Ending The Nittany Nightmare: Penn State Pre-Game Plea, An Open Letter To President Rodney Erickson
An Open Letter to Penn State University President Rodney Erickson
With much respect -Do what I say, and do it today.
Hire the best Public Relations firm in the country for PSU’s needs. I am redacting that recommendation for the publication of this open letter, but it is included in my email to you. Don’t spend the time or manpower to run through the approved vendor lists and bid it out- not that kind of gig. The Board of Trustees can WebEx if necessary and this is the kind of emergency proxy was invented for.
Once retained, have the agency facilitate meetings through their agents with Bill Parcells and Bill Cowher immediately. Specify no leaks to the press until after they occur and by mutual agreement. Cowher may be the low hanging fruit on this one, he is returning to CBS next year.
If neither is interested in a head coach commitment of an 8-1 Big Ten team, follow their recommendations about who to contact next and ask them; beg if necessary, if they would be willing to consider a consulting gig for the recruitment process. Urban Myer is a fine coach and leader, but regardless of who PSU ultimately chooses, efforts to rebuild the PSU brand must start with a nationally recognizable face of a trusted and respected winner, like yesterday.
Champions attract champions and without that, it is like asking collegiate coaching candidates to walk into the lion’s den (pun intended) wearing a raw steak necklace. You will not even get one to tour Lasche, trust me on this.
This strategy would likely also include a public facing spokesperson effort, and worth every penny if that is all you can get a commitment for from either coach.
Pay them to sit in the lobby. Pay them to ride the elevator a few times, but get them on grounds. Pay them to have a motivational meeting with the team.
If you have some strong players they could attach to quickly and produce an “I remember when I was a young fig on the tree” memory synapses, it couldn’t hurt.
Instruct all team members never to roll the eyes should the phrase “When I was your age we played ball with pads made of glass and never wore cleats in the snow”; if they told me that I would believe it.
This is the kind of benchmarking that will revitalize wilting spirits of a young athlete, and the parents with the trembling hand over the eject button.
Half the free world is digging old milk cartons out of the recyclables to see if they recognize any kids they may have seen with Sandusky or on the sidelines of a game- they need a new visual association.
As you already know, if you are lucky enough to get this far, they will advise you to release every staffer from the interim athletic director to the water boys that were ever part of Paterno’s camp or rolled up his pants before the game. Do it.
This might be a good time to allow a try before they buy scenario if either are willing, as “guest coaches” to finish the season.
While I am at it, I might suggest a reality miniseries of the process- I know some folks from HBO familiar with the Hard Knocks of football, I would be glad to make a connection.
Donate those proceeds to Coach Parcells or Coach Cowher’s disadvantaged children’s charity of choice which is vetted in advance by a specially appointed member chosen by the new Ethics officer.
Point is, you need immediate public support and that will require immediate damage control or your Titanic does not even have the measly lifeboat option.
The public perception is that there is more to this horror movie after the commercial, and the commercials are disappearing as well.
Your job is to employ the resources that can change the channel when the public is not looking, and forget what they were watching in favor of the new programming, which includes sponsors aligned with that audience.
It is about as transparent of a plan as I can offer- with hope and promise to the innocent victims of this tragedy.
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Hello, Blinkers! Thanks for your fiery indignation and fastidious reporting of every nuance of this heinous criminal matter.
You all are HOT
WOOT Thanks for saying what I should have. Got somepin on the stove.
B
Well, that’s what happens while typing in the dark!I was trying to change the upper case HOT…lol)
I hear your pain and personally find it very hard to ‘go there’ in this unthinkable crime. I feel sick that this disgusting (ugly teeth with that income?)sociopath was allowed to slither around the university and all of college football. Didn’t it bother anyone?
How does this happen?
I’m going to be very aware in my small world of anyone *attempting* to prey on the innocents.
Recently, I had a s.o. patient and removed myself from his care at every opportunity. (He claimed one of his victims, age 2, “liked it.”)On the day he died, I had to adjust his life-giving oxygen cannula. And what do you think I did? Right. I did no harm.
