Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks Penn State

RT @Ben_Jones88: Wisconsin coach Brett Bielema on Penn State scandal. "Guess it's a good time to be a badger fan" (Via @trenni)

Latest report is McQueary will not be fired or resigned, but won't be coaching from the sidelines "for his safety"

Hard not to think he knows more and is fired will "blow the whistle" even more. Otherwise why is he still around

Hard not to think he knows more and is fired will "blow the whistle" even more. Otherwise why is he still around

At this point, who's left that he could sink? I really don't get why he's still around either. It doesn't make a bit of sense. I think you hit the nail on the head earlier on in this thread about sacrificing his silence for promotions.

got in a little arguement today at work with an older guy from up north. His excuse: Joe POS did the only thing he could, report to a superior and the other excuse: he's 84.

He's old? Com'on Man

Maybe some of the donors alleged to be involved. Or maybe there are other coaches who knew and did nothing. I don't know, I'm just guessing.

I hope I never see what he saw, that goes without saying. But I also hope my reaction is quite different. Beyond not intervening and beyond not going to the police. I mean how could he look Sandusky in the eye for all those years afterward. Makes no sense.

And those of you who read the report know there was another incident with another eyewitness. He can't defend himself now (dementia) but at the time why didn't he, or the superiors he told, go to the police either. They say it was for fear of losing their job. But these are 10 year old and younger kids. They're defenseless and no one came to their side. Tragic

got in a little arguement today at work with an older guy from up north. His excuse: Joe POS did the only thing he could, report to a superior and the other excuse: he's 84.

He's old? Com'on Man

Yeah, he's too old to make a sound decision about reporting a child molestation, but not too old to run a 50mil profit/year football program.


Ask most of these idiots would they do the same if it were their child in the shower. Most of them will mostly likely answer differently. If not, let's hope they never reproduce.

Could the university actually fall apart though? I mean even before all this the state government was considering cutting subsidies to PSU, for economic reasons. If they cut subsidies, if the DOE gets involved and levies fines or whatever, if there are millions of dollars in civil suits, if the application rate drops significantly...could that effectively destroy the university. Not just the football team, but the whole university

I can tell you there are already advertisers who are demanding to have their ads pulled from any game involving Penn State.

I think it would take a lot for a university to fall apart. Also, I am sure the state economy would take a hit if that were to happen to PSU. State appropriations only count for about 8 to 9% of PSU's revenues.

Now, what will happen is that PSU's prestige will take a huge dive (and in higher ed that's big, hence USNWR rankings). PSU may get less applicants or less talented applicants and they will need to admit more students in order to get their tuition/fees revenues. At this point, the PA governor has already signed the budget, but next year during the budget cut debates they will find it hard to fight the budget cuts as they did this year.

Maybe some of the donors alleged to be involved. Or maybe there are other coaches who knew and did nothing. I don't know, I'm just guessing.

You have to believe EVERYBODY in that football complex knows. You think McQueary actually sat on what he saw without telling anybody else? Hell no. Even here when our basketball coach was messing around, there were whispers and people talked so without a doubt I believe that whole coaching staff knew something. Which is why every last one of them has to be fired at years end.

But I also hope my reaction is quite different. Beyond not intervening and beyond not going to the police. I mean how could he look Sandusky in the eye for all those years afterward. Makes no sense.

I've stated before that one thing that angers me is a bully. I like to bully the bullies so I know how I would have reacted. I've stopped things (not of this magnitude) before and I would have in that situation as well. I agree, I imagine he probably never looked as Sandusky the same. How could you? I hear their families were close so how could his family look at him the same way either?

And those of you who read the report know there was another incident with another eyewitness. He can't defend himself now (dementia) but at the time why didn't he, or the superiors he told, go to the police either. They say it was for fear of losing their job. But these are 10 year old and younger kids. They're defenseless and no one came to their side. Tragic

That's exactly why Smoot. They are scared about losing their jobs. Jobs are replaceable, a human life is not. It's crazy how loyal people are to the institutions they work at, yet their institutions have none to them.

I hadn't thought of the second point

McQueary to coach Saturday? Reasoning difficult to comprehend - NCAA Football - CBSSports.com (http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/story/16064518/mcqueary-to-coach-saturday-reasoning-difficult-to-comprehend)

Also, isn't the Athletic Director technically on leave right now? Shouldn't he be fired as well? He's the guy that Paterno reported to I believe.