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Was Sandusky protected by football culture?

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12 months ago

Was Sandusky protected by football culture? - CNN.com

Jay Jennings says Jerry Sandusky escaped close scrutiny partly because we tend to idolize coaches.
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No.
'Just to make it clear, I'm not transferring, I like it here too damn much to leave.' Jordan Kerner
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MsnBama said...

No not really. Just some people at the top made some bad choices in dealing with the situation when they first got wind of it. Was he revered & a PSU legend? Sure. But if someone at the top did something about it at the moment it was reported it would not have been as bad for PSU as it turned out to be.
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I say yeah, at least somewhat
The same way Urban Meyer gets jobs is the same way Joe Pa gets an ESPN special for his funeral
People care more about winning football games than victims they don't know
They may not say so, but peoples actions suggest otherwise
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ejb5212 said...
No.

yes.
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aumajorpain said...
yes.

It wasn't covered up for the sake of the Penn state nittany lions.
'Just to make it clear, I'm not transferring, I like it here too damn much to leave.' Jordan Kerner
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ejb5212 said...
It wasn't covered up for the sake of the Penn state nittany lions.

I don't think anyone's necessarily saying that. We're saying that if he was an average Joe instead of a D1 defensive coordinator, he would have been caught sooner.

This post was edited by ScoutExile on 6/20/2012 at 4:55 PM
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ejb5212 said...
It wasn't covered up for the sake of the Penn state nittany lions.

I disagree
It was to save their own asses sure but the health of a program that helps pump millions of that cash money it was certainly part of the reasoning to not say shit to anybody
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ScoutExile said...
I don't think anyone's necessarily saying that. We're saying that if he was an average Joe instead of a D1 defensive coordinator, he would have been caught sooner.

Yeah, this!
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ejb5212 said...
It wasn't covered up for the sake of the Penn state nittany lions.

yes it was
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I actually did a project on the Sandusky case in a Theology and Philosophy of Sport class this past semester. We analyzed the case through the lens of different social theories, and my group was assigned social conflict/Marxist theory. We had to argue that the power structures in place around the culture of football at Penn St allowed Sandusky to get away with his crimes far longer than he should have been able to. There are some pretty compelling ideas, especially related to sports (football in this instance) as a new religion and thus an opiate for the masses. I didn't agree with most of what my group was tasked with arguing, but it was pretty compelling.
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If Sandusky had been an awful coach Paterno would have turned him in sooner

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