Ex-PSU QB Trace McSorley testified being “eternally grateful” to Franklin, but he denied feeling “indebted” to the coach.
Ex-Penn State QB Trace McSorley took the stand Tuesday for the defense in a fired football doctor's trial at the request of his former head coach, James Franklin.A star Penn State quarterback who took the witness stand Tuesday afternoon in a fired team doctor’s lawsuit testified he was“Coach Franklin reached out about me being here today. I respect Coach Franklin a lot. I wanted to be here,” former Nittany Lions QB Trace McSorley said from the witness stand in Dauphin County Court.
In prior testimony it was stated Lynch’s in-game exam of McSorley concluded a bone in his foot might be broken. At halftime, a Penn State spokesman told the press covering the game the injured quarterback would not return. “I lobbied for myself to go back out and try to win that game,” McSorley testified, adding he never witnessed any pressure from Franklin on the foot injury -- nor any other injury he sustained during his Penn State career.
Rather, McSorley testified he and his family preferred the facilities and surgeons available in Hershey over those in State College. Penn State Athletics’ “frustrations” over players being forced to travel to Hershey to undergo surgery by Lynch has been a major theme in the case and a chief factor in his firing.
Later, McSorley said he learned from Franklin that Lubrano was “adverse” to the head coach’s interests. So, when Lubrano posted the photo of McSorley wearing his campaign button, McSorley dispatched a social media post to “Penn State Nation” denying he gave the trustee permission to use the photo.“You betrayed that nation that you somehow did not give that man permission to use that picture,” Marino stated.
Under Marino’s questioning, McSorley described being “eternally grateful” to Franklin, but he denied feeling “indebted” to the coach.
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