Penn State's athletic director plus ex-Paterno assistant charged in child sex case

[Clearly Confused]

Unreal!


Witness to Alleged Rape
WILL Coach for PSU on Sat.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/10/mike-mcqueary-penn-state-tom-bradley-joe-paterno/

 

[wfgodot]

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A lawyer who's advising some victims in the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal says he's worried they could become scapegoats to people angry about Joe Paterno's sudden departure.

Harrisburg attorney Ben Andreozzi said Thursday that the victims "are now watching people parade and riot" and "to think that is not in some way going to impact these victims is naive."
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more here: Lawyer worried Sandusky victims could become scapegoats (CBS SportsWire)

 

[blue_the_puppy]

i have little sympathy for the rioters. they are making the entire school look bad. i DO feel sympathy for the rest of the student population, as well as alumni, athletes, and the football players. the football program will feel the fallout from this for a long time, and it could very well have an effect on the players' future careers, etc. what happened to the coaching staff needed to happen. but i still feel bad for everyone else involved in the football program.

and of course, the victims. who knows how many more there may be. the grand jury report is horrifying. god be with them all.

 

[HMSHood]

Penn State is going to be really tainted by this. This is much worse than what SMU did. SMU only broke NCAA rules, while Penn State broke laws.

As for those students rioting over Joe Paterno's firing, <modsnip> and just as sick Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, and Mike McQueary. They sound like <modsnip>! They are already are damaging Penn State's reputation and America's image abroad. It is not only Penn State's football reputation that will suffer, Penn State's reputation will go down with it. I have seen reputations get damaged. It is very rare if not impossible for them to recover from damaged reputation. The irony is that they tried to protect the reputation and instead destroyed it.

I feel sorry for the victims, players, and any student who did not riot.

 

[wfgodot]

Another interesting Deadspin entry, focusing on one of my favorite sportswriters, ex-Kansas City Star columnist and now senior editor at Sports Illustrated Joe Posnanski, who had taken a year off to live in State College and write a book about Paterno before this scandal erupted, and is now being seen as a Paterno apologist:

There is no more telling fact than PSU having a regular class about Joe Paterno. Comm 497G: Joe Paterno, Communications & the Media, better known as "JoePa Class," studies the media through the lens of the longtime football coach. Today was obviously not a normal day. Instead, Joe Posnanski and Pat Forde spoke to JoePa Class. And thanks to the livetweeting by student and Onward State editor Devon Edwards, we were able to audit the class.
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more here: Joe Posnanski Becomes An Unlikely Paterno Apologist

 

[HMSHood]

DA Who Never Charged Sandusky Has Been Missing Since 2005
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news...ky-Has-Been-Missing-Since-2005-133615093.html

This caught my attention.

But it is even stranger that we cannot ask Gricar why Sandusky was not put behind bars because the tough-as-nails district attorney disappeared in 2005. And though he was declared dead July of this year, his body has never been found.

 

[HMSHood]

Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,' Says Mark Madden
http://www.nesn.com/2011/11/jerry-s...ung-boys-to-rich-donors-says-mark-madden.html

It's even more disturbing. :furious:

 

[wfgodot]

Two from Grantland, the first from Michael Weinreb, whose excellent essay about growing up in State College in the shadow of Joe Paterno is linked above:

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Then again, there are a lot of things about Penn State that I can't explain today.

I can't explain why the chain of command at the university failed at its duties, or why Joe Paterno appears to have fallen short of the moral standards he set for this university 44 years ago, when he devised a concept known as the Grand Experiment that would find a way to balance big-time athletics and academics. I can't explain why a school that taught us all to believe that success and honor were inexorably intertwined could have apparently put its own interests above those of abused children. I can't explain why it took five days for a sane and reasonable voice of the university — John Surma, vice chairman of the board of trustees, who stoically weathered a nationally televised press conference — to show up and apologize in something more than a published statement.
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more here: The culture of unrest at Penn State

Ashton Kutcher's incredibly moronic Twitter faux pas:

How the Penn State Scandal Helped Ashton Kutcher Learn Basic Internet Skills

 

[Concerned Papa]

Unreal!


Witness to Alleged Rape
WILL Coach for PSU on Sat.

http://www.tmz.com/2011/11/10/mike-mcqueary-penn-state-tom-bradley-joe-paterno/

So, McQueary sees a 10-year-old getting raped, doesn't help the child, doesn't go to the cops, sees Sandusky around for the next 9 years and never asks about it, yet he's still being allowed to coach on Saturday?

