The Bone Yard

...Did I miss a new development?

Won't happen. Joe covered his tracks too well...actually he didn't as we have seen lately.

And where he didn't PSU fans will just look the other way or talk about 50 years of "good."

What did he ever do that wasn't primarily to build his powerbase at PSU?

Please PSU fan answer me.

A very wise decision.

I don't follow. You don't think we'll have much 'heated' discussion? 'Cause we've got posters here that have ruffled feathers across other boards JUST fine so far.

Yes, I will possibly be writing a column soon in that vein. And it is always good to quote Andy from "Shawshank."

Just as Andy asked the warden, the victims wish they could ask JoePa "How can you be so obtuse?"

The most disturbing part of this horrific scandal is that nobody askes the question, or even tried to find out who the boy was that Sandusky was with in the shower when McQueary witnessed the event.

McQueary waited a day before telling Joe Pa, and then he sat on it over the weekend because he didn't want to inconvenience anynody.

Where was the concern for the victim? Why did nobody try to figure out who it was and make sure he was safe? How come nobody has even tried to find out who this boy was even to this day?

I've quit researching the back story on this whole fiasco because the more you dig the sicker it gets.

Yep, you are right. I had been going a bit overboard.

I mean everyone knows the actual act of doing it and letting it continue so your "business" wont get any bad pub are night and day different.

Maybe you could answer "How obtuse was Joe?"

We're talking about two completely different things.

Paterno ran the program so that they would never go through probations and sanctions. Very clean program. Much like Osborne's.

On the other side is the criminal acts that became prevalent over the last ten to fifteen years. That has naught to do with the NCAA, and is totally about personal behavior. It's nearly impossible to control a another person's behavior, if they are intent on breaking the law.

About all you can do is get rid of them.

As I said, the issues are two sides of the same coin, but do not come into contact with each other.

So in your opinion, PSU should have just shut down the football program, and indeed all their sports teams because of the actions of one individual?

Or are you suggesting that firing that person was simply not enough?

First of all that is a state university, just like Nebraska. This is not only likely to bankrupt the school, but also the state.

Secondly, the man was retired from the football program in 1998. You cannot hold the university responsible for any of his actions since then. He wasn't an employee of the school any longer.

Third, they had only the word of a single individual - one person - who saw something in the shower. the question that has never been answered is who was the other person? Was he a consenting adult, that is, over the age of 18. If so, then it's not necessarily a rape. The nature of the incident that spurred his retirement is not determined.

So much of this took place when he was no longer under the purview of the University. Now, I think the University was wrong to try to over it up, but that's also a problem created by men who are either dead or have been fired/retired as well.

Look, I get it. For many people this is a deeply personal issue. I understand. But wishing for the death penalty for issues that are criminal, not necessarily NCAA issues, is rather pointless. Yes, there will probably be sanctions of some kind, but you don't shut down an entire athletic program for the actions of a single individual. And you can't shut down a State University for the same reason.

It may have been the actions of one person doing the raping, but it was a more than that doing the cover up, which took place within the athletic department, which falls under NCAA jurisdiction. Yes I think the school should be shut down, and until all the facts are in the open I will hold my ground.

At every stage of the investigation people have denied any truth of the matter at hand or their involvement in covering it up. Atleast until it is proven that they were involved in one way or another, in whig case they resign or step down from their current positions. Those aren't people that are remorseful for their actions, but people that don't care about what happened to the victims or the families of the victims. They only care about themselves and the longevity of their career, and doing whatever it takes to prolong the career.

There is still so much we don't know, and no one but the individuals involved actually know how deep this actually went.

I think paterno got off free. He died without ever having to own up to his part in this. I hope he is removed from the hall of fame.

As for the people that covered it up, they should have the same punishments as sandusky, as their acts were just as heinous.

One big reason why OJ wasn't removed from the HOF is because the murders he was found guilty of (that is in civil, not criminal court) happened long after he was done playing football. What he did after football may be forever tainted in the eye of the public, but like it or not, it does not delete his football accomplishments from history. It's undeniably an odd situation though.