More scandal for Penn St?
- Thread starter PrestonyteParrot
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Could have at least given the Hogan's Heros comment, ''I know nothing'' but instead has the communications stooge speak for him.
Devil's advocate here. They're former players. Is he required to comment?
I’d also bet he was told not to discuss it by the school’s legal counsel.
This is what immediately came to my mind...... given the past with JoePa, it's probably a contractual thing.
"Answer any question you want but if it's involving any sexual allegations of any kind....keep your mouth shut until the higher ups tell you what to say."
I don't like Franklin either. I think he's a phony. However, to be fair, he does tend to keep his nose clean at Penn St, so...
This requires greater elaboration. Until I see that he's been complicit in hiding something, particularly from the law or school officials, there's really nothing here.
Why would he comment on an ongoing legal issue of which he probably has no direct knowledge?
I suppose it's a good thing you don't know how sexual predators work.
Plus the fact that the accused are innocent until proven guilty and Franklin is neither judge nor jury.
Beyond that, established best practices from 250 years of case law in this country would counsel any of us not to comment on any pending court matter, criminal or civil, especially if potentially tangentially party to it (i.e. Franklin as the accused players' wealthy former coach at a wealthy institution where a potential victim could seek monetary restitution in a civil claim with a lower burden of proof and tenuous connection versus a criminal case).
"No comment. No comment. No comment."
It all depends on prior knowledge, the nature of the prior knowledge, and the timeliness of sharing that knowledge in line with his particular duty.
James Franklin came back to the mic on this last night and apologized for brushing it off and addressed it more directly
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