![]() ![]() "Over and over again, I have heard Penn State officials decrying the influence of football and have heard such ignorant comments like Penn State will no longer be a 'football factory' and we are going to 'start' focusing on integrity in athletics," Paterno wrote. One of the ex-players circulated it to other former players this week, and it was posted on the website, which covers the team. The Paterno family said the letter was given in draft form to a few former players around December. In a letter written after his firing that surfaced Wednesday, Paterno defended the football program's integrity and rejected the notion that Sandusky's sexual abuse of boys amounted to a "football scandal" or in any way tarnished the accomplishments of his players or Penn State's reputation as a whole. "We've never been afraid of the truth, so let's have the truth come out," Jay Paterno said. Paterno's son, Jay, told NBC's "Today" his family was awaiting the report's release and hoped it would be the thorough investigation his father wanted. The report also could add to what is known about the role of Paterno, who died from lung cancer in January at age 85, two months after being fired as coach following Sandusky's arrest. New York is suing Donald Trump for fraud. It remains unclear how top university officials handled reports dating back at least 14 years that Sandusky was behaving inappropriately with boys he met through his charity, bringing them on campus and forcing them into sex acts. Thursday, will focus on Penn State and what it did - or didn't do - to protect children. IN PICTURES: Fallout from the Penn State scandalīy contrast, the Freeh report, scheduled for online release at 9 a.m. Sandusky was convicted on 45 criminal counts last month at a trial that included gut-wrenching testimony from eight young men who said he abused them as boys. But the stain is on them.The results of Penn State's internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal are due to be released in the form of a report that could answer many of the troubling questions swirling around one of the darkest scandals in sports history.Ī team led by former federal judge and FBI director Louis Freeh interviewed hundreds of people to learn how the university responded to warning signs that its once revered former defensive coordinator - a man who helped Hall of Fame football coach Joe Paterno win two national titles while touting "success with honor" - was a serial child molester. It's circular and it's transparent, and it's pathetic. And they love Paterno, so the Freeh report was wrong. The Freeh report was wrong because they love Paterno. They had their memories of Saint Joe, and dammit they weren't going to let those memories go. offers something to rally around for those who decided Paterno couldn't possibly bear any responsibility for pedophile Sandusky's last 10 evil years of freedom, but those people already had something to rally around. Gregg Doyel, CBS Sports : "The Paterno report. ![]() says what a lot of us have been saying for a while: The Freeh report was shoddy, incomplete and drew a lot of conclusions based entirely on suppositions not backed up by relevant fact." This report was for the NCAA and, potentially, for any future litigation the Paternos may end up filing against the university or the association. about the incompleteness of the report he published. It was, if he knew anything at all why didn't he make sure the full truth was uncovered before Sandusky could prey on another child? Team Paterno has done nothing to prove the late coach did all he could - or should - have done."Ĭari Greene, Black Shoe Diaries: "This report was for those outside of the Penn State community, those who took Freeh as gospel and at face value and didn't think. Steve Greenberg, Sporting News: "For most who have followed this story over the past 15 months, the question hasn't been how much Paterno knew. For example, regarding a 1998 incident with Sandusky in which an e-mail says, 'Coach is anxious to know where it stands,' the King and Spalding (rebuttal) report argues there is reasonable doubt that 'coach' doesn't refer to Paterno (but) could just as likely refer to Sandusky." Frank Schwab, Yahoo Sports: "The review states the Freeh report based most of its findings on e-mails that Paterno never authored or received, and Freeh takes liberties in assuming what the e-mails were about and Paterno's involvement in the conversations that led to the e-mail messages. ![]()
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