing wrong and shouldn't be penalized for it. Maybe I'm dead wrong, but that's what I think.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Go team! (unless it's Satan Saban )
former9thward
(31,923 posts)Highest percent (of those with more than 100 wins) is Urban Meyer of Ohio State at .845.
http://www.coacheshotseat.com/WinningestActiveCoachesIA.htm
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)No way he hangs around long enough to catch JoePa.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)but there is no way heck will get to 400, maybe 300 (unless her coaches into his mid 90's) :large
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Urban Meyer!!
tblue
(16,350 posts)I just think of all those helpless, defenseless kids over all those years.
benz380
(534 posts)isobar
(188 posts)isobar
(188 posts)NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Little else needs to be said.
Sid
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)The cult of college football in Pa. will never admit he did wrong.
isobar
(188 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,781 posts)The statue will come back.
I know several PSUers. While they all agree that Sandusky belongs in prison, they see the true villan here as Louis Freeh.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)Poppy's statement on Joe's death, well after his pedophile-enabling was know to the world:
I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Joe Paterno. He was an outstanding American who was respected not only on the field of play but in life generally and he was, without a doubt, a true icon in the world of sports. I was proud that he was a friend of mine. Barbara and I send our condolences to his devoted wife Suzanne and to his wonderful family.
Paterno and the Bushes go way back.
isobar
(188 posts)NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,781 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)Why not bring back Shoeless Joe Jackson??
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)Sandusky is in jail and Paterno is dead.
T'sall.
Logical
(22,457 posts)ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Dennis Dodd ✔ @dennisdoddcbs
Penn State hockey will wear "409" stickers on helmets tonight. PSU bkb players wearing "409" T-shirts Sat.
6:34 PM - 16 Jan 2015
Disgusting
jmowreader
(50,524 posts)Has the NCAA figured out how to un-rape all the boys Paterno let Sandusky screw?
Initech
(100,027 posts)Had Corbett been serious about the allegations back in 1998, they could have thrown Sandusky in jail and this whole thing would have been a blip instead of the huge mess it turned out to be. Paterno's family should be suing the living hell out of Corbett, and the Penn State board.
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Penn State can go to hell!
*Include Tom Corbett (who failed to prosecute Sandusky) who was rightfully removed from office.
Iggo
(47,534 posts):middlefinger:
tenderfoot
(8,425 posts)At least he didn't protect a pedophile.
bluedigger
(17,085 posts)The record is what it is, and the history of the man who set it is what it is. He died in disgrace, and you can't do anymore than that to him.
osaMABUSh
(2,195 posts)There was no cover-up. There is no evidence of a cover-up. After three years of investigation where is the evidence? crickets... there is none. There were no enablers at Penn State. If you have any evidence please present here.
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)considering he is dead.
The whole taking away wins nonsense is nonsense.