Jerry Sandusky convicted on 45 of 48 counts

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Penn State deserves everything that comes to them. They're lucky they didn't get the NCAA's death penalty.

This.  Apparently 14 years of allowing child rape to keep happening is 8 times as bad as giving Reggie Bush $100 handshakes, according to the NCAA.  Penn State got off light.

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Vacating Paterno's wins is going way too far. He went to the school board about it but the school board did nothing. Change the school board. Don't punish the kids for the actions of their coaches. The kids who want to play for Penn State are as innocent as the kids Sandusky hurt.

The school board did nothing in large part because Paterno was pushing to have this swept under the rug.  Of the players involved in the cover up Paterno had the most influence and it's clear from the emails that came out last month that he is the most guilty.  

Still wasn't expecting the punishment to be this harsh, but maybe this is for the best in the long run.  

That's not what I heard. Paterno didn't want it swept under the rug. He wanted it confronted. I'm not a Penn State fan (I'm an Indiana and Boise State fan). Plus Louis Freeh has been involved in some rather shady stuff covering up for Clinton's shenanigans.

Then you heard a crazy conspiracy theory rather than the facts. It sucks that Paterno turned out to be an amoral creep, but it is what it is.

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Paternos seek appeal. NCAA says they can't. NCAA bylaws say they can

Some people just refuse to accept the truth...

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His name was mentioned thus his family has standing. Also the Penn State trustees have issued an appeal as well.

Why do you defend a man who spent 13 years enabling a child molester?

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Paterno wasn't an enabler, the trustees who were in power at the time were. Paterno tried to confront the issue while the trustees wanted to cover it up.

Again, why do you continue to believe that?  It's completely contrary to what the Freeh Report said.