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| Louis Freeh |
Last week Louis Freeh, former Director of the F.B.I. released a report regarding the Penn State child abuse scandal.
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| Jerry Sandusky |
Within the 278 pages were a number of allegations, facts,
and opinions. Most were already known or assumed…but the ones relating to
former coach Joe Paterno are the one that raised eyebrows. The gist of those assertions was he was aware
of the crimes of Jerry Sandusky….for over 14 years. 14 years.
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| Joe Pa Statue at Beaver Stadium |
The fallout of the “Freeh” Report will be felt in courtrooms
for many years as criminal and civil trials move ahead. In the short term, the question of whether to
keep the statue of Paterno in front of Beaver Stadium has surfaced.
Initially I thought, keep it. He earned it with 60 years of work and
success. He apparently did nothing
criminally wrong and he did report at latest one incident to university officials.
Then it dawned on me that the statue itself will become a target. Before long that huge sculpture will attract
vandals that will potentially do everything from add clothing (panties, bra,
etc) to paint, to trying to possibly blowup the statue itself. From the zealot, to the hurt, the angry, even
the crazy will be drawn to it as surely as the sun will come up in the east.
From an expense standpoint the cost of trying to guard the
Paterno statue around the clock will be expensive. The risk of injury to others
in the event someone tries to blow it up rests with the university. And if nothing else, the statue will become a
lightning rod for all the “bad” that has taken place. In short the nightmare will continue, the bad
news drumbeat will start up EVERY time someone does anything.
In our opinion…..take it down, at least until ALL of the
skeletons are gout of the closet. God knows when that will be.
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