Paterno, in letter, defends Penn St. football
By GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFOROBy GENARO C. ARMAS and MARK SCOLFORO, Associated Press?
?In this photo combo, at left, in an Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Penn State president Graham Spanier walks on the field before an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa. At right, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012. A potentially explosive report into whether football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials took steps to conceal that Sandusky was a child molester will be released Thursday _ online for all to see, officials said Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
In this photo combo, at left, in an Oct. 8, 2011 file photo, Penn State president Graham Spanier walks on the field before an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa. At right, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in custody after being found guilty of multiple charges of child sexual abuse in Bellefonte, Pa., Friday, June 22, 2012. A potentially explosive report into whether football coach Joe Paterno and other top Penn State officials took steps to conceal that Sandusky was a child molester will be released Thursday _ online for all to see, officials said Tuesday, July 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
FILE - In this March 7, 2007, file photo, Penn State University president Graham Spanier speaks during a news conference at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa. Former Penn State president Graham Spanier told investigators hired by the university that he was never informed that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was spotted molesting a boy in a school shower, his lawyers said Tuesday, July 10, 2012, as they rebutted reports that indicate the deposed official could have tried to cover up the abuse that ultimately led to coach Joe Paterno's firing. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2011 file photo, Penn State coach Joe Paterno stands on the field before his team's NCAA college football game against Northwestern, in Evanston, Ill. Paterno's family is calling on the Pennsylvania attorney general and former FBI Director Louis Freeh to release all emails and records related to their investigations into the Penn State child sex abuse scandal. Family lawyer Wick Sollers' statement Monday, July 2, 2012, comes after reports of leaked emails between administrators about a graduate assistant's account in 2001 of an encounter between former defensive coordinator Sandusky and a boy in the showers. Sollers represents the family of former coach Paterno, who was fired and died in January. Sollers says it's clear someone in authority was not interested in a thorough investigation, given the leaks of selective emails. Freeh is leading the school's internal investigation. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching, File)
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) ? Joe Paterno, in a letter written nearly a month before his January death, defends the integrity of the Penn State football program he guided for decades.
In the newly public letter, the Hall of Fame coach also admonishes critics who equated the child sex abuse charges against ex-assistant Jerry Sandusky to a football scandal.
Paterno says the fallout had nothing to do with the on- and off-field achievements of players.
A spokesman for Paterno's family confirms the letter's authenticity to The Associated Press. He says it was a draft intended as an opinion letter seen by several ex-players. It was emailed Wednesday ? not by the family, but by an unknown former player to other former players.
The letter was posted on the website FightonState.com, which covers the team.
Associated Press
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