"Abuse flew at Matko from young and old, students and alumni, men and women. No one intervened. No one spoke out against the abuse."
"One disapproving student said, 'Not now, man. This is about the football players.'"
"And with those nine words, we see the truth about Saturday’s enterprise. It was about the football program, not the children. It was morbid theater where people were mourning the death of a jock culture that somewhere along the line, mutated into malignancy. It’s a malignancy that deprioritized rape victims in the name of big-time football.
Comments from anyone attending the game? Anyone? Bueler? Bueler?
“In 2003, less than one year after Paterno was told that Sandusky was raping children, he allowed a player accused of rape to suit up and play in a bowl game. Widespread criticism of this move was ignored. In 2006, Penn State’s Orange Bowl opponent Florida State, sent home linebacker A.J. Nicholson, after accusations of sexual assault. Paterno’s response, in light of recent events, is jaw-dropping. He said, “There’s so many people gravitating to these kids. He may not have even known what he was getting into, Nicholson. They knock on the door; somebody may knock on the door; a cute girl knocks on the door. What do you do? Geez. I hope — thank God they don’t knock on my door because I’d refer them to a couple of other rooms.”
Well I was at the game and I can say with certainty that damn near everything posted about the fans support for abused children is pure BS. I saw the sign and person in question and while I didn't witness the incident described (there were 110 K people there- you are bound to get one or two asshats a la the tea party) there was overwhelming support for the victims.Penn State alums have proven to be the most generous when it comes to charitable donations to all charities.To hear them (the 99%+of alums) described as justifying pedophilia because it hurts their beloved Nittany Lions is beyond the pale. A trial hasn't even been held yet!
People here as a guilty as the MSM is vis a vis the tea party. Most are arguing from their own conclusions and using isolated fringe elements to support their already formed and unfounded beliefs. To hear liberal loonies in the press do it is one thing. I would have expected better from my brother and sister freepers.
I hope PSU is offered a bowl game and I would vote 100% yes for them to accept it. To do otherwise is to punish the kids who had nothing to do with this. Caveat: if it is proven that PSU is complicit, they should forfeit 100% of their bowl money to abused children.