No police report.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/16/us/pennsylvania-sandusky-case/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
I should have posted it….no police report after all.
Every man for himself!
Can’t find the words to comment on this just yet:
http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-football/story/2011-11-16/mcqueary-played-in-sanduskys-golf-tourney-after-alleged-rape
Word Girl
It is power and money that allows such an event as this to survive over such a long period. All sociopaths IMO must have one or more enablers in order to work their evil. In this case, there may be a dozen or more who fulfilled the enabler role over time.
Pedaphiles are masters at concealing their evil intent. The problem with this case is it involves a university athletic department and administration who made a choice to conceal this crime and the criminal himself. This is pure evil perpertrated against an unknown number of young victims, their families, the university student body and the public at large.
The public will not IMO be satisfied with a slap on the wrist to the concealers and enablers. The idea of the university being a part of the government and being protected under law as an escape mechanism from liability should be denied in a court.
Word Girl,I applaud your restrant.
Considering how much evidence and people vanished in this case,is it possiable that McQuery did report to the police and that report *poofed*??
I keep thinking about McQueary, and I really really do not want to give him a pass on his behavior.
However, I am also concerned that he not be pilloried for telling the truth to the grand jury. He may need some outside/public support to “stick to his guns” in the face of what may be tremendous pressure to retract his story. In the face of the Penn State power structure telling a different version, it has to have taken a significant measure of courage to tell his story to the grand jury. Courage that came too late for some boys, but nonetheless courage of a significant measure.
This is not praise for him, but a hope for a degree of balance in viewing his role. Would the grand jury have indicted without McQuery? IMO, almost certainly not in the cases of Schulz and Curley. Would Spanier and Paterno no longer be in their positions without McQuery? IMO, they would still be in their positions.
Has McQuery irrevocably altered his career for the worse by telling the truth (I also find his grand jury testimony credible, if incomplete)? IMO, yes. That is part of what makes it credible.
His e-mail to his “friends” that was leaked, imo, is really a plea not to be abandoned by them.
So, I’m going to hold my criticisms of McQueary for now, to the best of my abilities. Not for his sake, but for the sake of all the victims whose credibility may be supported by his testimony.
I will be the first to admit that I am having a very difficult time with McQueary. I DO agree with you that without an eye witness account, this multiple year investigation may have stalled yet again.
That said, had he not told the truth, he would, imo, be charged along with Curley and Schultz, or one could argue there would be no case against them- definitely a double edged sword for which you make an excellent point.
There is no getting around the heinousness of this situation and therefore the emotions are difficult to contain; I really wish people would check their egos, shut their pie holes and listen to counsel in a situation like his. He is making this worse for himself, and I don’t just mean the public perception.
I agree with your opinion and I will do my level best, I would encourage others if you can “get there” to try, he is going to be a very important prosecution witness, period. The other judging is not for us.
B
interesting article about how the investigation unfolded with more details about McQueary
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/17/2989675/internet-tip-led-to-mcqueary-break.html
Lorere.. I am with you.. keeping an open mind to the possibility that there was a report is wise. My assumption is this mess/and/cover-up runs deeper than one might think, at first glance..After all a DA “disappeared”.. a police report disappearing is nothing compared to
a whole person.
Agreed, and a good point. Who “off’s” a prosecutor of 20 years?
B
Victim comes forward dating back from the 1970′s:
http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/dish/201111/report-alleged-sandusky-victims-far-back-1970s-contact-lawyers
snipped from link:
But if true, this report of potential abuse as far back as the ’70s would lend credence to the prosecutors’ view that Sandusky’s charity was used to find and groom children for molestation.
And, if indeed there were victims back in the 1970s, that would cover the greater part of Sandusky’s coaching career at Penn State, which began in 1969. Sandusky is credited with helping Penn State and head coach Joe Paterno become known for great defenses.
