Some must-reads today from Penn State child sex scandal

tweeterhawk

tweeterhawk

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All very damning stuff of Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno and to a lesser degree Penn State:

The birth mother of Jerry Sandusky's youngest adopted child, Matt, has come forward saying she believes the former Penn State coach led her son on a path of self-destruction and that she contacted authorities years ago about her son's safety. Behavior the son exhibited after moving into the home had classic symptoms of child abuse. Four months after moving into the Sandusky home, the son attempted suicide, along with another girl who was staying in the house. After the suicide attempt, a school-based probation officer wrote a letter to a local judge asking that the boy's care at the Sandusky home be reviewed. Now a father himself, Matt defends Sandusky and even took his children to visit him after his arrest. However, the mother of Matt's children sought and obtained an order preventing Sandusky from being alone with his grandchildren.
Penn State Scandal: Mother of Sandusky's Adopted Son Speaks Out - Yahoo!

Several stories today on the Sports Illustrated Web site, including a major cover story exploring the entire scandal. It tells how a high school football coach, alarmed by the behavior he saw from volunteer assistant Jerry Sandusky, first blew the whistle.
Special report on Jerry Sandusky, Joe Paterno, Penn State scandal - SI.com - Magazine

A very thorough look by the New York Times into how the scandal unfolded, what tipped off investigators, and a more detailed report on what McQueary told Paterno and investigators. Read the entire story.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/sports/ncaafootball/internet-posting-helped-sandusky-investigators.html?_r=1&hp

A lawyer for one of Sandusky's alleged victims denies the boys are backing off earlier claims and said his client will testify to severe sexual assault.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/sports/ncaafootball/lawyer-says-client-will-testify-to-severe-sexual-assault-in-sandusky-case.html?src=mv&ref=general

Columnist Joe Nocera suggests that instead of attempting to protect Penn State football, Joe Paterno in 2002 was more concerned with keeping his job and therefore failed to fully report the child sexual assault that had been brought to his attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/opinion/nocera-was-paterno-trying-to-keep-his-job.html?scp=1&sq=paterno&st=cse
 
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when the high school guys who saw sandusky twice with kids called the police, shiite hit the fan. that's what happens when the police are called, McQueary.
 
imported_ankle23 said:
when the high school guys who saw sandusky twice with kids called the police, shiite hit the fan. that's what happens when the police are called, McQueary.
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No joke, that is one of the more frustrating parts of this. They handled it the right way, and you just think "Why couldn't PSU have done the common sense thing."
 
silvanthalas said:
Duff = PSU trustee ;)
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I don't mean under the rug. I mean over, resolved, out of the headlines. I'm just sick of hearing and hearing about it. I'm sick of the ******* hack job op ed pieces, the human interest pieces. I'm sick of message board yahoos trying to out do each other on how bad they want these ****ers to die, or how guilty they are. I'm sick of all of it.
 
tweeterhawk said:
Columnist Joe Nocera suggests that instead of attempting to protect Penn State football, Joe Paterno in 2002 was more concerned with keeping his job and therefore failed to fully report the child sexual assault that had been brought to his attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/opinion/nocera-was-paterno-trying-to-keep-his-job.html?scp=1&sq=paterno&st=cse
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It makes me wonder why Paterno would be worried about keeping his job unless this had been covered up for quite some time. An icon like Paterno could have come out of this looking like a hero had he reported it and taken a big stand against what Sandusky has done. We would have all forgotten about this by now and he would have went on to go out the way he wanted to.
 
ssckelley said:
But you keep coming to this part of the forum and reading the topics here. If you are tired of hearing about this scandal then stay out of this section of the forum.
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Dude, get a grip. I'm not railing on the OP for posting this. I'm saying I'm ready for the PSU thing to be over. Actually I was ready this weekend. I'm just ******* sick of it.
 
ssckelley said:
It makes me wonder why Paterno would be worried about keeping his job unless this had been covered up for quite some time. An icon like Paterno could have come out of this looking like a hero had he reported it and taken a big stand against what Sandusky has done. We would have all forgotten about this by now and he would have went on to go out the way he wanted to.
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There was a faction in the PSU administration, members of the board and prominent alumni who more or less thought Joe was over the hill following consecutive 5-7, 5-6 seasons in 2000 and 2001 and wanted him gone. Even the plain vanilla, supposedly objective AP was openly wondering whether it was time for Joe to retire.

Nocera's suggestion is that perhaps Joe didn't do much to bring light to the rape reports out of fears it would give the program a big black eye and be the excuse his critics finally needed to force him out.
 
DuffMan said:
I don't mean under the rug. I mean over, resolved, out of the headlines. I'm just sick of hearing and hearing about it. I'm sick of the ******* hack job op ed pieces, the human interest pieces. I'm sick of message board yahoos trying to out do each other on how bad they want these ****ers to die, or how guilty they are. I'm sick of all of it.
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I get this sentiment. Mostly I want this to get to trial. I saw Tom Masereau on some talking head show (forget which one) talking about defending Michael Jackson. He basically described knocking down one by one the plaintiffs whose leaked grand jury testimony had convicted Jackson in the court of public opinion.

I believe Sandusky is guilty as hell but I'm afraid there will be a group of liars coming forward with their hands out as Masereau described with Jackson. The Op Ed stuff is getting tired. Time to get Jerry into a court room.

Also, when asked, Masereau said he had no interest in repping Jerry. I thought that was funny for some reason. I guess I just got the image of Jerry's schmuk lawyer getting killed by the prosecution.
 
DuffMan said:
Dude, get a grip. I'm not railing on the OP for posting this. I'm saying I'm ready for the PSU thing to be over. Actually I was ready this weekend. I'm just ******* sick of it.
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This thing is just revving up. "Being over" bolted out of the barn and is nowhere to be found.

The criminal cases are gonna pale in comparison to what comes out in the civil cases.
 
ThunderHawk said:
This thing is just revving up. "Being over" bolted out of the barn and is nowhere to be found.

The criminal cases are gonna pale in comparison to what comes out in the civil cases.
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Have no doubt that will be true. How much will be leaked out beforehand to force bigger settlements? Penn State and its insurers will certainly have an interest in not having the civil litigation go to hearing or trial.
 
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