Every now and again a story comes along that really burns your backside
and recently in the news there's been talk about the National
Organization for Women making a huge deal about some words coach Paterno
of Penn State said during a press conference concerning a Florida State
football player and the situation the player finds himself in concerning
allegations a woman has made against him.
The FSU player Nicholson who is a very good player was held out of the
bowl game between PSU and FSU over allegations that he was involved in
some sort of situation with a woman.
Paterno was asked about it during a press conference and Paterno who is
always a gentleman of good nature and sense basically said it's tough
out there in the world and you have to be careful and kids have to be
smart and know who they're getting involved with and so on and so forth.
The coach was not accusing Nicholson and he was not accusing this woman
of anything in my mind he was merely stating the situation of the world
today and the need to be careful in it.
The womans organization took a hissy fit and asked for the coach to be
removed after all these wonderful years of service and after all these
years of looking after kids and making sure they graduated and got good
grades because I suppose they think he wasn't sympathetic enough to this
woman who is making the accusations against this player.
My feeling on this is when did we on this planet become guilty until
proven innocent? In this country we are supposed to be innocent until
proven guilty. I am wondering really why Nicholson of FSU was not
allowed to play and what was the basis for not allowing him to play?
Anyone can make an accusation against someone of anything but until
there is proof of a crime an allegation is just an allegation.
Let's say it turns out Nicholson is indeed innocent then can he sue this
woman and turn back time to play in the biggest college game of his
life? He'll get nothing and still miss the biggest college game of his
career because someone alledged something which in my mind is not fair
in the least.
Don't get me wrong if indeed evidence comes forward to find Nicholson
did do something then I feel for this girl and her family but let's
remember that it's innocent until proven guilty folks and lets not bring
out the firing squad when good coaches and good men give an opinion.
Let's see the evidence and have it bring out the facts first before we
make our decisions on Nicholson and we certainly should not involve a
great coach and a great man in this nonsense for making a comment.
I'm disappointed that a national organization would be so quick to jump
on an innocent man and a good coach and role model over his comments
that to me seemed fine. The National Organization for Women or NOW as
they are known should be ashamed really and should get facts on cases
and get evidence before they send out the axe man.
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