I have hesitated to write anything about the Penn State rape case, deciding to allow the story to unfold naturally, choosing to read and listen to the usual "talking heads" that come out of the "word-work" when a story such as the Jerry Sandusky scandal breaks. It's been two weeks and at least 9 years since things were first "brought to light," then buried by the football Gods of Happy Valley, and then resurrected by some dirty old state prosecutor years after the fact.
The act, "let's be perfectly clear here," was to bend young boys over and introduce Sandusky's male member into their anus. There further were all kinds of touching, kissing and licking the man's male parts by these young boys until ejaculation was achieved and the personal gratification for the man was at an end.
This is not a family friendly blog, never has been and never will be. What this blog attempts to do is speak the truth as best it can. There is no easy way to talk or write about the Jerry Sandusky "alleged" activity with the young boys that took place for as long as 40 years. I have no "ax to grind" with assistant coach, "retired" Jerry Sandusky, or head coach Joe Paterno, "a living legend."
However as more people come forward and as more monetary law suits are filed, it gets harder and harder to believe the accused and to turn a blind eye towards Penn State, its athletic department or the administration that governs the school. It is growing into a case where fate, fame, lust and greed have taken over, and decent common sense left the building years ago.
Students and alumni alike seem to have joined arms in a kind of "lock step" march that overlooks facts, and endeavors to protect the good name of the university, the football program, and those people responsible for governance of same.
I was a General Manager of a baseball club one time, taking over a troubled, struggling organization that was rampant with all sorts of financial abuse. Everybody knew of the problems, of the abuse, and either was implicit in the activity, or knew about it. What I needed to do was "clear the decks," fire every member of the former regime. The only one that didn't know anything about the problem was the field maintenance guy.
My point is simple, as with the southern Wisconsin baseball team, everybody at Penn State's football program knew about Jerry Sandusky and his despicable acts of sexual depravity. The "buck" stops with Joe Paterno, his image is forever tarnished, and the atmosphere of his football program more important than however many little boys or young men that were bent over and penetrated by the monster that Jerry Sandusky became, is completely wrong.
All major sports programs, "always football," look the other way when it protects the "program." The money involved, the prestige in place, and the protection of the players comes way before any innocent by-stander. I have seen it, participated in it, and lived it, all for the good of the program, or those individuals involved. At the time I didn't even give the activity a second thought, it was what was done, it's how the program operated and survived from year to year and decade to decade.
Joe Paterno won lots of football games at Penn State, helped many kids to make a living in the National Football League as players or coaches. Now most are tainted by the acts of those that were in charge, by those men that were left to govern, to lay out a path for success.
Each and every man failed, each and every man deserves to be fired, and their names taken from the rules of honor. Not one person should escape the grim story that is emerging of physical and sociological harm to the young boys. Joe Paterno, you're caught, there is a special place for you in hell, now that's the real hot seat.
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