Penn State is digusting

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discuss.

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My ds removed them from his list. The situation is just too much.

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Yes. The only thing to do is drop football. The whole cult is really messed up. They waited to go after Sandusky so joe could have the most wins. Sick place and those students rioting.

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Not defending them but I think many schools with big athletic programs might have done something similar. They probably knew there was a problem and tried to take care of it or look the other way so as to not kill the cash cow. Maybe the thought was, how big of a problem is this and what are the chances it will get out of hand or found out vs we need championships at any cost so we can attract more students to pay tuition and entice alumni to donate money to a school with a popular, money making (licensing of tv rights and merchandise) sports team. Greed.

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Anonymous wrote:Not defending them but I think many schools with big athletic programs might have done something similar. They probably knew there was a problem and tried to take care of it or look the other way so as to not kill the cash cow. Maybe the thought was, how big of a problem is this and what are the chances it will get out of hand or found out vs we need championships at any cost so we can attract more students to pay tuition and entice alumni to donate money to a school with a popular, money making (licensing of tv rights and merchandise) sports team. Greed.

Yes, and not understanding the compulsive nature of pedophiles.

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My husband is a former player, early 90s. Joe was a huge mentor of his and to watch the situation unfold has been really devastating to him. He has stated that he feels he now has to be ashamed of what use to be remembered as one of the best periods of his life. Sandusky was known as a creep and some people knew more but alot of people didn't. My husband spent his entire childhood working towards playing Penn State football and spent alot of his early adulthood participating in many alumni programs, he feels as apart of his family has been destroyed forever. He went on to play professional for a few short years but his professional career ment nothing to him compared to his Penn State days. However, we both realize it does not even compare to the pain and devastation Sandusky has caused so many and we are both thoroughly disgusted with him and how Penn State reacted. Ps: I went to a small college close to Penn and always felt sad I wasn't an alumni, not anymore!

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Anonymous wrote:My husband is a former player, early 90s. Joe was a huge mentor of his and to watch the situation unfold has been really devastating to him. He has stated that he feels he now has to be ashamed of what use to be remembered as one of the best periods of his life. Sandusky was known as a creep and some people knew more but alot of people didn't. My husband spent his entire childhood working towards playing Penn State football and spent alot of his early adulthood participating in many alumni programs, he feels as apart of his family has been destroyed forever. He went on to play professional for a few short years but his professional career ment nothing to him compared to his Penn State days. However, we both realize it does not even compare to the pain and devastation Sandusky has caused so many and we are both thoroughly disgusted with him and how Penn State reacted. Ps: I went to a small college close to Penn and always felt sad I wasn't an alumni, not anymore!

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If penn state had more alumni with as much character as your husband, they wouldn't be in this situation . In retrospect, penn state was the lucky one to have players who already had decency, they never needed nasty joe to teach them.

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How about if they hire only female coaches? Pedophiles are more likely to be men.

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Anonymous wrote:How about if they hire only female coaches? Pedophiles are more likely to be men.

What do you suppose is the reason for that?

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The football program needs to be suspended for the school to regain respect. It's apparent that the administrators protected the program while children were destroyed. The biggest fear they have is to miss a couple football seasons. Make it happen NCAA . They will learn life goes on, some things are more important, and never to get priorities so backward again. If that happened, in the end joe actually taught a lesson...just not the one he wanted.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not defending them but I think many schools with big athletic programs might have done something similar. They probably knew there was a problem and tried to take care of it or look the other way so as to not kill the cash cow. Maybe the thought was, how big of a problem is this and what are the chances it will get out of hand or found out vs we need championships at any cost so we can attract more students to pay tuition and entice alumni to donate money to a school with a popular, money making (licensing of tv rights and merchandise) sports team. Greed.

Yes, and not understanding the compulsive nature of pedophiles.

Yes, I read today about the discussion via email about whether to report Sandusky to the authorities. These guys seem not to have understood that pedophiles don't just stop because you wag your finger at them. Did it not occur to them to ask an actual expert about the prognosis for someone like Sandusky or did they just think they could diagnose this guy all by themselves? So blind and ultimately arrogant.

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Anonymous wrote:The football program needs to be suspended for the school to regain respect. It's apparent that the administrators protected the program while children were destroyed. The biggest fear they have is to miss a couple football seasons. Make it happen NCAA . They will learn life goes on, some things are more important, and never to get priorities so backward again. If that happened, in the end joe actually taught a lesson...just not the one he wanted.

Agree completely - where is the NCAA in all of this?

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I don't know, OP. As a Penn State grad, I sincerely hope you're smart enough to blame those responsible and not the entire school, students, alumni, and others affiliated with PSU who are sickened by the actions of those involved and wish to heal.

I also question the quality of your school if they didn't teach you how to spell "disgusted" correctly

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I only blame those that try to keep the football program running with no interruptions. The folks who want to shut it down are fine and a credit to the school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not defending them but I think many schools with big athletic programs might have done something similar. They probably knew there was a problem and tried to take care of it or look the other way so as to not kill the cash cow. Maybe the thought was, how big of a problem is this and what are the chances it will get out of hand or found out vs we need championships at any cost so we can attract more students to pay tuition and entice alumni to donate money to a school with a popular, money making (licensing of tv rights and merchandise) sports team. Greed.

Yes, and not understanding the compulsive nature of pedophiles.

Yes, I read today about the discussion via email about whether to report Sandusky to the authorities. These guys seem not to have understood that pedophiles don't just stop because you wag your finger at them. Did it not occur to them to ask an actual expert about the prognosis for someone like Sandusky or did they just think they could diagnose this guy all by themselves? So blind and ultimately arrogant.

The more you probe, the more guilty it looks if you don't do anything about it. Sometimes people like to stick their heads in the sand.