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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Penn State's Football Future & the Ongoing Sandusky-caused Problems

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Penn State

The hiring of Bill O'Brien (no relation to me) is the next step for Penn State's football program.

Regardless of whatever may happen in the courts during an indefinite future, O'Brien will lead a group of young men on the field into uncharted territory.

Who really knows what damage has been done to this University's reputation, or what consequences may be imposed upon their athletic program moving forward.

Sandusky

For me, no matter what anyone says, thinks, feels, or believes, I know that Jerry Sandusky is the person who was, is and will be the most responsible for this entire scandal.

I know that many people have allowed themselves to become overly distracted by all of the other players in this dark sports drama.

Life is messy and not all people are heroes.

Only the self-righteous have said what all of the people who were dragged into that mess should have done. They are wrong and should not be judging a situation that they have never been in.

The most important individuals in this matter were the children who were victimized and their families whose lives were/are affected.

Of lesser importance, were the secondary victims - meaning every other person who was forced to react to the situation....Mike McQueary, Joe Patero, and on and on and on and on.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Penn State: Sandusky's red herrings

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Jerry Sandusky scandal

Question: What do all of these things have in common?...

1. Questioning what Mike McQueary saw, when he saw it, how he saw it, what he said about it and  
    what he did about it.

2. One of Sandusky's "interesting" lawyers explaining how underprivileged children need to be shown
    how to properly shower themselves.

3. Any talk of how Joe Paterno and the entire staff at Penn State (or anyone else) responded to the
    terrible problem created by Sandusky's actions.

Answer: They are all red herrings designed to shift focus from Sandusky's actions.

The logic behind trying to convince the public, the media and eventually a jury that everyone else did wrong while Sandusky did right is desperate and despicable.

Only fools buy lies. Only those who want to excuse Sandusky and others like him push 1, 2, and/or 3.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

The Sandusky scandal at Penn State: Costas, McQueary, & the facts as we know them

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Penn State: 


I earned a Communications degree from Penn State in 1990 and previously wrote professionally for more than a decade of my career.

The Mike McQueary interview on CBS revealed more about the media's rush to judgement.

More than a few in the 'the media' have no formal training and they have been 'trained' by people with no formal training.

As the internet age dawned and everything moved into permanent fast forward, fact checking and the desire to get it right was replaced by something different.

Rather than trying to get the story right, many who consider themselves to be media members simply want to get 'it'. It being a rumor, some gossip.

There are still good reporters in the world


Bob Costas interview Jerry Sandusky on NBC this week.

*The word 'interview' was hyperlinked, so you can obtain the direct facts yourself.

Costas is a great interviewer because he prepares well formulated initial questions and responds, in-the-moment, with relevant rebuttal commentary.

McQueary


As to McQueary - he wrote in an email, obtained by the Allentown Morning Call, that he did have discussions with the police and with a Penn State official who was in charge of the police about what he had witnessed Sandusky doing.

*The word 'wrote' was hyperlinked, so you can obtain the direct facts yourself.

My own personal opinion, as noted on this blog when the story first broke, is that we didn't know all the facts. With that being true, it was not logical to conclude that Sandusky should be spotlighted.

That was a simple, common sense, conclusion.

I learned that logic from family, friends and among others, my Penn State Communications professors.

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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Penn State: Is it possible that JoePaterno did the right thing and we don't know it?

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Penn State: 


Center County District Attorney Ray Gricar has been missing since 2005. His body has never been found since, but his car was found in a parking lot and his laptop computer was found in the Susquehanna river. That laptop was missing its hard drive.

Gricar was the DA who, in 1998, investigated the matters involving Jerry Sandusky that have now become infamous.

Logic

Gricar chose not to prosecute in the late 1990s because he must have believed that he didn't have enough conclusive evidence to do so.

What is the likelihood that a DA who investigated a case of this nature chose to never follow up after the late 1990s?

But, the entire argument about why this entire matter has remained a secret for so long seems to be missing some logical pieces.

What type of direct contact did Gricar make with head football coach Joe Paterno, assistant coach Mike McQueary, University President Graham Spanier and others?

Is it logical to believe that he investigated the matter without speaking to all of them?

How much were all of those people supposed to do?

Were they supposed to arrest him themselves? What were they told to do beyond what they had already done.

This is about Sandusky

If it is proven to be true that Sandusky did all of these things, or even one of them, then he will face justice.

If he somehow didn't do these things and that is proven true, then he won't.

But no one knows what any of the people who were forced to deal with this matter really did about it. And we all may never know because all of the information isn't out there.

Due to Gricar's unusual disappearance in 2005, he can't help now either.

It's possible that a presentation of whatever information he had and is still available may serve to answer questions about Penn State personnel and their role in this matter.

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