Around 48 minutes Lubrano goes postal.......
Depends what you are interested in... the opening minutes is about PSU/Students/costs/academics.... if you want to hear about Joe then go to 20:30 and it starts there.
First thing I thought of was you .... and what you say constantly that no one questions anything... no one challenges anything. Saying the BOT needs to do better.
Barry, I don’t mean to put you on the spot, so to speak, but given the comments about Short by Lubrano, where it appears Short won’t even work with Lubrano because he thinks Lubrano is a racist (Short also apparently thinks Jay and Sue Paterno are racists) and where you had Alice Pope requesting security at the blue white game last year due to her fear of Short, do you think Short is a cancer on the board to be blunt?
You may have answered your own question!
There would be millions of dollars donated to the NIL and/or the University if they honored JVP. Who cares about the the Fake News false narrative & the cancel culture crew. Do what is right.
Brandon Short is a politician who speaks out of both sides of his mouth. I personally witnessed him tell someone at a PSU alumni event that exact opposite position on JVP that he told me 10 minutes previously.
NIL donations do not help the student body. Again, that should be top priority. Period. Work to provide the best education for the most affordable price.
Again, I said donations to the UNIVERSITY as well as NIL. Donations to the University will most definitely help the student body.
You’re living in hypotheticals. How about work with what they have currently to make the experience better and more affordable. No excuses.
If you don't think honoring that honoring JVP would raise millions that you are naive, or just being disingenuous.
If you don’t think working with the priority of the students first is the goal then you’ve lost sight of what’s really important. Also, if you took JVP at his word, he would think naming the field after him would be silly and a waste of the BOTs time. Remember, he’s the guy that never wanted the statue. If you don’t take him at his word, carry on.
They are leaving a considerable amount of money on the table and they know it.
I have no problems taking Anthony, Barry, and one or two others, seriously. As for rest, well....
trustees.psu.edu
"There would be millions of dollars donated to the NIL and/or the University if they honored JVP."
There are no "confirmed pledges" contingent on honoring Joe. There are wills that were re-written to exclude bequests to PSU as a result of the way PSU handled Sandusky.
Confirmed pledges? We had a member of our alumni chapter rescind his pledge for $1,000,000.00 over the scandal and disgraceful firing of Joe....amazing what you learn at the chapter level. Lubrano feels PSU is losing millions because they refuse to honor the Paterno name.
The Development Office has a pretty good handle on monies committed, either through pledges or bequests, that were unfulfilled or withdrawn. Whatever that amount was it's shrinking over time. Beyond that, it's anyone's guess as to the level of financial fallout.
This sounds completely made up. But again, if you take the word of someone with a fake varsity jacket and who doesn’t meet their financial commitments to the baseball stadium I can’t help you.
CR, I didn't know you showed up here. How's your air conditioner doing?
The thought that the University he loved, and gave so much to, would trash his memory, likely never crossed his mind either. I was not a mega donor but I gave 10's of thousands over 40 years. I will not give another dime until Penn State rights the wrongs they have done here. I am not alone. I have dozens of alumni friends who no longer donate over the treatment of Joe. Generally, like me, not major donors, but average a thousand or more a year per alum. For me, I am not asking for much. Admit mistakes were made. Name the field (Paterno Field at Beaver Stadium) after Joe. Perhaps a few more small gestures.
I can confirm that my will changed because of the unfair treatment of Joe. Instead of bequeathing 50% of my estate to PSU, it is now zero. While honoring Joe in some way is totally appropriate, what really needs to be done is for PSU to apologize for the way he was fired and admit that he was not complicit in any wrongdoing.
Agreed. To me these things are like raising children. You simply do not reward bad behavior unless you want it to continue. The BoT cost PSU hundreds of millions, if not billions, that could have gone to worthwhile causes. It is not the alumni and donor class that is failing the university. It is the BoT and ELT.
I feel much the same- and haven't sent them a dime since they fired Joe. I don't care if they name the field (or anything else) after him, but until they admit that the Freeh report was a sham intended to protect both the BOT and the former AG/Governor PSU is dead to me.
It doesn’t matter if it would cross Joe’s mind or not. If people have seen the way the university treated him and decided that is not where their money should go, then that’s a personal decision for them.
