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Penn St ex-coach, others charged in child sex case (https://chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=252153)

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Originally Posted by FringeNC (Post 8089127)

This story doesn't seem so feel-good anymore:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vau...7979/index.htm

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On July 1, when Sandusky announced his intention to retire, one of the first calls he received was from Matt Millen, a Penn State All-America in 1978, who greeted him with, "It figures that the guy who has been there for 30 years would get out before the guy who has been there for 50."

Matt Millen's winning streak continues.

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Working under Paterno takes something out of a man, too. Sandusky was asked last week if he'll miss Joe Pa. "Well, not exactly," he said. "You have to understand that so much of our time was spent under stress, figuring out how to win. That takes a toll. We've had our battles. I've quit. I've been fired. I've walked around the building to cool off." Paterno says, "I'm not the easiest guy to work with." Millen puts it another way: "Figuratively speaking, that Paterno nose is everywhere."

Um, ok. I'd say 95% chance Paterno and everyone at PSU pushed him out for the 1998 allegations, and thus knew he was leaving PSU to spend even more time with kids. Ugh.

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at heart, E.J. says, Sandusky is "a frustrated playground director." E.J. remembers the kickball games his father organized in the backyard. "Dad would get every single kid involved," says E.J. "We had the largest kickball games in the United States, kickball games with 40 kids."

Says Millen, "A lot of people were surprised when Jerry said he was retiring. Me? I was surprised he stayed that long. Jerry has so many passions and so many gifts besides coaching football—a gift for teaching, a gift for helping, a gift for guiding kids. This is a man with a lot to do."

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58 (Post 8089973)

I'll take the risk of career suicide every time over a lifetime of guilt due to not reporting something like this.

How many kids were victims because no one spoke up or went to police?

Yeah, I just can't buy being scared about your career as an excuse to not speak up in this situation. This is not something like scrubbing the numbers in the accounting department or talking crap about some fat chick in HR. This is serious, life-altering stuff.

Apparently Sandusky was working out at the PSU football facility just last week (several times).

How in the world is Paterno allowing that, knowing all the people that testified to a grand jury about these allegations?

How in the world did the GA, Mike McQueary, not at least take the child away from the situation when he walked in on Sandusky raping the kid in the Penn State shower?

It sounds like he saw it happening and then immediately left to call his dad. That inaction makes me want to vomit.

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Originally Posted by eazyb81 (Post 8089998)

That inaction should get him arrested before all is said & done. As I understand it. In all 50 states It is illegal & a felony to watch or see such an act being preformed on a minor & not report it to thee authorities.

This is pretty much a hypothetical season 7 of The Wire. Serving an institution before your fellow human always leads to bad things.

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Originally Posted by The Meat Lover's Pizza Face (Post 8089735)

Disagree.

If I had a good job and saw some sick **** doing something...and then reported it to my superiors...and the superiors did nothing about it...I'd still be disgusted but I wouldn't necessarily walk out on my job. Especially if it was a good paying job.

If anything, McQueary is one of the good guys in this entire mess. He did more than anyone...it's not his fault his BOSSES squashed the entire thing. He told his dad, and then JOE PATERNO...after that, it's not really his call to do anything else.

What was he going to do? Call the police and turn it into a G.A. vs. Legend "he says, she says" battle?

You're pretty ****ing sick dude. All bets are off and reputations go out the window if I walk in and see some old ass dude violating a small child. Doesn't matter who they are, I'm calling the police after I pull myself together. Jesus man..

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Originally Posted by seamonster (Post 8090115)

You're entitled to your opinion. So am I.

In my opinion people who do this to kids should be executed. First offense.

And anybody who doesn't report it or doesn't ensure authorities find out if they know or should have known it was going on should be doing jail time.

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Originally Posted by Shogun (Post 8090137)

http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphot...60094673_n.jpg

ROFL

This can't be real. How does this get published?

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.c...338689cl-8.jpg

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Originally Posted by kstater (Post 8090207)

This can't be real. How does this get published?

http://beta.images.theglobeandmail.c...338689cl-8.jpg

How dare they mislead people into thinking they can make Thanksgiving happen with only ten cents?!?

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Originally Posted by OnTheWarpath58 (Post 8089973)

I'll take the risk of career suicide every time over a lifetime of guilt due to not reporting something like this.

How many kids were victims because no one spoke up or went to police?

I know it's crazy, but you're asking a lot of McQueary.

I've read plenty of Enron case studies. A lot of people know they're doing the wrong, hate that they're doing the wrong thing, but are you willing to throw away your entire future to blow the whistle? That's a lot to ask of a guy. It makes me sick too, but the decision is a hell of a lot harder than people think.

I'm a huge Joe Pa fan, but his situation is a little different. He's in a position of power. He owns that University. I hate that he made the completely wrong moral decision on this one.