Pensfan, thank you for bringing forth this link. I am just so repulsed by this and I don't clearly know if it's what Jerry is accused of doing or the fact it went on so long that gives me such a sick feeling. My mind keeps telling me that this criminial behavior continyed mainly because no one in authority stepped up and took action to stop Jerry. He might have been warned, but he was never stopped.
From your posts and your name, I see you have a personal interest in Penn State and how this progresses. But, could you share, if you feel comfortable with it, how you believe this will end? Not just for the accused but for the University itself. Thanks
just my O.
A Pens fan is a nickname many use for a Pittsburgh Pengiuns fan. I do live in Pa and I have one son at Penn State main campus, one son who is a Penn State grad and now at Hershey medical school, and one son at Univ of Pitt.
How I believe this will end:
This will go on for years, but Sandusky will ultimately be found guilty and go to prison. Curley and Shultz will very possibly get a short jail sentence and then serve community hours. McQueary will find another career and Joe Paterno will only live for months longer, not years, because depression impairs the effectiveness of cancer treatments.
There will be a class action lawsuit and then a settlement for all the victims where Penn State and Second Mile will both be found guilty. Both institutions will have liability insurance for negligent actions, but I don’t know if it will cover this because it might fall under criminal acts. The administrators/directors/board members at Penn State and Second Mile have director’s liability insurance, so these people won’t pay anything "out of pocket." The university and Second Mile are the “deep pockets” anyway.
Penn State Univ. will continue as exist. What out-of-staters don’t know is that there are many extremely expensive private universities in Pennsylvania ($55,000+/year) and significantly fewer state or state-assisted public (affordable) universities. With this reality, Penn State’s main campus receives approx. 55,411 first-year baccalaureate applications every year, but only 6,788 individuals are accepted.
http://admissions.psu.edu/facts/studentbody/index.cfm
Therefore, the students at main campus have very high SAT scores, very high GPAs, tons of extracurricular activities, and are motivated achievers. It has been this way for over half a century and it won’t change because of an ex-employee pedophile. Job recruiters will continue to travel to Penn State to hire because the students are motivated achievers and they have already been selected out and they are located at Penn State. (It is also very difficult to be admitted to Univ. Pittsburgh and Temple for the same reasons.)
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/job_recruiters_are_not_fazed_b.html
Donors will continue to give to Penn State. There might be a slight dip in donations, but it will be short term. My second son's group went out canning for THON last weekend in the area around Philadelphia.
http://www.thon.org/
His group came home with $1,600 more than they did from this area last year. (Clearly they were not collecting millions, but the people who gave generously to THON weren’t concerned about Sandusky representing Penn State because Sandusky isn’t Penn State. Wealthy benefactors are likely to have the same attitude.)