Joe Paterno would be posthumously honored by the College Sports Information Directors of America with The Dick Enberg Award for 'promoting the values of education and academics.' In May 2012, a plurality of Pennsylvania registered voters favored renaming a stadium after Paterno, and Joe Pa was also able to help Penn State with a record number of donations in 2011-2012. Ganim would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize in April 2012, but she was not the only person honored that month. Only after the validation of the Grand Jury decision to indict Sandusky did Ganim receive any accolades. Had the Grand Jury declined to indict Sandusky, Ganim and The Patriot-News would likely be ridiculed. Like the Catholic Church scandal, the Penn State Scandal wasn't about one individual, it was about the cover-up by an institution. Spanier, Schultz, Paterno and Curley - repeatedly concealed critical facts relating to Sandusky's child abuse from the authorities, the Board of Trustees, Penn State community, and the public at large.' And at each stage, other adults dismissed, minimized or failed to act upon those concerns.'īy June 2012, Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse, and in July 2012, the Freeh Report would cite Paterno and Penn State leadership for 'callous and shocking disregard for child victims.' The Freeh report concluded that for over 14 years 'the most powerful leaders at Penn State University - Messrs. At each stage, boys voiced concern or pain or alarm at the conduct of Jerry Sandusky - or adults witnessed behavior they found troubling or alarming. These dates spanning 13 years share two common threads that run through the entire grand jury presentment. 8 Patriot News editorial that addresses the lack of 'any concern' by Paterno and university president Graham Spanier, Ganim wrote on Nov. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)įollowing a Nov. The news comes to just one day after the Department of Justice charged 10 people in conjunction with a corruption and fraud scheme and implicated the Cardinals program with steering players to schools and agents in exchange for money.

Neither Pitino or Jurich commented after leaving a brief meeting with Louisville interim president Greg Postel, but the university is set to hold a press conference at 1 p.m., without Pitino or Jurich present.

The head coach of Louisville Cardinals Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich have been fired after the program was linked to a federal investigation into fraud and corruption in recruiting, according to ESPN.

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