There is some noise comming from the federal department of justice that they may get into this situation. This will probably be tied to the allegation that Sandusky carried on his activities at the Bowl game in San Antonio. This will mean the FBI will be involved.
Is our can of worms about to grow larger or multiply?
Interstate trafficking for illicit purposes, among other possibilities.
B
Lizzy
I agree with your idea of holding off on McQueary and Blink about keeping his mouth shut. The university police are already denying that they ever recieved a report from him or anyone regarding the witnessing of a rape in the shower room.
I am sorry to know this is in your backyard. You did not ask for this nor did all the others who will be affected. However, society must learn to confront evil where it is found or it will destroy us.
At this point, IMO it would be very wise to do a total background check on all those who Sandusky had contact with over the past forty years. That is a lot of work, but we may find that there is a ring of pedaphilea that is connected.
what sherlock said , this is a dream come true for the victims and their families,to air all the secrets,is bringing healing to america ,i can feel it already, when carlos santana admitted his abuse,on 60 mins, and then rolling stone , the music world coincidently straightened itself out,when the catholic community embaced this issue ,catholic families healed amazingly(they feared it would bring down the catholic church),now the bad boys with all the problems of late have been the sports guys.this trial could possibly heal the world.
http://www.centredaily.com/2011/11/17/2989675/internet-tip-led-to-mcqueary-break.html
snipped:
Officials at the Second Mile, the charity for at-risk children that Sandusky founded and that prosecutors say he used to target victims, reported that several years of the organization’s records were missing and perhaps had been stolen. The missing files, investigators worry, may limit their ability to determine if Sandusky used charity resources — ex pense accounts, travel, gifts — to recruit new victims, or even buy their silence, according to two people with knowledge of the case.
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Several YEARS of records are missing? How does this happen?
Don’t these organizations get independent audits for cryin’ out loud? What ever happened to good accounting practices? I hate to say this, but if they had been properly audited, it just may have put a halt to Jerry’s “recruiting”. Ugh! Wonder which years were missing?
Looks like a double sentence in my 11:13am post. Sry!
Have a good day, Blinkers. Hugs to all, especially our fragile ones.
Blink I dont understand ur post. Why do you care about their football program right now? Why would any coach want to jump into this nightmare to “save” the football program? The situation is just unfolding its too soon to think of a way out of it. Perhaps the players and other students are “victims” so what? Their status as “victims” pales for lack of a better word to express it, next to the atrocities experience by the victims. The students and football players will get through this and be fine. The victims and their familes, friends will NEVER be fine, NEVER!!! Really, the fact at this early on in the crisis you are considering how to salvage the SCHOOL and FOOTBALL programs is baffling and sadding. The post itself is very disjointed and confusing, out of touch with your platform of victim advocacy. WTH?!!!!
Ragdolly, thx for that link re the mother and son conversations and how the school reacted.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/17/us/pennsylvania-sandusky-case/index.html
NOW we’re getting at the tip of the iceberg.
snip–
“The mother of the boy who first came forward said she first got clues that something was wrong when her son’s behavior changed.”
“Then, out of the blue, one day he was sitting at the computer and wanted to look up ‘sex weirdos.’ He asked me ‘What’s the website you get on to look them up?’ And I told him it was Megan’s Law. And he said, ‘Well, how do I type it in?’ So, I gave him the web address and he typed it into the computer and I said, ‘Who are you looking for?’ and he said ‘Jerry.’
ing on with Sandusky, the boy answered, “Sometimes he just acts weird. So I just wanted to see if he was on there, that’s all.’”
end snip–
This mother found out Sandusky had taken the boy out of school
so she asked the counselor to speak with him.
Snip–
“They told me that my son had said some things about that there was a problem with Jerry,” she said. “He just said that he thought he needed to tell somebody or it would get worse.”
The mother said that, at that point, she asked the school officials to call the police. They said no, she said.
“They said I needed to think about the ramifications of what would happen if I did that,” she said.
Asked what they meant, the mother said, “I don’t know. I guess, I’m assuming what we’re going through right now.”
