Franco Harris Confronts NCAA President Over Penn State Sanctions

Dear FramingPaterno.com Mailing List Members:

NFL Hall of Famer Franco Harris confronted NCAA President Mark Emmert yesterday regarding the sanctions imposed on Penn State and their former coach Joe Paterno. Harris, a Penn State graduate, flew to Los Angles for the public event so that he would have the opportunity to to ask Emmert at least one question about the sanctions which he believes were neither warranted nor logically implemented.

I also attended the event and attempted to record the episode before being shut down by NCAA officials who hilariously called the police to investigate the "incident" (they never even bothered to question me).

The entire episode has been widely misreported by USA Today, Yahoo Sports, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Patriot News, and others. None of these organizations even bothered to contact me, but instead reported a fantasy based on a single tweet. And they wonder why we think they got the Paterno story so wrong!

Here is an interview with Harris after the event which explains what really happened.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voqoDrbKafM&feature=player_embedded

Here is an extensive column me telling the full version of the story:

http://www.framingpaterno.com/real-story-behind-our-attempt-get-ncaa-president-answer-questions-about-penn-state-sanctions

I will be releasing audio of the full exchange between Harris and Emmert later today at www.FramingPaterno.com.

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

John Ziegler

www.FramingPaterno.com

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