Penn State AD Apologizes For 409 Stickers, Then Apologizes For Apology

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Friday night, it was announced the Penn State hockey and basketball teams would be sporting “409” shirts and stickers in honor of Joe Paterno. While the hockey team went though with it, the basketball team was seen not sporting the number. And that’s probably because someone finally realized what a bad look it was.

Director Sandy Barbour apologized to a concerned Twitter user.

Which enraged Paterno truthers everywhere, and the Twitter user deleted their account following a barrage of abuse. The angry mob also yelled outrage at Barbour, who was forced to apologize:

“First of all, I want to apologize for the tweet. This is far too important a subject to vet on a casual; or in social media. … I’ll use my own words. It was inappropriate and insensitive of me to do that from a tweet standpoint.
But from the standpoint of my concern, and why I’ve had conversations with our coaches about this, is because this is a moment to celebrate, and I knew before I came to Penn State that 409 meant success with honor, that 409 means far more to this community and this university then wins.

Having come from the outside, I know that’s not necessarily what everyone else knows and thinks, and frankly, in my five months here, I have learned so much more about Penn State and what an incredible place it is. I want the rest of the world to see and feel the things I have seen, and I thought it was incredibly important in this moment that we pause to make sure we got it right.”

It’s also being reported that it was the hockey team’s decision to use the stickers without the AD’s commission, but Barbour wants some understanding for his decision:

“I don’t want him to beat up about this. He also got killed by the advocate’s side of this, and I think just as we have to understand and be sensitive to the victim side, there also has to be some understanding of why we would celebrate.”

Yes, and what better way to celebrate Joe Paterno than have a coach not give two shits about child abuse?
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