Tell the Homecoming Committee what you think! I did!
The U.S. Military Academy’s Honor Code says that a cadet shall not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Violation of these rules is an act of moral turpitude that disqualifies an individual from a leadership position.
Joel Myers scapegoated Joe Paterno on 11/9/2011 (a form of lying) and, even worse, was a party to the Board's statement of March 2012 that Paterno was fired for "failure of leadership." Board Chairman Keith Masser later had to testify in a deposition that Paterno was not fired for anything he had or had not done, but rather for public relations reasons. This makes Myers the kind of person whom the U.S. Military Academy would wash out on the spot as being unfit to command the trust, leadership, or respect of superiors, peers, or subordinates.
Here are the specifics. Mr. Myers was a party to the following statement by the Board in March 2012.
"While Coach Paterno did his legal duty by reporting that information the next day, Sunday, March 3, to his immediate superior, the then Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley, the Board reasonably inferred that he did not call police. We determined that his decision to do his minimum legal duty and not to do more to follow up constituted a failure of leadership by Coach Paterno. …At about 9 pm, we unanimously made the difficult decision that Coach Paterno’s failure of leadership required his removal as football coach."
This statement by itself indicates that every single Board member who was a party to this statement is incompetent, dishonest, or both. Joe Paterno was not supposed to call police, noting especially that Mike McQueary later testified under oath that he did not see anything he deemed reportable to police. He was supposed to report the issue to the appropriate person, which he did, and then keep his hands off the ensuing investigation, which he also did. This is also the NCAA's current written policy: you report the allegation to the designated person, and then keep your hands off. You do not "do more," "follow up," or run your own investigation.
Here, meanwhile, is Mr. Masser's deposition. “The decision to remove Coach Paterno had nothing to do with what he had known, what he hadn’t done. It was based upon the distraction of having him on the sidelines would have caused the university and the current football team harm. It had nothing to do with what Coach Paterno had done, or hadn’t done.”
If Paterno was removed not for anything he had or had not done, he was not removed for failure of leadership, which makes Joel Myers along with every other individual involved (including Mr. Masser himself) a liar or a party to a lie, as in "tolerate those who do."
I am copying this to the Board, Sandy Barbour, and Coach Franklin because they need to know that Myers' presence at Homecoming in the capacity of anything but a spectator will be a disgrace to the University and a deliberate insult to the entire Penn State community.
William A. Levinson, B.S. ‘78
The U.S. Military Academy’s Honor Code says that a cadet shall not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Violation of these rules is an act of moral turpitude that disqualifies an individual from a leadership position.
Joel Myers scapegoated Joe Paterno on 11/9/2011 (a form of lying) and, even worse, was a party to the Board's statement of March 2012 that Paterno was fired for "failure of leadership." Board Chairman Keith Masser later had to testify in a deposition that Paterno was not fired for anything he had or had not done, but rather for public relations reasons. This makes Myers the kind of person whom the U.S. Military Academy would wash out on the spot as being unfit to command the trust, leadership, or respect of superiors, peers, or subordinates.
Here are the specifics. Mr. Myers was a party to the following statement by the Board in March 2012.
"While Coach Paterno did his legal duty by reporting that information the next day, Sunday, March 3, to his immediate superior, the then Penn State Athletic Director Tim Curley, the Board reasonably inferred that he did not call police. We determined that his decision to do his minimum legal duty and not to do more to follow up constituted a failure of leadership by Coach Paterno. …At about 9 pm, we unanimously made the difficult decision that Coach Paterno’s failure of leadership required his removal as football coach."
This statement by itself indicates that every single Board member who was a party to this statement is incompetent, dishonest, or both. Joe Paterno was not supposed to call police, noting especially that Mike McQueary later testified under oath that he did not see anything he deemed reportable to police. He was supposed to report the issue to the appropriate person, which he did, and then keep his hands off the ensuing investigation, which he also did. This is also the NCAA's current written policy: you report the allegation to the designated person, and then keep your hands off. You do not "do more," "follow up," or run your own investigation.
Here, meanwhile, is Mr. Masser's deposition. “The decision to remove Coach Paterno had nothing to do with what he had known, what he hadn’t done. It was based upon the distraction of having him on the sidelines would have caused the university and the current football team harm. It had nothing to do with what Coach Paterno had done, or hadn’t done.”
If Paterno was removed not for anything he had or had not done, he was not removed for failure of leadership, which makes Joel Myers along with every other individual involved (including Mr. Masser himself) a liar or a party to a lie, as in "tolerate those who do."
I am copying this to the Board, Sandy Barbour, and Coach Franklin because they need to know that Myers' presence at Homecoming in the capacity of anything but a spectator will be a disgrace to the University and a deliberate insult to the entire Penn State community.
William A. Levinson, B.S. ‘78
