In November, Franco Harris spoke out in defense of Joe Paterno

From FOX NEWS:

(Nov. 13, 2011)  …But former Penn State running back and Pittsburgh Steelers player Franco Harris, who served as an honorary member of Second Mile, Sandusky’s charity for at-risk youth, said the jump on Paterno over his moral obligation suggests a holier-than-thou attitude by the public.

“There was a grand jury investigation, and at the end of that investigation, they found that Joe Paterno cooperated fully with them and had good testimony and there was no charges against Joe Paterno,” Harris said.

“And then, all of the sudden, something came out about a moral obligation, and everybody jumped on that. And everybody said it should be a moral procedure. It should be a moral procedure. And like that is subject to people’s own train of thought with that. So, I thought that was unfair and I think it is unfair how people were treating Joe with this issue because Joe is highly moral person and great moral character,” Harris said…

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