Well, I was hoping to write a cheesy, funny entry tonight about how much i can't stand the show "How to Make it in America", but yet cant stop watching it. I also wanted to write about Joe Frazier, a Philly legend and warrior in the ring who recently passed. Unfortunately, I just got done reading the Grand Jury Report of Jerry Sandusky and I really cant contain myself. I really wish I had one of those "talk and type" things cuz i'm just ready to fire.
Back in 2004, I really really really wanted to go to Penn State. I applied, wrote the essay, and had pretty decent grades to get in. I told my dad that I didnt want to go anywhere but main campus. However, dear ole dad thought it would be smart to put that i'd attend a satellite, thinking it would increase my odds of getting in. WRONG! Not only did i get accepted to Mount Alto!!! but the letter came on Christmas Eve. So you could say i have a bias against PSU, but i ended up going to Fairfield University, having the time of my life, had a beach house senior year, and made some of the best friends of my life. So you could say i forgave PSU and thought they were merely looking out for my best interests. BOY WAS I RIGHT!!!
After reading this report, I am amazed that i didnt vomit the king size reese's bar i just ate. Honestly, I thought Human Centipede was the most horrifying thing in the world, but this takes the cake by lightyears. The report starts out explaining how the grad student (McQuery) witnessed the sexual abuse (thats putting it lightly considering what happened) and reported it to his father, the police, and Joe Paterno. Paterno took it up the ranks to Curly and Schultz (if i get the names wrong i apologize, but i just cant go back a read that again so im going on memory). Paterno told them what the grad student saw, so they were aware that Sandusky had literally just sexually assaulted and molested a child. They reported it, and then later denied it to authorities. ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!! They swept it under the rug and all they did was ban Sandusky from bringing kids on campus anymore. Thats like me robbing a bank at gunpoint, taking the money, spending all of it, and then having the cops come to my door and tell me that i simply cannot go back to that bank. The report then goes on to explicitly detail 8 different victims' experiences with Sandusky. How he (let me put this in lamens terms) touched, spooned, massaged, 69'ed, showered and had every type of sex possible with 10-14 year old boys throughout the span of over a decade.
This is an utter disgrace. This makes Reggie Bush and Tyrell Pryor look like saints. Al Golden is stuck in the shithole program of Miami right now thanking God that JoePa didnt step down earlier and hes not in this mess. Who cares if an agent takes some guys out on a yacht. I really dont. This is tremendously different on all levels, and the bottom line is that Curly, Schultz, the suceeded president who i cant remember right now, and YES, EVEN JOE PATERNO swept it under the rug. I dont care how many kids he graduated, how many national titles he had, how many undefeated seasons he had, it's disgraceful and unforgivable.
My roommate and his girlfriend are PSU grads. I have a number of friends who are PSU grads. I honestly feel terrible for them that their Alma Mater is now forever associated with this dispicable event. I feel bad for the players, past and present, who are scarred (undeservedly so) by this event. But most of all, I feel awful for the victims who's lives were stolen from them. What sick individual not only does this, but creates a charity to mask his sick and twisted hobbies of destruction and perversion. I'll tell you what kind of individual- A MONSTER.
Again, I was hoping to write something witty and funny to (hopefully) make you laugh, but since I have this tiny soapbox to chime out on, I just had to. I usually make stupid comments about stuff I know nothing about, but after reading that report... there are no words. Sandusky is a monster and deserves to spend the rest of his days in a 8x8 cell till he dies. Curly, Schultz, and (i got it now) Spanier deserve to go to jail as well. And Joe Pa... well, I do not believe Joe is a monster. I dont believe he is a sociopath. Joe is a great coach. He is a great motivator. But unfortunately, he is also a coward. And if anyone doesn't think so, you're blind and naive.
If you would like to discuss further or disagree with my assessment, please come to the Manayunk Brewery this Saturday Night. I'll be the jackass with the fedora on.
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Now that some time has passed, I hope you'll check out the article, "The Final Judgment of Joe Paterno" by Bob McKinnon. As more information comes out about Jerry Sandusky, it's important to correct some of the misinformation that was _everywhere_ about Paterno a few months ago. For example, "He DID go to the police -- the head of the university police," "McQueary DID NOT give him all of the sordid details," and "He DID follow up multiple times with McQueary."
ReplyDeleteCheck it out here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-mckinnon/joe-paterno-dead_b_1222237.html