Joe Paterno

four years, and the N.C.A.A. would vacate the football teams victories, and Joe Paternos victories, from

Penn State Scandal Everything was looking good for Joe Paterno and Penn State football as his football managing career rose with an overall record of 298-136-3 but in 2011, all that changed. Back in 2000 a janitor of Penn State witnessed Sandusky receiving oral sex from a young boy, the janitor reported what he saw to co-workers and his supervisor but none of these men reported these actions to authorities. It wasn’t until November 5, 2011 that Sandusky was arrested on a $100,000 bail and up

Sandusky, Spanier, Schultz, Curley, Paterno would forever change (Bohm & Haley, 2014). The sexual crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky were heinous, especially since his victims were children. What is even worse is the fact that four prominent members of Penn State University were aware of allegations, yet decided to withhold information. George Spanier was the President, Tim Curley was the Athletic Director, Gary Schultz was the Vice President, and Joe Paterno was the head football coach at Penn State

In 2011 head coach Joe Paterno of Pennsylvania State University was fired after a scandal involving Jerry Sandusky brought to light allegations of child sexual abuse that had been in the shadows for as many as 30 plus years without any discipline. After Sandusky was found guilty and sentenced to 30-60 years, some question whether this incident could have been prevented and why it was kept secret for so many years. The Sandusky scandal is a good example of a concept called Groupthink proposed by Irvan

However, I would have to agree with the first half and say that Joe Paterno’s actions were inadequate. Although Joe Paterno reported what he saw to the Penn State president his responsibility shouldn’t have ended there. Yes, he fulfilled his obligation to report any illegal actions on campus but when the Penn State President chose not to take legal action Paterno should have made the moral decision and had gone to the authorities. Legally, he fulfilled his obligation

teaching them indirectly on what happened. The rhetoric that is used in Happy Valley appeals the audience’s emotional and logical appeals. Throughout the film, Bar-Lev introduces important key factors, like Sandusky’s adopted son and victim, Matt, Joe Paterno’s wife, two of his son 's, students of Penn State University in 2011, as well as researchers and historians involved with Penn State. Bar-Lev has them open up about their thoughts and feelings on the scandal to focus on how it affected them

Paterno’s Time in Power Joe Paterno has been at the helm of Penn State football since 1966. In the world of intercollegiate sports it’s hard to find a coach that has a tenure with the same institution for more than ten years. In the past 37 seasons, Coach Paterno has won an astonishing 336 games, breaking Paul “Bear” Bryant’s record of 323 set at the University of Alabama. Besides obtaining the most wins in NCAA Division 1-A football, Paterno has two national championships (1982 and

Synthesis Essay – Joseph Vincent Paterno MSgt Allen W. Hewitt Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy September 10, 2014 Instructor: MSgt Travis Pyle Joe Paterno Picture this, walking down a tunnel into a stadium with 106,000 fans screaming we are PENN STATE! Joe Paterno lived this every Saturday for 46 years. Joseph Vincent Paterno was born 21 December 1926 in Brooklyn, NY. He attended Brown University where he majored in law, while playing football as a quarterback

against Penn State University. Many people wondered why four of the most powerful people – President Graham B. Spanier, Senior Vice President –Finance and Business Gary C. Schultz, Athletic Director Timothy M. Curley and Head Football Coach Joseph V. Paterno at the University did not come forward and report this scandal. They did not report the activities to the Board of Trustees, but they did report it to the authorities. They did do enough to prevent this from continuing the predatory behavior. Were

world in the past decade came from the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State University. This scandal lead to the firing of Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, and Gary Schultz who all held high level official capacities at the college. What made this scandal so huge was the fact that the Penn State football program as well as head coach Joe Paterno were highly admired and praised. Furthermore, the most shocking aspect of the scandal is how it was kept silent. The scandal kept making