The Lions' Pride

Very believable, actually. Since this happened, I have been trying to remember this when hearing other stories in the media...when my knee-jerk reaction is to condemn someone for something being reported, I keep in mind that I am just getting the version of it that someone who likely did not research decided to spout.

Yeah, it happens all the time. I can remember watching Bill Mahr when the whole Trevon Martin thing just happened. He showed blurry pictures of George Zimmerman saying how he didn't have a scratch on him. Zimmerman is full of crap, etc... Finally the pictures came out showing Zimmerman was pretty beat up. The media just doesn't give a damn anymore. First one with the story wins. Accuracy doesn't matter.

Note: I am in no way picking sides in the Trevon Martin thing. Just using it as an example how the media doesn't wait for facts.

Probably the same story for every "news" organization out there. None of them actually read it. You know the NCAA didn't. I doubt Emmert even read the summary.

Our BOT, especially the "Task Force" didn't read it before Frazier presser to accept it. Why should anyone else?

This morning I emailed Ken Frazier who actually responded. I asked him why he accepts such a flawed, biased, opinions not substantiated by facts, etc... His respond was simply I don't agree with your characterizations.

Of course, this is the guy who covered up the Vioxx knowledge.

In Costas' defense, as he had said he had just landed in London, and he talked to a producer who claimed to have read the whole thing, and then followed up and said it was a very good report. That producer utterly failed Costas. This was probably my favorite part though:

“Joe Paterno had a long standing reputation, not only for melding academics and athletics as well as you possibly can, but a long standing reputation for active concern for young people, for following up, for walking the walk, for long after the player had been gone by following their career and walking with them and guiding them in some way, of demanding high standards. But it’s pretty hard to believe that a man of Joe Paterno’s background and character — with that kind of track record — that if he were really confronted with the basic facts of how horrific of what Jerry Sandusky was doing and continued to do was, I just find it very hard to believe that Joe Paterno would have said, yeah, well, the first thing we need to do is cover this up. His life defies that. Plus, as you know, if there was a coverup it was a pretty lousy coverup, because at least 14 people knew of what McQueary told Paterno. And there’s no evidence that Paterno ever went to any of them and said, ‘Okay let’s make sure we have our story straight.’ No evidence at all.”

The no ties is a great question. Some independent report this was. If the people on this Board made up the Continental Congress, they would have asked the House of Commons to commission a report on the need for independence for the colonies!

The real question that needs to be asked is this. If Lubrano is correct and Freeh received $12 million with PSU on the hook for $8.1, who paid for the other $3.9?

Was your post TIC? Because that's pretty lousy.......Enron type accounting lousy.

lol, I wouldn't put it past this BOT.

I would ask, based on his leadership record, does he feel he deserves to still be a BOT member?

I agree. He is actually answering a couple questions so I'm trying not to insult or get personal, just ask about some decisions. Alas, he's not going to say anything meaningful, I know that. I'm shocked he answered at all.

Ken is answering your questions, or is his secretary replying to them?

I don't think there is any way it's an accounting error. Either someone is wrong on how much it cost, or someone else helped pay for it. And if that's the case, it raises even more quetions.