[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.
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.
>
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> -----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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