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Report: Penn State Trustees, Reps Discussed Naming Football Field After Joe Paterno

The field at Beaver Stadium could someday be named after controversial former coach Joe Paterno.

According to a report from Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA (via TribLive.com), "Penn State trustees and high-ranking university representatives met privately twice in January to discuss whether to name the football field at Beaver Stadium after" Paterno.

As Massey noted, those private meetings are potentially in violation of a state law requiring such governing bodies to hold deliberations in public view, continuing a "decadelong pattern of the board convening behind closed doors."

The meetings reportedly occurred on Jan.