WE ARE…PENN STATE. OK, ya, ya, ya. I went there and I get the camaraderie. No, not the main campus, but a branch campus that still had that Nittany Lion pride strong and wide. And, of course when all of my friends went onto Happy Valley and I transferred to Temple, I still made trips to see them at PSU. I will never forget my first football game there. It was exciting, overwhelming, and pure fun. Joe Paterno was the king of the hill and treated like a GOD. The crowd was doing the wave and chanting that famous chant, WE…ARE…in a sea of blue and white. These are college memories you never forget.
But, since all of sexual abuse scandal has rocked this state, country, and students at this college, I can’t help but think this is just another act of big business not having morals. Yes, I’m referring to college as big business because that’s exactly what it is. Money first, football second, and education last. Not for everyone, but for the school’s agenda it’s all about the dollar bills.
What I can’t understand is why nobody went to the police. Oh, wait a minute, yes I can. They didn’t go because God forbid they shame the name of PENN STATE. Forget about the lives of the victims, why would they want to lose money for a small percentage of the wounded? Mothers and fathers surely wouldn’t send their children to a university with a tarnished reputation, and one of sexual abuse by mentors, nonetheless. Spare a few so the millions and millions of dollars keep coming.
Pure losers. Life is not a game. It’s for real.
I can just imagine the scene of stuffed shirts in an office talking about Sandusky’s unthinkable acts of sexual abuse.
“If this gets out we are all fired!”
“Our school will fold.”
“We will have no football team and no leverage to bring students here to study.”
“God, I hope they don’t find out that I’m guilty too.”
I’m not poking fun at the severity of this horrible situation. Let me make that MORE THAN CLEAR. I’m writing what I think is truth. I’m sure that someone on the board of trustees had to know about this. One lie covers another and so forth and so on. They are far from innocent as they sit on their mighty throwns.
It’s beyond my comprehension why nobody went to the police with this life altering information. You mean to tell me, that not one person’s morals kicked in and pressured them to report it and follow up on it even further? It sickens my soul.
You can bet if it were Spanier’s, Paterno’s, McQueary’s, or any one of the trustee’s children, something would have been done to stop this monster like behavior. Nobody would be worried about the outcome or their reputations. And, Jerry would have gone straight to jail not just have his key privilege to the locker room revoked.
The thing that gets me about McQueary is that he was such a wimp. He had to call his daddy first? Are you kidding me? He should have beat the “you know what” out of Sandusky. At the very least call 911.
Our country has been making idols of athletes and sports figures for far too long. They make more money than they will ever spend while lots of Americans are struggling to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. They act out like a spoiled child when their new contracts don’t have enough zero’s attached. We give them too much power. It’s pathetic. Real heroes and mentors are taken for granted everyday. They serve their countries, families, schools, and communities without thinking twice or expecting undying admiration from anyone.
JoePa is not a GOD, even though he was treated that way for running a football team forever. I’m not sure why McQueary hasn’t been fired yet, but he’s the eyewitness that did nothing. We could do the blame game all day long, but the biggest issue is that it’s too damn late for the victims. The damage is done and they are forever mentally harmed by people they thought they could trust. People they should have been able to trust.
Happy Valley is not so happy right now. The men in charge have brought shame upon the campus and the country all in the name of money.
Haven’t they ever heard that “It all comes out in the wash?” Children don’t stay little for long.
This entire scandal comes down to the almighty dollar…if you are Penn State, make that millions and millions of dollars.
The King of the Hill has fallen, but he’s not the only one who should take the hit. Every person that sat in that white collar stuffed room and chose to do nothing should get a little Sandusky friendly treatment. An eye for an eye, boys!
Mr. Sandusky will surely have his time to feel the love he has so desperately and apparently been missing.
Sometimes you get exactly what you give. Be careful Jerry, friends are waiting for you, not at Penn State, at the State Penn.
Good luck, when prison guards don’t come to your rescue and mum is the word.
