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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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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