I know that State College is in the middle of nowhere so the traditional media let's a lot of things slide, but what the hell is going on there? Rene Portland, the women's basketball coach, has been on a crusade to attack lesbians including openly attacking lesbians during recruiting and yet Penn State has done nothing to reprimand her.
More recently the right wing football coach Joe Paterno has dismissed a rape charge against a Florida State football player as nothing more than a young girl flirting with a popular football player and trying to get him in the sack. And to think that some consider Paterno a dinosaur who is well past his time...go figure. Maybe making rape jokes is funny in State College but in the real world it's not quite the same.
The common denominator here is that both coaches have enjoyed a lot of success at Penn State for their respective programs which can only lead one to believe that the university has no issue with tarnishing their otherwise good reputation all in the name of winning. It's a sad day when a public university accepts and makes excuses for blatant discrimination and for dismissing serious charges such as rape. Penn State ought to be ashamed of themselves for their bunker mentality of blaming the media and going on the offensive against critics, just so they can maintain winning college coaches. How many free passes are they going to give these people?
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Why is Penn State supporting rape and discrimination?
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