Asked what she would like to see, she said, “I want Jerry Sandusky to go to jail for the rest of his life.”
end snip–
Shocking, isn’t it?
KM says:
November 17, 2011 at 2:03 pm
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KM, Blink’s number one priority has been (and always will be) the children! And I have to say I do agree with her latest post about the team and the future of the school…why should the current football team suffer the consequences for someone else’s action/inaction??? PSU has been a school of excellence, why should that change for it’s current students or the future ones???
Please, go back and read her other posts, as well as her responses during the discussions. I think everyone here is in agreement that the school needs to hold accountable anyone who had knowledge of Sandusky’s actions and chose to do the bare minimum.
Love your love, Word Girl!
To the victims….infinite love and prayers. Your courage is awesome and humbling in so many ways! XO
The charitable Judge Dutchot did not factor the fears of (former) child victim witnesses when she set Sandusky free of electronic tracking: http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=14961765
note victim 1 weeping with fear. Unlikely to make as many victims as are out there come forward, or have faith in local judiciary. She should become a small town pariah, and the victims be given EVERY support by Penn State: counseling & legal repr reimbursed at a minimum.
KM,
I understand your post and the feelings behind it – I forget too sometimes that Blink’s first career was in public relations. I took the post to be more of what should be done from a PR standpoint than from an advocacy standpoint, BUT, your post is valuable in that it shines light on an opposite point of view that shouldn’t be discounted in any PR campaign. I don’t have any background in PR, but my daughter is graduating in 6 months with a degree in public relations so I’ve learned alot. And as the mother of a college student, I feel extreme empathy for the Penn State students and faculty who are totally innocent in this matter. I don’t condone the overturning of vehicles but I do understand the feeling of wanting your fall Saturday to be a regular football game win or lose and feeling frustrated and devastated that it will never be again. And as a former victim of sexual assault, I understand the feeling of wanting complete destruction of the perpetrator and anyone abetting him. I don’t have a son, but I am a sister, and I cannot fathom what these brave men and their families are going through right now and I support them with all my heart. So does Blink I assure you.
Mary- I had no idea and I am so very sorry, and so inspired by such courage to be heard.
You responded to KM better than I could have, thank you.
B
Blink. I’m so sick to my stomach and angry I will have to wait before I throw in my two cents worth…I don’t know how you keep up with all these cases…you amaze me.
There is a great deal of power in the background of this – honestly, power along the lines of the Pope! How else can you explain this perfect storm of protection.. (NO,not saying the Pope in envolved,but someone with enormous power) So,who could this be?
lyla says:
November 17, 2011 at 8:28 pm
“Blink. I’m so sick to my stomach and angry I will have to wait before I throw in my two cents worth…I don’t know how you keep up with all these cases…you amaze me.”
________________
lyla: I have been in such a funk, as I think an entire nation of decent peeps have, wondering WTF? How have we as a species sunk so
low? I can’t even begin to do any research…..I haven’t even been able to read the indictment, so afraid of what I will see in my nightmares.
Blink: I second lyla. I don’t know how you manage either. Keep it up. The world needs you.
Mary: Hugs to you. Thanks for shining a light on it.
2 4 1
@Blink and all
this case is really so yuky
what with that old Sanducky admitting he was naked
horseplaying with young boys in showers
that I can hardly read this stuff as it just gets
worse
I hope these young men put him away a long time And any one else involved to
Judge replaced – snipped from below link:
One other update on the scandal: The State College judge who was overseeing the case has been replaced, due to her close to ties to the charity that Sandusky founded.
