As Inquirer columnist Frank Fitzpatrick wrote, the draft was a desperate idea proposed by Philadelphia Eagles owner and future NFL commissioner DeBenneville"Bert" Bell, who was looking for a way for his cash-strapped team to add talent to its roster.
"His firing had nothing to do with Sandusky," Lubrano told The Inquirer's Frank Fitzpatrick. Paterno "had become less involved in fund-raising, and there'd been some falling-out with Spanier. Spanier got to the point where he really wanted to replace him."
"This is a scandal large enough that this is going to hang on his legacy," said Frank Fitzpatrick, a Philadelphia Inquirer columnist and author of two books on Paterno and Penn State, including the new biography, "Pride of the Lions."
Date: Nov 19, 2011
Category: Sports
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Reaction to Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal ranges from shock to horror
Inquirer staff writer Frank Fitzpatrick writes about the shroud of secrecy that covers the Nittany Lion football program and ponders its role and where Paternos blame lies -- in the scandal.
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