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1. Old news

Fri May 6, 2016, 06:07 PM

May 2016

The 1976 facts came out long ago. We've known for quite a while that Paterno started protecting child rapists more than forty years ago.

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Sandusky victim: Joe Paterno told me to drop abuse accusation [View all] Gomez163 May 2016 OP

Old news scscholar May 2016 #1

No. Not old news. Part of the story broke yesterday. Gomez163 May 2016 #3

He protected child rapists over 40 years ago scscholar May 2016 #20

Here's the link from Breakingnews.com Gomez163 May 2016 #14

Goes high into state govt benld74 May 2016 #2

I suspect some state officials knew too. Gomez163 May 2016 #4

Ah, I wish Paterno was still alive! wheniwasincongress May 2016 #5

I wish we could dig him up and indict him. Gomez163 May 2016 #7

Cadaver Synod wheniwasincongress May 2016 #8

Well, they dug up Oliver Cromwell after he died and executed him. NNadir May 2016 #27

Suprised how long it has taken Wellstone ruled May 2016 #9

No kidding gopiscrap May 2016 #29

I was REALLY hoping this woud spur a debate Blue_Tires May 2016 #10

I wish they would stop televising the games. Gomez163 May 2016 #11

I wish the NFL would just create Blue_Tires May 2016 #23

typicsl athletic type asholes...you don't see that type of shit gopiscrap May 2016 #30

Ped State. underpants May 2016 #12

They should have never let them come back underpants May 2016 #17

I agree ban this fucking institution from gopiscrap May 2016 #31

This stuff just sets me off. I want to break something. URRRRRRGH Gomez163 May 2016 #15

I want them all to go to jail. Everyone who knew. Gomez163 May 2016 #19

+1000 Blue_Tires May 2016 #24

There's also the 'wealthy donor' network Sandusky serviced. byronius May 2016 #22

There has been dead silence about this ever since. Frank Cannon May 2016 #25

I did not know that, now I do. Ugly ugly people. yourpaljoey May 2016 #28

Paterno was a legendary POS! rusty fender May 2016 #26

These scandals don't bother the majority of sports fans. radicalliberal Jun 2018 #32