Jim Thorpe's body must be moved closer to casinos, says ruling

[Historic NY]

5. I agree, he is being sarcastic.....with good reason.

Jim Thorpe didn't mean squat back before these laws...thats how he got to PA. where he went to school. I'd follow the money trail & you can bet there is one.

"If they had wanted to better exploit it pecuniarily, they would have put it in the middle of town, near the famous train station and other tourist traps. They put it on a bucolic hillside and they have meticulously cared for the site ever since.

I'd just as soon avoid further damage to Thorpe's dignity by fighting over his bones with a prolonged court battle.

Either way, history will record that only one place in America originally had the decency to honor the world's greatest athlete, and it damn sure wasn't Oklahoma or the Sac and Fox Nation. The little Pennsylvania town did so faithfully for decades, until those casinos came along."