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buckmarkduck wrote: Sat Dec 06, 2025 7:36 am

Greenblood wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 1:18 pm Well put, gy !

I can only imagine that Kraft must be absolutely livid about this being made public. O-Live's Crepea just posted an article about it. While I won't predict that he'll get fired for it, I wouldn't be surprised if PSU makes some kind of statement distancing itself from some of his comments and/or Kraft is made to issue some kind of apology.

Penn St covered up and then stood by pedo coaches and faculty who covered it up for decades. Their fans lined the street in protest of how a HC was treated who lead the cover up. They aren’t firing a guy over this little bit

Yup, there are a lot of fan bases that are terrible, but Penn State fans are just disgusting. Their football program should've been torn down. Out of every football program, I probably despise them the most because of the actions and cover ups that took place

Penn State should have had the death penalty for 20 years.

The "apology" did ultimately come:

“What I will tell you about that is I’m embarrassed,” Kraft said Monday, when asked about it during Matt Campbell’s introductory press conference. “I apologize to anyone that I may have offended with that video that leaked. Personally, it’s been challenging for me. But I am very passionate about Penn State, and it was nine or 10 football players that asked, wanted to sit down, and we had an open and honest discussion. I fell short of the standard I should represent for all my staff that sits up there, all 833 athletes that I represent. You know, I can’t apologize enough for those who I may have offended. I’ve got to get better.”

I did a little work in the sports industry early in my career and learned quickly that it's about as good-ol-boy as any sector there is, with professionalism heavily lacking. When I listened to the audio, I found myself thinking about how he likely isn't far off from the norm. The guys in suits want to be cool and one of the guys. Sports business is a strange world.