Link: http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2011/11/how-random-message-board-post-blew-penn-state-investigation/45099/
First and foremost Penn State needs some PR help for sure and I think Blink’s suggestions are sound good advice. I have heard many tv personalities weigh in on both sides of this and wanted to share my thoughts. Many have said forget the football program right now, these victims and what was done to them by both Sandusky and those who helped cover up or delay investigations, etc. deserve what they get regardless of the outcome to the program. I am a mother of an extreme athlete who sees his dedication and hard work both on and off the field daily, year after year…all in hopes of playing in college and beyond. There are players for Penn State who have worked their whole lives to get there and are completely innocent of any wrongdoing. These athletes not only have to perform on the field, but also in the classroom in order to continue to play. I can tell you my son works hard in the classroom and at home studying ONLY because of his desire to play athletics. He is not one that can pass without studying and working hard, but he does, and I know it is because if he doesn’t, he won’t play. His goals are for college and beyond, just like all the Penn State players. To think that something like this could destroy all that he’s/they’ve worked for is heartbreaking. I agree Penn State had a lot of work to do and a lot of price to pay and the coverups need to stop now. But to penalize the kids who I know have worked so hard, for so many years, for this chance would be a whole new slew of victimizations to innocent young men.
Well written in depth article:
Snipped from link:
In an eerie twist, the local prosecutor at the time, Ray Gricar, disappeared in 2005. His laptop and hard drive were recovered from the Susquehanna River, irretrievably damaged, and his body was never found. It made for hot conspiracy theories last week. Contacted by SI, Tony Gricar, Ray’s nephew and the family’s spokesman, would not dismiss anything out of hand. He said that while his uncle was indifferent to the football program, he knew he would need an airtight case. “There [were] far-reaching consequences for Ray bringing a case against Sandusky,” Tony Gricar said. Borrowing a line from The Wire, he added, “You come at the king, you best not miss.”
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/11/16/penn.st/index.html#ixzz1e5bi7ZHT
The NCAA just officially notified PSU that they will investigate. It’s a pretty strong letter, a followup to a phone call.
Here’s the letter:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2011-11-18-ncaa-letter-penn-state.pdf
And the article where it’s linked from:
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/campusrivalry/post/2011/11/ncaa-investigation-penn-state-letter-mark-emmert/1
Joe Paterno has treatable form of lung cancer, son says
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Former Penn State coach Joe Paterno has a treatable form of lung cancer, according to his son.
Scott Paterno said in a statement provided to The Associated Press by a family representative on Friday that the 84-year-old Joe Paterno is undergoing treatment and that “his doctors are optimistic he will make a full recovery.”
The announcement came less than an hour after Penn State said the NCAA would examine how school officials handled a child sex abuse scandal that shocked the campus and cost Paterno a job he held 46 years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/apnewsbreak-joe-paterno-has-treatable-form-of-lung-cancer-son-says/2011/11/18/gIQADK15YN_story.html
Lung cancer reported in Joe Paterno. Article says it was discovered
during a follow-up visit for a bronchial ailment. Could be but I’m guessing they knew after his first chest xray.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/18/us/pennsylvania-paterno/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Penn State story’s expanding horizons
It’s already arguably the worst scandal in the history of sports, and it might be even worse than we think.
• Missing records at The Second Mile foundation
• Transfer of title to Paterno home
• State grant to The Second Mile
• University president’s lobbying to conceal police records:
• McQueary’s continued association with Sandusky
• Possibility of postseason football
@link expands ea of these areas …
http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/story/_/page/munson-111118/developments-penn-state-suggest-widespread-cover-up
Second Mile charity to close.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57328033/report-sanduskys-second-mile-charity-to-close/
The Pulse: Penn State squandered its window to best handle crisis
At least six months.
That’s the minimum amount of time that Pennsylvania State University officials had to ready their public response before everything hit the fan in the Jerry Sandusky case. While the debate continues as to who within the Penn State community was on notice of Sandusky’s alleged sexual abuse of children over the years, it is undeniable that, since the spring, the university was on notice of a potentially earth-shattering investigation. Still, the ineptitude that appears to have marked the oversight and management of Sandusky while a coach and in his retirement similarly prevailed when it came to communications.
When the warning bell sounded in the spring, the university should have: launched its own investigation, fired everyone with knowledge of Sandusky who did not call police, and otherwise attempted to honor its standard of “success with honor” by leading on this issue. Instead, it has exacerbated the shame felt by every family with a Penn State connection.
