Paterno statue decision in 7-10 days

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Penn State: Paterno statue decision due in days – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

From article:


A decision will be made on the future status of the embattled statue of former head football coach Joe Paterno “within seven to 10 days,â€￾ Penn State spokesman David La Torre told CNN on Wednesday.

 

[DexterMorgan]

hilarious, did PSU hire the Iowa PR team? Just take the thing down in the dark of night. The whole "any publicity is good publicity" saying does not fit here.

 

[tweeterhawk]

Seven to 10 days likely to gauge whether there continues to be cries of condemnation and calls for the statue to be removed from the "outside" world vs the continued insistence from the Nittany Lion fan base that JoePa did nothing wrong and that he should continue to be honored.

 

[latrans]

They still don't get it. Penn St is hoping the news cycle passes them by. They are still trying to weasel their way out of doing the right thing.

 

[piperhawk]

7-10 days? Just in time for the Olympics to start and something else to put the spotlight on

 

[jesterapparel]

Penn State: Paterno statue decision due in days – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

From article:


A decision will be made on the future status of the embattled statue of former head football coach Joe Paterno “within seven to 10 days,â€￾ Penn State spokesman David La Torre told CNN on Wednesday.

If I was Jim Delany I'd say we will decide whether Penn State is still in the Big Ten this year in 7 to 10 days. That would get a message acrossed I'd think.

 

[ILHawkeye]

At least he'll keep his name on something.

Joe Paterno's Name To Remain On Joe Paterno Center For Covering Up Sexual Abuse | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

 

[David79]

I like what Dan Patrick suggested; leave the statue up as a reminder of what happened. If it is taken down, in a way it is trying to erase the memory of the horrible events. That is not what should happen. You can't just take everything away, rename stuff, tear stuff down, and then pretend like it never happened.

 

[HawkForce]

Idk....i think its gotta come down...

 

[David79]

Idk....i think its gotta come down...

You are probably right, especially when there are planes flying over saying people are going to tear it down. They don't want some kind of riot on campus with people with sledge hammers and such tearing it down themselves.

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

07-19-2012 08:18 AMDavid79
I like what Dan Patrick suggested; leave the statue up as a reminder of what happened. If it is taken down, in a way it is trying to erase the memory of the horrible events. That is not what should happen. You can't just take everything away, rename stuff, tear stuff down, and then pretend like it never happened.

All that needs to be done. It won't be so everyone can pretend it never happened. It will be so they are not glorifying a man who let this go on. PSU will have this over their head with the statue gone and library renamed. Only people who will pretend is PSU.

 

[burky247]

That thing should have been brought down months ago by members of the community. No discussions, no voting...just destroyed. A unified voice that screamed..."Ya know Joe, we love ya. And you did so much for so many people in Happy Valley. But sometimes it's the things you don't do that are important".

The fact that didn't happen leads me to believe the statue really doesn't matter. These blind people will just find another way to worship their idol. The FB thread about Paternoville changing its name pretty much proves that. I think at this point, this kind of energy would be better suited for making sure this can never happen again.

 

[hogeye]

All that needs to be done. It won't be so everyone can pretend it never happened. It will be so they are not glorifying a man who let this go on. PSU will have this over their head with the statue gone and library renamed. Only people who will pretend is PSU.

I am fine with the statue coming down and not honoring Paterno on that premise, but the library was funded specifically by Joe and a donation. If they want to remove his name then they need to take down the building and not use it.

 

[deanvogs]

I am fine with the statue coming down and not honoring Paterno on that premise, but the library was funded specifically by Joe and a donation. If they want to remove his name then they need to take down the building and not use it.

The statue was put up to HONOR Joe....

The Library was built to serve the students.....

Which one Joe helped pay for is irrelevant. If we are just getting rid of things Joe paid for, then we need to burn his car, his house, the whole PSU university. Instead of going this far most are just calling for the monument put up to honor Joe be taken down. Get the difference?

 

[ssckelley]

I think everyone is to afraid of messing with that kid camping out protecting that statue.

 

[racerhawk]

If I was Jim Delany I'd say we will decide whether Penn State is still in the Big Ten this year in 7 to 10 days. That would get a message acrossed I'd think.

That would be good.

For Immediate Release:

Chicago, IL (AP)

July 19,2012

Jim Delaney, Chairman of the Big Ten Athletic Conference, will be deciding on whether Penn State should remain a member of the Big Ten conference. He will reach this decision and make an announcement, in, oh, 7-10 days.

 

[racerhawk]

The statue was put up to HONOR Joe....

The Library was built to serve the students.....

Which one Joe helped pay for is irrelevant. If we are just getting rid of things Joe paid for, then we need to burn his car, his house, the whole PSU university. Instead of going this far most are just calling for the monument put up to honor Joe be taken down. Get the difference?

Yes. Well put.

 

[hogeye]

The statue was put up to HONOR Joe....

The Library was built to serve the students.....

Which one Joe helped pay for is irrelevant. If we are just getting rid of things Joe paid for, then we need to burn his car, his house, the whole PSU university. Instead of going this far most are just calling for the monument put up to honor Joe be taken down. Get the difference?

Choose to read what I wrote however you want, but that's exactly the point I already made. The only reason I mentioned Joe funded was for the sole purpose of pointing out that it was a gift and not a building that was erected with public money for the sake of honoring Joe.

 

[Party1985]

I am fine with the statue coming down and not honoring Paterno on that premise, but the library was funded specifically by Joe and a donation. If they want to remove his name then they need to take down the building and not use it.

The statue was put up to HONOR Joe....The Library was built to serve the students.....Which one Joe helped pay for is irrelevant. If we are just getting rid of things Joe paid for, then we need to burn his car, his house, the whole PSU university. Instead of going this far most are just calling for the monument put up to honor Joe be taken down. Get the difference?

I agree that you can't remove everything that Joe had a hand in, I'm sure football paid for almost everything on that campus, the statue is for on field success, what happened is unspeakably horrible but one way of looking at it his inability to act this case probably had nothing to do with on field success, I say they leave the current statue up as a reminder of great times and build a new monument to symbolize the inadequacies of later years, possibly a statue of him deleting conspicuous emails, shredding evidence, while crying kids look on

 

[HawkeyeHypnosis]

Penn State students set up Paterno statue watch

Now we got people camping out trying to save the statue.