and NCAA investigation was deeply flawed and a rush to judgment. Obviously this is true. The NCAA was so desiring to get this off the table and into the basement they rushed investigation, Freeh was rushed, they uncovered a lot, and presented to PSU, they figured PSU would accept with humility by the sheer volume of obvious and numerous cover ups that they would go quietly.
Penn State didn't.
Freeh and the NCAA and all concern should have continued to peel the onion, and uncover all of this. The rush to try and convict Sandusky was obvious. And it was easy. Was he railroaded? Well his defense team was a couple of incompetent boobs, but it was the easiest case. Boom. done.
But PSU was also being punished, along with Paterno and the Three Stooges. This was more complicated. It was institutional. It was an entire community, even state. But there is obvious a trail of dots that can be connected. And it if they wanted to punish and expose this for what it was, gross and reprehensible disregard for children's welfare in the name of pursuing a false bravado of football success with honor and Joe's legacy.
To think, if someone, anyone within Penn State or State College would have set aside the "inconvenience" and followed up any of these reports about Sandusky with a previous one, the monster would have been stopped, PSU would have a small bit of embarrassment but really not their fault, and this would have all been long over. Kids lives would not be ruined. PSU would not have this still hanging over its head.
Just the "don't care, have a football season to prepare for" mentality has landed them here. Great job. You guys are LUCKY the NCAA and Freeh Report didn't continue to dig.
Penn State didn't.
Freeh and the NCAA and all concern should have continued to peel the onion, and uncover all of this. The rush to try and convict Sandusky was obvious. And it was easy. Was he railroaded? Well his defense team was a couple of incompetent boobs, but it was the easiest case. Boom. done.
But PSU was also being punished, along with Paterno and the Three Stooges. This was more complicated. It was institutional. It was an entire community, even state. But there is obvious a trail of dots that can be connected. And it if they wanted to punish and expose this for what it was, gross and reprehensible disregard for children's welfare in the name of pursuing a false bravado of football success with honor and Joe's legacy.
To think, if someone, anyone within Penn State or State College would have set aside the "inconvenience" and followed up any of these reports about Sandusky with a previous one, the monster would have been stopped, PSU would have a small bit of embarrassment but really not their fault, and this would have all been long over. Kids lives would not be ruined. PSU would not have this still hanging over its head.
Just the "don't care, have a football season to prepare for" mentality has landed them here. Great job. You guys are LUCKY the NCAA and Freeh Report didn't continue to dig.