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/michael_smerconish/20111118_The_Pulse__Penn_State_squandered_its_window_to_best_handle_crisis.html
No Penn State Trial Until At Least 2013
PHILADELPHIA – In a detailed legal analysis of the Penn State sex-abuse scandal, The Wall Street Journal says there won’t be a trial for at least 14 months, and it will be an election issue.
Linda Kelly, a confidant of Gov. Tom Corbett and the current state attorney general, isn’t running for election in November 2012.
So the trial will not happen until a new attorney general is election and sworn in, with January 2013.
At that point, defendants Jerry Sandusky, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley will have been under the media microscope for more than a year.
Given the high profile of the case, the race for attorney general will get national attention and should attract more than a few well-known candidates.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/sports/penn_state/no-penn-state-trial-until-at-least-2013-1111811
Paterno Didn’t Sell His Shore Property
But MyFoxPhilly checked the official court records for Cape May County, where the Paternos own a much-bigger house in Avalon, N.J.
But there is no record of a property sale or transfer dating back to 1972.
Also, the web site Zillow has more details about the Paterno house in Avalon
Zillow estimates its value at approximately $3.5 million, based on its location and 5,500 square foot size.
The estimated value for tax purposes is $3.9 million.
The Paternos are Pennsylvania residents and they own homes in two states that don’t have laws that exempt houses from bankruptcy proceedings.
So it would have made sense, according to the Times’ logic, for both houses to be transferred by the Paternos if they really sought to protect assets.
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/sports/penn_state/paterno-didn't-sell-his-shore-property-111611
Paterno being treated for lung cancer.
Second Mile may be folding and transferring services to other agencies/nonprofits.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45362364#45362364
Thanks for the NCAA links beejay. I raised the issue of what the NCAA may do in regards to this problem earlier.
This letter IMO is step one in getting at the facts in order to determine if the rules and by-laws of the NCAA have been broken by the school, both at the athletic department and the administration.
This is an investigative notice and requires some answers to the four questions raised. We will have to wait to get the schools response and the next steps to be taken by the NCAA.
In RiverPearl’s link there is informaton that PSU was aware of this investigation in the spring, yet they apparently decided to keep everything under wraps. With the record of sucess that they have enjoyed over the past 18 years or more, they probably thought they could win this one as well.
This is going to get very ugly and a lot of people are going to be involved. It will not be cleared for several years. In the meantime, anything associated with PSU will be suspect.
If I were a student that had to go out into the business world and present a transcript to a potential employer, I would be scared.
This is just one of the effects that this will have on the student victims. Employers may take a dim view of the moral values exercised by the school administration and transfer that to any graduate that is applying for a job.
This will be just like the Chicago “Black” sox that threw the world series in the 1930′s. It took a long time for the people to get over that crime.
ATG I am not sure if you caught some of the research from beejay, and early comments from Sherlock, but at the heart of this mess, I believe the can that has been opened is going to uncover much more than just charity inappropriation and sexual abuse by just Jerry Sandusky.
There is no way I believe that this is multi-million dollar enterprise built to “farm” and protect one man’s sick and twisted perversions. He accomplished what no other “ring” has since the 1970′s.
The concern I have, is that the investigation goes beyond the dermis, if you will.
B
It’s gonna take a Philadelphia lawyer, as the old timers say, to inform us of how Paterno and others could protect their assets. Bankruptcy is one area. But also civil money judgments and marital assets. Hard to imagine someone in Paterno’s position wasn’t well-advised long ago on how to hold title to his assets just in the eventuality that somebody got a judgment against him.
I do not believe Paterno has done anything to shield assets to date, or at least I have not seen any evidence of that. When I start seeing living trusts and LLC’s cropping up, I would change my opinion.
I am by no means a forensic accountant, in fact, one might make the argument that my math skills are not on par with some of my others, lol, but I can read 4 pages out of the IRS filings and tell you it is utter BS.
