Comments on: The Paterno Family is Appealing NCAA Sanctions Against Penn State

By: dikembemutomballs

dikembemutomballs — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:58:29 +0000

If anything should be thrown out it is the NCAA’s penalties against Penn State since they entirely overstepped their bounds. Further, years later we’re still waiting on the Nevin Shapiro ruling, the whole UNC thing to be figured out…But the NCAA got on the Penn State thing pretty quick…

/Refused to donate to his D-1 alma mater’s athletic fund or renew season football tickets
//Done with the joke that is the NCAA

By: Quietgoesthedon

Quietgoesthedon — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 02:10:55 +0000

Their claim to standing is tenuous. Unless there is a body of evidence out there that we haven’t seen, like Paterno arguing in emails that Sandusky ought to be turned over immediately and being told “shut up or you’ll lose your job,” I just don’t really see where he can argue that he’s an injured party. There are no economic damages, at least not yet (and might not ever be, given the way property was transferred last year) that the Paterno family can cite. So all they really have is a lost to the prestige of a dead guy, which I suppose could impact the value of his estate, but it’s pretty weak.

Of the top of my head I can’t think of a single example where that sort of thing has ever gained much traction.

By: Walking Underwear

Walking Underwear — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:34:29 +0000

Second mile and corbett should be in investigative crosshairs no? What are feds looking at?

By: gfunk supreme

gfunk supreme — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:19:45 +0000

5 years ago.

Just wondering. You sound like I sounded right after I took it. Now I have forgotten everything.

By: GloriousMullet

GloriousMullet — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:57:34 +0000

YOU JUST GOT JEKYLL’D

By: QueeferSutherland

QueeferSutherland — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:40:21 +0000

Second Mile very quietly dropped their investigation into Sandusky yesterday. I extremely interesting how all these other parties are more than happy to let PSU and the ncaa pin this entire thing on four “rogue” football admins.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:39:16 +0000

5 years ago.

By: gfunk supreme

gfunk supreme — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:36:28 +0000

You just take the bar or something jekyll? Serious question

By: jekyll

jekyll — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:25:56 +0000

Everyone who could possibly be liable gets named as a defendant, then they are weeded out. Once the lawsuits actually begin, there will be an extensive discovery phase to find more evidence. The cases won’t rely solely on the Freeh report the way the NCAA’s decision did. Then the administrators will have to testify specifically what happened during that meeting with Joe that changed their minds on how to proceed.

By: Ty_Webb

Ty_Webb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:25:55 +0000

i just find that absurd. might as well take money from those who donated to PSU, too, since they had as much involvement as the whole Paterno family and will provide as much closure to the people seeking it through litigation.

agreed

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:25:03 +0000

Nuff said.

that’s best for you.

By: kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:20:42 +0000

I assume the estate hasn’t been settled yet, so it would definitely be included as a co-defendant, along with Sandusky, the NCAA, PSU, the Big 10, McQueary, and just about anyone else the lawyers can imagine had any involvement in the case.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:14:54 +0000

I’m no legal scholar

Nuff said.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:14:02 +0000

can they do that? get money from a dead guys estate/family?

I assume the estate hasn’t been settled yet, so it would definitely be included as a co-defendant, along with Sandusky, the NCAA, PSU, the Big 10, McQueary, and just about anyone else the lawyers can imagine had any involvement in the case.

By: Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah!

Benjamin Franklin Rodriguez has the highest WAR evah! — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:12:54 +0000

Circumstantial evidence is still evidence, and its weight is equal to that of direct evidence. The real question whether the estate of a dead man has been injured by losing those wins. If they want to wait until the victims come for the money Joe left them, great, but at this point I don’t see how the family could argue they have standing.

I’m no legal scholar, but I would bet that circumstantial evidence has to withstand the same cross examiniation as any other kind of evidence in a court of law. I bet in this case, it wouldn’t.

By: Ty_Webb

Ty_Webb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:10:06 +0000

/wow that was some shitty typing

By: Ty_Webb

Ty_Webb — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:09:08 +0000

I sincerely wish that JoePa wouldn’t have kicked, he deserves to get the full experience…I also find it funny that perple from PSU get pissed at the NCAA for being bumbling idiots (which they are), when the way have this situation pales in comparison to the way PSU has monkey fucked this situation over the last 10-20 years…

By: kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly

kaiserwilhelmreems is commenting too quickly — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:07:44 +0000

If they want to wait until the victims come for the money Joe left them,

can they do that? get money from a dead guys estate/family?

better believe the lawyers have already hidden that money if that can happen.

By: Nada

Nada — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:04:37 +0000

Having said my piece, if the Paternos are successful in their appeal, I’m going to assume that it means Penn State has to take Rob Bolden back from LSU. So some good could come out of this.

By: jekyll

jekyll — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 21:03:24 +0000

The “facts” of his involvment are inferences based on like 3 emails.

Circumstantial evidence is still evidence, and its weight is equal to that of direct evidence. The real question whether the estate of a dead man has been injured by losing those wins. If they want to wait until the victims come for the money Joe left them, great, but at this point I don’t see how the family could argue they have standing.