**** Thank you, Karen. I have the us most respect for President Erickson. I believe he acted in what he thought was the best interests of Penn State. As I have stated publicly, I am deeply disappointed in the process to which Penn State agreed to the Consent Decree. As a trustee, I was excluded from the process. Yet our head football was consulted. To me that seems ironic. Second, the board of trustees hand been told by legal counsel the NCAA relied on the grand jury presentment and the Freeh Report. Today I required for the first time that Mark emrt relied on information from the Sandusky trial though I'm en unsure how he received that information. As for the grand jury, I don't need to repeat the flaws there.With respect to the Sandusky report, they are not found in evident. With respect to the Freeh Report, the findings are so inconsistent with reality, I find them to be intentionally inflammatory.For example, Penn State has served as model program for other NCAA member institutions. Contrary to the conclusion we had a culture program. For those of us involved we know how untrue that is and we know how absurd a reference to an a lack of academic integrity is. No school has graduated more student a little least than Penn State. Finally, I too want to move forward but not at the price of our proud past. For us to move forward we must built a bridge to the past rather than whitewash Penn State of the past. Too much of us have a deep affection because of the values and ideas of a man named paterno. He has more integrity than the leadership has in the entire body I am confident the fact will unfeel. I'm confident the community will rise to the occasion and show the world how from youly great we are.
