in a statement just issued, joe paterno s family has now accused penn state of quote, an abdication of responsibility and breach of fiduciary duties to the university and its 500,000 alumni for accepting the ncaa punishment today without challenge. family calls this a panic response. the ncaa has barred penn state from participating in bowl games for four years and fined the school $60 million, among other penalties, for covering up years of child sex abuse. but the ncaa stopped short of shutting down the university s entire football program. joining me now is b.j.shechter. thanks for joining us. first of all, the decision by the ncaa not to completely end the football program. their explanation was that it was not fair to punish everyone for what some had done. well, i think what essentially the ncaa has done is levied a penalty that s on par
say the. are you surprised by the about paterno family statement is this. i am. what has happened is a tragedy to everybody involved. we all know what joe paterno did and did not do by being, you know, so vocal in statements like this, i think it all prolongs this tragedy. i think we need to move on from this and learn from it. and i think the paterno family would do well if they did that. b.j., thank you very much for joining us today. and one of the most powerful cuban dissident voices for human rights as died. he and three others were killed in a car accident yesterday under what paya s family says were suspicious circumstances. the car they were driving in was reportedly repeatedly rammed by another vehicle until it was sent careening over the side of