Ya wanna know why Phil Knight fluffed Joe Paterno?

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Here's the fluff:

Commenting on those events, Knight said, "it turns out (Paterno) gave full disclosure to his superiors, information that went up the chains to the head of the campus police and the president of the school. The matter was in the hands of a world-class university, and by a president with an outstanding national reputation."

Knight added, "...this much is clear to me. If there is a villain in this tragedy, it lies in that investigation and not in Joe Paterno."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/26/phil-knight-nike-speech-joe-paterno-memorial-service_n_1234852.html

Here's the reason:

The swoosh is practically Penn State's secondary logo.

Nike's signature emblem is embroidered on every Nittany Lion uniform, screened on banners lining Jeffery Field and stitched on the apparel of thousands of fans who pack Beaver Stadium on football Saturdays.

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In 1996 Penn State signed an undisclosed contract with Nike -- reported to be four years, $2.6 million -- which involves advertising and marketing considerations. It also requires all Penn State athletes to wear only the company's apparel. The contract has since been renewed.
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2010/03/31/team_not_getting_lift_out_of_i.aspx

[joeybee12]

1. This could get me to boycott Nike...

If I weren't already.

Knight is a dick of the highest order...like he was privy to everything that went on between Paterno and what he did or did not tell...what a worthless POS he is.

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2. He got a standing ovation for hsi defense of Paterno at the ceremony.

[joeybee12]

5. Figures...sycophants...

Yeah, like all that praying before games for the victims of pedophilia was sincere...dickwads

[RockaFowler]

3. So the kids don't matter

It doesn't matter that there were children who were harmed by Sandusky and Paterno did nothing. Look Sandusky didn't work there anymore. Paterno should have gone to the police, not his bosses. What was he a child??

[joeybee12]

4. Let's say Knight is exactly right, and he probably isn't beacuse he's

only going by what paterno said publicly...a 10-year-old boy is being b**f**ked by one of his coaches...and he ONLY reports it authrorities and NEVER again thinks of it! Jesus Christ! Wouldn't A DECENT PERSON worry what might have happened?

[RockaFowler]

6. This story sickens me even more now

Sandusky was no longer a coach at the school. What the heck was he there for?? That right there should have been reported to the police

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7. Here's what guys like Knight gloss over....

Sandusky was in the Presidents box watching the Lions play one week before this all blew up.

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Jerry Sandusky caught Joe Paterno's record 409th win from the president's box at Beaver Stadium days before the disgraced former Penn State assistant football coach's November arrest, according to a newspaper report.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, citing sources close to Penn State's trustees, said that the 67-year-old Sandusky was seen in then-president Graham Spanier's box on Oct. 29 and later stopped in at the school's Nittany Lion booster club.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=post&forum=1204&pid=5793

[joeybee12]

8. Tells you all you need to know...they didn't take it seriously...

And they hoped to sweep it under the rug and hoped it went away.

[TBF]

9. I'm sure it's difficult for alumni of the school to accept,

but I think you are absolutely right.

They've elected a new chair to their Board of Regents at the University. Let's hope they continue to clean house.

http://live.psu.edu/story/57339