That is a problem no amount spinning can erase. The other problem is the failure of the grad student—and a future PSU coach—to stop the rape. His, and everyone else’s, first instinct was to protect the school and the football program.
It should not be surprising that so many of the people who actually live in State College and surrounding area are connected. Once you strip out the students this is a very small community. Heck, some of the names on the PSU Board of Trustees are the same as when I attended Penn State from ‘61 to’65. Everybody who is anybody knows everyone else that is anybody.
The entire community—perhaps incuding the Alumni Assn.— circled the wagons to protect the school.
Why should a 27 year old grad student be put in a position to correct a situation that should have been addressed by a the State of Pennsylvania, the President of the University and the Board of Regents 4 years prior?
Every story that attacks McQueary’s and Paterno’s credibility is only going to help Sandusky walk.
The focus should be on the tenure system and how it protects people like Sandusky.