The Sandusky Grand Jury Report.

http://cbschicago.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/sandusky-grand-jury-presentment.pdf

Madonne TIS, how could you not know? This is not a sports story. It's been on every network news show just about 24/7 (Cain owes the story a thank you).

Paterno is the winningest coach in college football history. He's a living legend at Penn State (if not elsewhere) where students rioted last night on campus in protest of his termination. It's not over by any means as there is the eventual prosecution and inevitable civil suits.

What I want to know is how could anyone witness a 10 year old being sodomized in a shower, and walk away?? What kind of person turns their back on a child in such a situation? It's beyond my comprehension. Forget about calling the police, but how can you turn your back on a rape? You just walk away and let the rapist continue?

That's why McQueary only told his father and Paterno. He did not want Paterno mad at him by going to the police and he wanted to move up in the PSU football organization.

What kind of twisted, sick logic is that where this guy essentially said "sorry about that kid. You continue to be raped because I want to make sure that I don't look bad to Joe Paterno."

I would not - at all - be disappointed if McQueary was beaten to within an inch of his life while coaching the game on Saturday. He has no right to be on the field or to be employed at Penn State.

While I do not agree with everything you say, I agree that Paterno is not evil. However, he did deserve to lose his job because he did not do enough to follow through on an ethical basis. While he may have his ass legally covered (and I agree he should not be jailed), he did have a responsibility as a father, father-figure, grandfather, and coach to make sure all authorities (PSU and local police) were made aware of Sandusky's sickening behavior.

I also disagree with your statement that the cops are the "real frauds." There are far too many people and departments than just to single out the police. The District Attorney did not press charges initially, McQueary and his father should have done more than just tell Paterno, the PSU police, and on & on.

The bottom line for this was Paterno's power and money. Let's face it - football was the lifeblood of Penn State and nobody wanted to see that apple cart upset. Instead of getting out in front of this situation, everyone involved all of these years put the entire university at risk.


Unrelated to your post, what exactly were those several hundred idiots rioting for last night? Did they read the indictment against Sandusky? Penn State had NO CHOICE but to fire Paterno for his role in this. Was it bad to dismiss a coach over the phone - probably. But the issues here are unprecedented in sports. Children's lives were irrevocably changed by Jerry Sandusky and these idiot rioters were protesting the dismissal of a football coach?

DT, your posts are usually pretty responsible. This post isn't. Penn State's football program may very well be the cleanest in the country. Since we don't know what's going on at Florida, UT, etc., we can't determine that. We can only state what we know and what we know does not lend itself to normative conclusions.

Institutional Covering up for a pedophile for more than a decade is worse than any scandal invlving recruiting, boosters giving money to players, cheating on tests, and the usual things you find. I stand by my position that this is the worst thing any football EVER done.

I said that Paterno should lose his job but i just think many people have lost touch of who the real criminal is which is Sandusky. I know people should have done more. But lets be honest its easy to say from the outside what people should have done. I mean i bet half of people would have done something and half of people would have been in shock. Not saying its right i'm just stating facts

The problem is that this is such a heinous accusation and so many people were at fault. First and foremost is the pedophile Sandusky. BTW, how in the hell did a judge let this animal out on bail? This judge's decision is idiotic.

The second most at fault is McQueary. I don't care that he reported the incident to his dad and Paterno. McQueary was 28 years old at the time and, at the very least, could have yelled out "STOP!" when he saw the attack. He could have done it from a safe distance and ran like hell - at the very least.

You're correct that none of us know how we would react to such a situation and it's easy to second guess. But there were much better options than slinking out of the locker room like a coward while still avoiding a confrontation, but making it known that Sandusky had been caught.

This is one small excerpt that, in my opinion, shows undeniably that McQueary could have done more for that little boy:

McQueary is a guy who once stepped in and broke up a player-related knife fight in a campus dining hall — a fight police admit could have been very ugly. But this week, he is getting blasted by the public for doing too little.

Another school admits to filing child abuse charges:


(Reuters) - In the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, another university, The Citadel military college in South Carolina, revealed on Saturday that it had investigated accusations against a camp counselor but took no action...

I have a feeling sadly, there are many more shoes to drop here.

Reports today, said Mike Mcqueary did get that kid out of those showers. If that's the case I owe him an apology.

It also contradicts the grand jury report. Sandusky's legal team are high-fiving each other.