As the verdict came down swiftly for the Penn State monster Jerry Sandusky, so turns another chapter for the Nittany Lions.
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The authorities and higher ups with the University that were aware of the molestations committed by the former defensive coordinator for Penn state are now facing charges of lying to a grand jury, and could suffer serious jail time. A hearing has been set for July 11th for the former Penn State AD Tim Curley and former Vice President Gary Schultz.
According to NCAA President Mark Emmert, this could be the most serious infractions case in NCAA history. He went on the say that the NCAA would examine “Penn State’s exercise of institutional control.”
What assistant Mike McQueary saw was made clear to Patterno, Curley, and Shultz, and yet no authorities were notified. So what does this mean? That Penn State was willingly and knowingly protecting a child molester? That the success of the football program was more important than saving young boys from a subhuman like Sandusky?
By definition, that’s exactly the case. So how do you fix a program with loyalties like these?
Cease and desist.
The perfect punishment for a school with ties to protecting a child molester, who devoted his time to surrounding himself with young boys, whom he knowingly intended to rape and molest, is to shut it down.
Randal Etheredge
An Alabama grad and “student athlete”, casting stones fronm that institution of lower learning. Really?
One of those stones seems to have landed on the proper cranium
The death penalty is for football related offenses.That’s not the case here.If McQueary had gone to the police in the first place none of this would have happened.Once you start playing whisper down the lane,you have hear say and inadmissible evidence.Enough of the fake moral outrage.Sandusky just had his day in court.?He’s never getting out of jail.He’s not Penn State.There was a time when Alabama prevented black athletes from competing,perhaps the University of Alabama needs to suffer the death penalty for racial discrimination.As horrible as the sins of Jerry Sandusky are,Alabama’s policy of discrimination affected the lives of many more young black men.
Can’t compare segregation to what Sandusky did. Segregation was an institution and Jim Crow laws were crimes against humanity. Sandusky is an individual who committed crimes. Making comparisons between segregation and Sandusky’s crimes is an argument littered with fallacies and it’s unfair to all of the victims of both segregation and Sandusky.
The reason why Randal called for the death penalty for the football program is because the powers at the school never reported the crimes to the police. We will never learn Joe Paterno’s motives first hand because he is no longer with us. The other guys at the top will probably reveal theirs one way or another. I don’t agree with Randal on the death penalty for PSU. But these crimes are football related in the sense that these men had the power to do something, but they decided to protect the Penn State football brand ahead of the children. It is very similar to the Catholic Church coverup.
Sandusky was not a member of the football team.He was a faculty member emeritus,and as you pointed out an individual.Paterno was a man in his mid 70′s who getting second hand information that could never be used in court since he was not a witness.How often do police act on hearsay and rumor?He passed what he heard up to the AD which was the proper procedure.Paterno and Sandusky were not friends,Paterno actually informed Sandusky that he had no chance of succeeding him years before this came to light.The school president and the AD are so much more than football.That’s why this is just puffery and fake outrage,and people taking potshots at a man who gave six decades to a university.Why not call for the death penalty for other sports like girls volleyball or baseball?They had as much to do with Sandusky as the football team at that time.
I’d like to know why the current Governor and former Atty General,Tom Corbett never prosecuted this case when he had the chance.He has yet to give a satisfactory answer.
As far as Alabama and it’s racial history…President Kennedy had to federalize the Alabama National Guard to force the school to admit black students in 1963.Both situations are tragic,but I believe the one in Alabama was far more reaching and had many more victims.
George-All your points are valid other than comparing segregation and pedophilia. Alabama’s segregation and Sandusky are mutually exclusive topics and have no business being within in the same rational argument. You are burying your points by bringing it into the picture.
Well apples and oranges.The fact remains that the death penalty is for teams that cheat to gain a competitive advantage.I’m tired of all the self righteous chest thumping.I’m tired of people who want to punish innocent student athletes.This is one of the most successful programs when it comes to graduating it’s players in the country.These players don’t deserve any crap from the likes of Randall Etheredge anymore.
Death penalty has only been used once. Randal is entitled to his own opinion and you are too. There is something to be said where the Penn State football program was more important than the safety of children. Does that mean we should shut it down? Not sure, but for the sake of argument, let’s say the PSU program is shut down. It still would not make up for the harm that was done. It isn’t a chest bump thing or being self righteous. It does speak about our values. It may not be fair to shut it down, but it sure as hell wasn’t fair for the powers that be at PSU protect their program and institution and sacrifice the well being of children, knowingly. This thing runs real deep.
It’s true that the racism surrounding our school is an outrage and an appalling embarrassment that unfortunately is still a major problem. No one could possibly, in this day and age, be a backing voice in racism. What happened at State is in no way an equal situation. One man had his hand caught in the cookie jar. One man was responsible and the surrounding environment was anti-that situation. Back in the segregation years, the community acted as a whole, and was equally responsible. You said yourself that death penalties are for football related offenses, well the athletics office was not responsible for keeping African-Americans out of the school. But it was in fact PSU administration officials responsibility for keeping Sanducky on the sidelines and coaching football.
I’ve followed PSU football since the 1959 Liberty bowl when Rip Engle won against a young Bear Bryant. I lived in Tuscaloosa for the 1979 Sugar Bowl and was the omly blue and white jersey to be seen. Both schools have great pride in their programs. PSU has suffered irreparable damage from this scandal with monetary losses yet to be realized. Freeh’s internal investigation has only begun to release some of it’s findings. He’s interviewed over 400 people and as a result we now know that Schultz knew about the 1998 Sandusky incident and McQueary, Paterno, Curley, Shultz, and Spanier knew about the 2001 incident. Representing PSU, the ultimate decision was Spaniers who chose not to alert outside authorities. The trustees claim that Spanier either did not inform them of these incidents nor keep them updated as to what was transpiring. It’s hard to claim lack ofinstitutional control when they are the ones calling the shots. I hope that a bunch of youg athletes don’t suffer as a result of the crimes of an ex football coacn.
Death Penalty IS for football related offences. SO why are you not crowing about MIAMI? As an alum of The Pennsylvania State University I am both saddened and outraged at what was allowed to take place at our University. There are many questions that remain unanswered and probably will. The first and foremost is will the victims and their families finally be able to start healing?
While Coach Paterno did not contact outside authorities he did contact Schultz who oversaw the police in University Park. I grant that more should have been done but who knows what was said. There is much to be said about Spanier, Curley and Schultz. All that anyone can do is now pin it on a dead man and a pedophile. Did the Board of Trustees know? Why didn’t Gov. Corbett due more when he was alerted as a state DA? Why is there a man gone missing? Maybe as a studious pupil you should do more research into the case. This was not anything to do with the football team. It has unfotunately marred more than anybody outside could ever know.
Its a delicate case no doubt, but it is inane to believe the death penalty is the solution. Emmert has no control over anything anyway…
The death penalty does nothing to help the children or families of the victims. The death penalty in fact doesn’t punish anybody involved with the Sandusky era, since they have all been fired from the school. Therefore it shouldn’t be an option.
Instead of trying to hurt the football program, further the investigation and prosecute everyone that turned a cheek to the horror that occurred for decades.
Let’s not forget that a death penalty sentence would be affecting people who were roughly three-to-six years old when the 1998 incident occurred. This is a sad moment for humanity to be sure, but it would not be right to punish those who had nothing to do with the crimes. Sandusky will rot for the rest of his life, as he should. You are entitled to your opinion, but I would question how well thought out the argument was to begin with.