Forked Thread: MCKENZIE: SABRES' PEGULA SPEAKS OUT ON PENN STATE SCANDAL

[Fitzpatrick'sbeard]

Forked from: Pegula's statement on Penn State scandal

Pegula donated more than $80 million to the school's hockey program to help build a rink and develop a Division 1 NCAA men's hockey program.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/141...-State-Scandal

"Our concern and compassion should be for the
children involved in these terrible allegations," he said in a telephone
interview from Boca Raton, Fla. "Whomever may have been involved in any way,
anyone who knew anything, they've got to come clean. They've got to step
forward and say, 'Here's what I know, here's what happened...' and that
includes you know who," a seemingly obvious reference to Penn State legendary
football coach Joe Paterno.







"I wanted to make sure everyone knows I'm solidly
behind Penn State hockey because others were using (the scandal) against us in
our recruiting efforts," Pegula said. "I heard some of our recruits were maybe
wavering a bit so I wanted to make sure they knew we're fully committed to
running a first-class program that stands for all the right things. That's what
we're all about."

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=380672

a GREAT! write-up by Bob Mckenzie read the whole thing. Oh and this is how you write a column Bucky Gleason and the Buffalo . The Buffalo News once again gets schooled! the paper should just be shut down!

[psubills62]

Re: Forked Thread: MCKENZIE: SABRES' PEGULA SPEAKS OUT ON PENN STATE SCANDAL

"Let's not have anything but concern and compassion for the primary victims here, for the children," he said, "but with the coverage there's been of this, I'm starting to see a second victim and that is the students who study there, the instructors who teach there, the people who work there...there are more than 40,000 Penn State people who've been implicated in this and they have absolutely nothing to do with it..."

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And for those who suggest that it's wrong to be playing out the balance of the PSU football season when the program is so interconnected with the scandal, Pegula had some strong words.

"I hear people say they shouldn't be playing football, that football doesn't matter now," he said."Well, I have nothing but compassion for the victims and I want the truth rooted out as badly as anyone, but I don't think anyone should be going up to (Penn State senior defensive tackle) Devon Still and telling him he can't play in the final games of his collegiate career, that he needs to pay the price for the mistakes of others. That's not how you do things. I would say to Devin, 'you play,' I would say to Penn State, 'you play,' and while you're playing we're going to clean up this mess."

Pegula (along with Bob Smizik, who wrote a very good opinion column as well) seems to do very well to inject some rational thought and reason into this situation.