The excuses are as disgusting as the issue....Stuff happens, what was joe suppose to do, etc. all in the name of psu football. Would you take the same approach if your children were the victims? All for football. Mike should have stopped it immediately and when told by mike joe should have gone to the police. Not as a vigilante but as a decent human being.
Just curious, what is your opinion of the young man killed during football practice? An accident, yes? Gross negligence, yes? Beyond monetary reparations, nothing.
As this is a conference realignment board this will be my last post on this topic, but please tell me how this is all about football? Did it include a current coach or player violating NCAA Regulations? Events surrounding Jerry Sandusky were disgusting, but it's easy to hold that opinion after he became a convicted pedophile. 10 years prior to his arrest he was viewed as a respected civic leader, and generous philanthropist. He got away with what he did for as long as he did because much like convicted Catholic Priests or school teachers he hid in plain sight. Parents trusted him around their kids, and PSU Administrators to their own detriment did as well.
I'm sure your a good guy offline, but what bothers me about your post, outside of the crassness of it, was that it aimed to point the finger of blame entirely at Joe and PSU. Again the story Mike told was not credible enough to compell him to act, or to convince a practicing physician to call the police that same night. Joe got an admitted censored version about "horseplay" a day later, but he alone should have bared the responsibility of contacting the police? Especially considering this was a man who everyone up to that point believed to be the polar opposite of a dangerous person?
Where is the righteous indignation in your post for parties with far more culpability than PSU ever had? Our illustrious Governor knew that if the public percieced Sandusky as primarily a PSU Administrators and PSU Football Problem, then it was less a PA Attorney General, state & local police, Child Protective Services, various foster and adoption agency, guidance counselors, and 2nd Mile Problem.
The charity founded by Sandusky and used by him to groom victims, was allowed to simply close up shop and avoid all scrutiny. Would it surprise you to know that this charity was heavily supported by prominent CEO's and celebrities? People who would not want their names associated with Jerry in the public eye? How about the fact that this charity financially supported now Gov. Corbett's election campaign?
Not surprisingly there was nary a whisper from the state about looking into Jerry's activities while CEO of the orginization. The grand jury presentment, and later BOT contracted Freeh Report assured that a large percentage of the general public would hold an opinion like yours. The next few years will be very eye opening for a lot of people as the Feds have been in State College for quite some time doing their own investigation. Knowing what we know now Joe/PSU should have done things differently, knowing what they knew then, it was far more complicated.