B
I was trying to say that anyone who works in a position where they might be sued (which is, uh, most of us) needs to get advice ALL ALONG, ie–from date of employment, on how to shield their personal assets should the need to protect them ever arise. Not that we do what we should.
No, I doubt that Paterno would take that sort of step as recently as that. If he didn’t take it long ago, it would be too late now anyhow.
Agreed, BS.
when alabama played penn st on sept 10,2011 the hype was “the renewal of an old rivalary”, i asked while watching the memories of the old great penn state days : what happened to penn sate? if they were such a football great at one time ,why is this game with alabama ,a practice session ,gift to paterno?seriously, i asked what happened ?,did they lose recuitment money?,the discussion got to point, where i decided for myself ,that at some point in recent history , the good high school players just didnt want to go to penn state anymore ,their football program died ,from its glory days of being a tough alabama ,sec .rival.***so now that this scandal has surfaced ,i wonder, did recruits even know ,that penn state has issues?
FTR, the White Sox team that had 8 players conspire to throw the World Series, was the 1919 club…
Carry on…
Blink,
Since you’ve termed the Sandusky situation a ‘ring,’ I’m wondering if
there are others, who physically molested children, under investigation?
I understand that they may not be named at this point and I also consider all those who allowed Sandusky to continue his crimes are guilty of molestation, as well.
This does not happen in this size, scope and duration and encompass one pervert, no freaking way.
One of the reasons I am flabbergasted at the “no bail” or monitoring status at a man facing over 400 years in the tank, is for his own safety, and I mean that sincerely. You can see the amount of money at stake here.
In the North Fox Island mess, the mastermind millionaires Dyer Grossman and Francis Shelden had 8 months to prepare and fled the US ultimately months before any warrant was issued. They were tipped off- shocker.
B
Does anyone have the link to Paterno’s IRS 4-page filing?
There are some assertions in this blog, “All for the wrong reasons”
about Sandusky’s involvement at Second Mile and dates that don’t seem correct, but maybe I’m reading it wrong. I am shocked that the charity gave JS a consulting fee of 57k, from 2001-2009, even while he was being investigated, and after the university informed them of McQ’s accusation.
What he does say, poignantly, is: “… Joe Paterno now leaves behind a legacy of gross negligence, incompetence, and utter disregard for the welfare of young and vunerable children, regardless of Jerry Sandusky’s criminal fate.”
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UGH! Another sport, another university, another assistant coach, another basement room. Ugh.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7250770/syracuse-orange-assistant-coach-bernie-fine-investigation-fine-denies-allegations-chancellor-nancy-cantor-vows-find-truth
“Syracuse associate men’s basketball coach Bernie Fine, accused by two former ball boys of molesting them over a 16-year period, strongly denied the allegations Friday in a statement released by his lawyer.” Snipped
“She [Syracuse Chancellor; Nancy Cantor] reiterated a statement Syracuse made Thursday night. In it, the school said: “In 2005, Syracuse University was contacted by an adult male who told us that he had reported to the Syracuse City Police that he had been subjected to inappropriate contact by an associate men’s basketball coach. The alleged activity took place in the 1980s and 1990s. We were informed by the complainant that the Syracuse City Police had declined to pursue the matter because the statute of limitations had expired.” Snipped
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7248184/syracuse-police-investigating-bernie-fine-molesting-boy-1980s
“[head coach] Boeheim saw me with Bernie all the time in the hotel rooms, on road trips,” Davis said. “He’d come in, and see me laying in the bed, kind of glance at me like, ‘What are you doing here?’ But he wouldn’t say that. He’d just scowl. And I would look at him like, I’d be nervous. I felt embarrassed ’cause I felt stupid that I’m there. I’m not supposed to be here. I know it, and Boeheim’s not stupid.”
Boeheim denied seeing Davis in Fine’s room.
I have some information on the Gricar case if anyone can point me in the direction of an email of the editor please.
You can mark it private, only you and I will see it, and I will delete it so that you will know I have read it.
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