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Decanonized Mythologized Disgraced Ped State Monster Coach Joe Paterno (Zombie Icon)

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It's interesting to me to think about how the Paterno family's response to the Freeh report very likely reflects Joe Paterno's initial response.

Joe Paterno in 1998:

"Wow, if this is true it would make me look really bad. I think I will pretend like I don't have all the facts so I can deny what actually happened. In fact, I think I will actively bury the facts that make me look bad and hope that this all goes away."

Paterno family in 2012:

"Wow, if this Freeh report is accurate it makes us look really bad. Let's pretend like we don't have all the facts yet so we can actively deny what actually happened. In fact, let's find our own facts or bury our heads in the sand and hope that this all goes away."

Way to keep the family tradition alive while illustrating the sick mindset it takes to allow something like this to happen in the first place. It certainly does seem to be the "Penn State way"... then and now apparently.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2179284; said:
Three possibilities come to mind.

  1. They've managed to get most of the old man's money safely into a bank in Zurich, BVI or Bermuda since November.
  2. Good lawyers have advised them that the assets are safe and immunized from the reach of the victims
  3. They have the stupidest lawyers on the [censored]ing planet.
I assume that any source material (not just the final report) will be part of the discovery for any civil trials against the Paterno estate. ScottPa would have fit right in had he won his race for Congress.
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Didn't the assets get conveniently put in the name of his wife? I've heard about lawyers and financiers doing it to prevent lawsuits over malpractice. But I have never heard of a coach doing it before Joe. What could he have been worried about knowing and not doing that would have made him want to give the assets to his wife.... hmmm.... what could it be....
 
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OSU_D/;2179364; said:
Didn't the assets get conveniently put in the name of his wife? I've heard about lawyers and financiers doing it to prevent lawsuits over malpractice. But I have never heard of a coach doing it before Joe. What could he have been worried about knowing and not doing that would have made him want to give the assets to his wife.... hmmm.... what could it be....
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I'm guessing a smart lawyer for the plaintiff(s) will claim that Paterno had knowledge of this in the pipeline and moved assets in order to protect them from this known liability coming...
 
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BusNative;2179367; said:
I'm guessing a smart lawyer for the plaintiff(s) will claim that Paterno had knowledge of this in the pipeline and moved assets in order to protect them from this known liability coming...
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Obvious to anyone outside of the cult. The problem will be finding a jury in SC that will find against the Paterno family and for a bunch of conniving victims.....or whatever they're calling themselves. Even with the lower standard of evidence and lack of jury unanimity, I'm guessing this will be an uphill battle.

I think there's a solid reason why the AG didn't indict Paterno. There's a reasonable chance for success against the rest, but once you put Dear Leader From Whom All Knowledge Flows on the block, the dynamics have fundamentally swung against you.

Hopefully, the civil suits will get moved out of Central PA.
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2179379; said:
Obvious to anyone outside of the cult. The problem will be finding a jury in SC that will find against the Paterno family and for a bunch of conniving victims.....or whatever they're calling themselves. Even with the lower standard of evidence and lack of jury unanimity, I'm guessing this will be an uphill battle.

I think there's a solid reason why the AG didn't indict Paterno. There's a reasonable chance for success against the rest, but once you put Dear Leader From Whom All Knowledge Flows on the block, the dynamics have fundamentally swung against you.

Hopefully, the civil suits will get moved out of Central PA.
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How about if Mark May is the judge? That should even things out.
 
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Does anyone else feel that an HBO show loosely based on JoePa would be awesome? Take JoePa's stranglehold on the school with his fake saintly reputation, throw in a little of Lane Kiffin's douchebagery and hot wife, with Nick Saban's bat shit crazy daughter.

Soprano's + Boss + The Program = Win
 
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Joe was protecting his family. Penn State was his child.

BWAAAHAAAA I read that on Audibles. Those very same retards are FIRST in line to cast stones at OSU for "cheating" while protecting child abusers.

Disgusting.
 
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JCOSU86;2179422; said:
Joe was protecting his family. Penn State was his child.

BWAAAHAAAA I read that on Audibles. Those very same retards are FIRST in line to cast stones at OSU for "cheating" while protecting child abusers.

Disgusting.
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What competitive advantage did Penn State gain from Jerry raping the Little League team, Cheaty McSweatervest?
 
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Didn't the assets get conveniently put in the name of his wife? I've heard about lawyers and financiers doing it to prevent lawsuits over malpractice. But I have never heard of a coach doing it before Joe. What could he have been worried about knowing and not doing that would have made him want to give the assets to his wife.... hmmm.... what could it be....
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A few months before the scandal broke he transferred the house to his wife for $1.

NY Times article

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Lawrence A. Frolik, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who specializes in elder law, said that he had ?never heard? of a husband selling his share of a house for $1 to his spouse for tax or government assistance purposes.



?I can?t see any tax advantages,? Frolik said. ?If someone told me that, my reaction would be, ?Are they hoping to shield assets in case if there?s personal liability?? ? He added, ?It sounds like an attempt to avoid personal liability in having assets in his wife?s name.?


Two lawyers examined the available documents in recent days. Neither wanted to be identified because they were not directly involved in the case or the property transaction. One of the experts said it appeared to be an explicit effort to financially shield Joe Paterno. The other regarded the July transaction, at least on its face, as benign.


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