Neither of them, nor I, hold Paterno guiltless. There is universal agreement that he should have done more. Paterno himself said the same thing. But the current public gutting of Paterno and others goes well beyond what the evidence gathered so far shows.

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/07/the-case-against-joe-paterno-part-two.php

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/07/the-case-against-joe-paterno-weak-to-non-existent-on-the-current-record.php

My opinions expressed in this diary are clearly just that: Opinion.

Stating that I will not be shocked if the Freeh Report is long on speculation is hardly a “brash assertion”. Its a statement of fact because I will not be shocked if the Freeh Report is eventually revealed to be long on speculation.

Equating my opinion (speculation if you wish) expressed here, with the Freeh Report is an inapt comparison. The Freeh Report is the result of a quasi official investigation that is now being used to bludgeon the reputations of a few and threaten the livelihood of many. My diary is just my opinion. Furthermore it is my opinion about the PROCESS, not my opinion as to the guilt or innocence of any party.

I compared no one to Hitler.

Imagine, coaches actually coaching amateur atheletes who are honestly there to receive an education. Get rid of all the “Outdoor Leasure” degrees that pollute University academic programs.

I’m dreaming of course. I’ve stopped watching professional NFL thugs and various ex-cons play on Sundays and Mondays, and college is becoming almost as dismal.

Not only punishing the guilty, an the entire school and its community are treated as accomplices to the crimes. I really don’t know if the Penn State consequence was too extreme or too little. All I know is something had to be done, and so I guess something was.

Conservatives should be better than this. Conservatives should be able and willing to step back from the emotion and insist on sober investigation

Then you proceed to say:

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Where I disagree with you is that the NCAA acted in haste. They have been looking into this since the beginning, it just has not been as widely reported. It is true that they did not go the usual route through the Infractions Committe. This was because they already had the criminal investigation into Sandusky and the Freeh report. To waste a year (which is how long it usually takes) and more money to conduct their own investigation would have been redundant.

Remember, that Penn State commissioned the Freeh Report themselves. It is rather difficult to argue against the use of the report by the NCAA under these circumstances. I think the NCAA did the right thing in this case. They took away the wins by Paterno, fined the university 60 million dollars, and banned them from bowl games for four or five years and any other post-season play.

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http://espn.go.com/chicago/ncf/story/_/id/8164487/legal-experts-say-joe-paterno-faced-charges-freeh-report

Other than that I don’t know. Haven’t looked into it much.