 

[Clearly Confused]

So, McQueary sees a 10-year-old getting raped, doesn't help the child, doesn't go to cops, sees Sandusky around for the next 9 years and never asks about it, yet he's still being allowed to coach on Saturday?

I'm speechless!

 

[wfgodot]

Excellent Jen Engel column:

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Theo Fleury, a Stanley Cup champion, an Olympic gold medalist, is in the middle of a three-decades-long fight to take responsibility for his recovery and rehabilitation from child molestation.

Forgive him for having little sympathy for the people unwilling to muster the courage to do all in their power to stop a pedophile.

&#8220;What could they have done?&#8221; Fleury rhetorically asked me Wednesday afternoon as we discussed the controversy at Penn State that extinguished Joe Paterno&#8217;s coaching career, a controversy that left many in the public feeling like Paterno and others within the program didn&#8217;t do all they could to put a stop to former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky&#8217;s alleged actions. &#8220;How about dialing three little numbers &#8212; 911? How about the right thing? How about doing what they would want done if it were them? How about saving a child?&#8221;
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more here: Fleury speaks on harsh reality of abuse (FoxSports)

 

[Trident]

So, McQueary sees a 10-year-old getting raped, doesn't help the child, doesn't go to the cops, sees Sandusky around for the next 9 years and never asks about it, yet he's still being allowed to coach on Saturday?

What a proud day for Penn State.

 

[Quiche]

If The Second Mile was founded in 1977, and Sandusky was separated from it in 2008 (from the announcement on the first page), and in the GJ report we see dates of abuse beginning in 1996ish-- what of the nineteen years before the victims we know of? This is what I'm bracing myself for.

http://www.thesecondmile.org/welcome.php

 

[porkchop]

Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,' Says Mark Madden
http://www.nesn.com/2011/11/jerry-s...ung-boys-to-rich-donors-says-mark-madden.html

It's even more disturbing. :furious:

Another interesting point that is made in that interview is the situation around Sandusky retiring. They mention that he was told he had to retire in 99 in exchange for a coverup of his activities.

Also they bring up the point that others in college football knew what he was up to. After all you have this guy who was arguably the best defensive coach at the time retire at a young age for a coach, and not get a single offer from any school to be their head coach.

 

[Evan's Mom]

If The Second Mile was founded in 1977, and Sandusky was separated from it in 2008 (from the announcement on the first page), and in the GJ report we see dates of abuse beginning in 1996ish-- what of the nineteen years before the victims we know of? This is what I'm bracing myself for.

http://www.thesecondmile.org/welcome.php

This is what we were discussing at lunch today.
Dude is old, he's been doing this a long time and he set up that foundation to prey on vulnerable little boys.

 

[mikkismom]

So, McQueary sees a 10-year-old getting raped, doesn't help the child, doesn't go to the cops, sees Sandusky around for the next 9 years and never asks about it, yet he's still being allowed to coach on Saturday?

IMO, there is NO WAY this guy will be on the sidelines. They would be stupid to put him out there (unless they put a bunch of guys with red wigs so you can't tell which one is him.) If he does coach, it will be from 'the box' - with ALOT of security. - JMHO

 

[Dr.Fessel]

Multiple outlets now reporting new Sandusky rumor is being investigated; more info here:

New Jerry Sandusky Rumor Threatens To Make Penn State Scandal Much Worse (SB Nation)

A pedo ring would sure explain why they just didn't turn the creep in and fire him when he was caught.

 

[davehead21]

This is what we were discussing at lunch today.
Dude is old, he's been doing this a long time and he set up that foundation to prey on vulnerable little boys.

I think this is what is so disturbing to me. This wasn't some sicko who decided to molest a couple of boys a few times, this was a man who went to great lengths to seek out, groom, and eventually molest these children. Utterly disgusting and heartbreaking.

 

[Concerned Papa]

IMO, there is NO WAY this guy will be on the sidelines. They would be stupid to put him out there (unless they put a bunch of guys with red wigs so you can't tell which one is him.) If he does coach, it will be from 'the box' - with ALOT of security. - JMHO

What's McQueary's qualification to be a receivers coach for a major college football program anyway?

His 9 year silence?

 

[Quiche]

Sandusky's wiki page says he's adopted six children and has fostered as well.

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Sandusky"]Jerry Sandusky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]