Dan La Batard has come out strongly against Penn State’s efforts to rename their stadium after disgraced coach Joe Paterno.
Penn State have been accused of trying to gloss over Paterno’s past, with the school willing to look past sexual abuse victims.
He passed away in October 2021 from lung cancer, but not after being fired for a serious abuse scandal.
“I don’t get offended by very much that happens anymore in sports, I really don’t,” Le Batard said. “But the money at Penn State, after the single largest scandal of any kind I can remember anywhere in sports, it’s such ancient history that we forget about it after three presidential cycles.”
La Batard continued his diatribe, “This is some shadowy cult s*** to be trying to circumvent government law to have private meetings where the money reinstates (Paterno),” Le Batard said. “We’re going to get that forgetful about that? We’re going to get that numb to sports controversy … that this is going to be allowed to happen in the shadows?”
He served as Penn State head coach from 1966 to 2011amasding 409 wins.
“You might as well name it f*** you stadium, like we don’t care that it’s the biggest sports scandal that anyone has ever seen,” he said. “That a saint in college football was overseeing the worst of crimes, that he was even tangentially involved.”
Strong words from the popular broadcaster but he has always been saying it like it is kind of reporter.
