[Husker] In defense of JoePa

[Scott Stewart]

Just read it. Not a good read.

Though I am still not convinced Paterno did anything inappropriate, it sure
looks like big problems ahead for Penn State. It clearly cites Penn State
for not fulfilling their mandatory reporting statutes.

I would assume that they have a policy for mandatory reporting.
All institutions I have worked for VA, State, and Juvenile Justice have a
policy, and most a designated responsible person for making the report.
They usually have a designated person to keep 10 reports from being
reported to protective services (ie, a client tells a student in therapy,
student tells the supervisor, supervisor reports to their supervisor, who
reports to the head of institution, all of whom are legally required to
report). When I was with Juvenile Justice, even though I was
the mandatory reporter, the warden was the identified reporter and I was
not allowed to make reports. The other thing this does is usually ensures
that reports are made (I thought you reported, you didn't, I didn't report).

The more disturbing incident for me is the 1999 event that preceded JoPa
telling Sandusky he would not be head coach, and Sandusky "retired." This
event appears to have been reported to protective services, and at the very
least was reported to the police. I would say in that incident, JoPa was
more responsible for making sure it was reported (or went up the chain)
than in the more publicized case. Sandusky was his employee.

I know folks are focusing on Paterno, but reading this the head that I am
surprised is not on the block is the University President, who claims
ignorance, but was aware of the previous allegations. If I know the guy has
been investigated before and I get a report of "horseplay in the showers"
that raises the need to report. It sure appears that some folks at Penn
State were more interested in the University's reputation than the welfare
of the children. Reporting inappropriate conduct does not imply guilt, it
just opens an investigation.

To make this Husker related. I am sure glad we have them this week.

Scott

On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Ken Oliver <ksterling at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Once I read the Grand Jury Report on the web, I lost any sympathy for
> Paterno.  It is very difficult to read, but it can be found with a web
> search.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: aj05810 at windstream.net
> >Sent: Nov 8, 2011 5:45 PM
> >To: 'Huskers List' <husker at tssi.com>, Andy Knipp <andy at knipp.com>
> >Subject: Re: [Husker] In defense of JoePa
> >
> >> Bottom line is that I'm not going to judge anyone in this until all of
> the
> >facts come out.  It's very possible that JoePa did due diligence, which is
> >why he is not under investigation.
> >>
> >> Tommy Thompson (Pa)
> >> "GO BIG RED"
> >
> >
> >You may not, but everyone and his dog will judge him. That's the way it
> is today especially with allogations like these. There is very little
> tolerance for even the hint of wrong doing when it comes to abuse of
> children. It's mud that sticks forever.
> >
> >aj
> >
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