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Originally Posted by groovypq
I think I see what NutBrnHair is getting at, after reading the article.
"But in one e-mail, Curley wrote that after talking to Paterno, he no longer wanted to go forward with that plan."
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"Wick Sollers, a lawyer for the Paterno family, said in a statement: “To be clear, the e-mails in question did not originate with Joe Paterno or go to him, as he never personally utilized e-mail. "
This article is pretty vague. Nothing concrete is said. It's not revealing some email from Paterno to Spanier, Curley, etc. that says "Leave Sandusky alone." It's speculation, and reads pretty weakly to me.
I'm not a Paterno/Penn State apologist, and if more comes out to this, I'm not going to stick my head in the sand about it. But all of the FB postings I've seen to the effect of "ZOMG JoePa covered it up! Penn State should kill off its football team! The NCAA should kill off the Penn State team," well, if they're based on this article, it's sensationalism and a huge rush to judgment. Sorry, I want something more substantial.
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There's obviously room for reasonable people to disagree, but here's what we do know from the emails currently released:
1 - The emails are "encoded" in a CYA maneuver by three men who know their emails are a matter of public record - because of that, it's reasonable to infer that there is more than the "surface" reading going on.
2 - The emails say that the decision to effectively bury the Sandusky matter (by going to HIM rather than the POLICE) occurs after a meeting with Paterno, and likely that meeting was basis in part for the decision. True, there's no evidence that Paterno said "Don't go to the police, please" - but there's pretty solid evidence he did not say "Please go to the police" given the nature of the emails and subsequent actions.
It's not necessarily damning, but it's clear there was a coverup, and given Paterno's stature, he's at least involved as a University representative (and friend of Sandusky), if not directly. And it very well could be read as he was directly involved in the coverup as well.