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Let's talk about Penn State.
What are your opinions? Joe Paterno will retire at the end of the season. Do you think this scandal will taint his entire career?
(If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can get caught up here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/09/penn-state-scandal-timeline-jerry-sandusky_n_1084204.html )
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I think it will unless we found out that he did more than just report it to his superiors.
While that is what he is obligated to do and he followed procedures, I feel that since this was a child being raped and taking into consideration his status and power, he could and should have done so much more.
That's just my $.02 but I feel that we have a higher moral obligation to protect those that can't protect themselves and that's what this situation was.
I don't know. I just read the article you posted, and the whole thing is much worse than I had heard previously. That being said, I think Joe Paterno was very far removed from the incidences. I don't know why it is his responsibility to do more with it than go to his superiors. What about the Graduate assistant? All he did was go to his superiors. Joe Paterno was hearing about the incident second hand, several days after it happened, from a source that we don't know his relationship with. Was this graduate assistant someone he was close to, or was he some guy that he may or may not have seen a couple times at practice?
Either way, SOMEONE should have gone to police long, long ago. How this even continued this long is amazing and awful to me. What about the people that saw things first hand, though? The janitor and the grad assistant. They didn't do anything and they're not being forced to resign (or charged with anything). What about the superiors who had the power to do more? I saw that 2 of them stepped down and are being charged. I just don't know that forcing Joe Paterno out solves anything.
On the news here the other night they had someone on who said that the graduate assistant was told that it was "taken care of", and apparently was told in a way that made him feel like his career was in question if he made a stir about it.
I feel bad that so many people "knew" about it but that the school tied their hands. So often in these situations a person's own reputation/career gets ruined in the aftermath.
Sounds to me like the University really dropped the ball on this and/or swept it under the rug. I mean, I can see how a Temporary janitor after telling his boss (who does nothing) would be fearful of saying anything further. Same with the Grad Ass't. I mean, MORALLY, I don't think I could let it go - - but that job may have meant meals on the table for their kids and they weren't in a position to throw that away. Who knows.
The University, however, was completely negligent not reporting it to the Cops and Paterno, I think, should have to. ESPECIALLY if he told the College and they did nothing. He is famous and powerful and could have thrown that weight behind the issue and probably forced the College to act or acted himself.
That's what I think anyway. The whole thing is so horribly sad.
I don't think anyone is saying that the athletic director and the VP aren't to blame but I do believe Paterno holds some of the fault as well. I think Sunshine said it best that his status and power enabled him to do much more than if a graduate assistant tried to take it into their own hands. Little people don't necessarily have the pull that they should. It's just the way it works sometimes, unfortunately.
It also bothered me that in the reports he said that the grad asst. said there was inappropriate touching but that he never said he witnessed more than that. Why would the grad asst lie? Also, who care if it was 'just' inappropriate touching? It's still not right. Those comments don't really leave me with a soft spot for his situation.
I think the whole situation is really sad. What's super sad is whether or not the coach reported it to the correct people is seemingly getting more attention/press than the actual criminal act performed on these 9 children.
I feel like he should have done more to bring this to light, but his hands may have been tied. Working for a school system (and a mandated reporter because I do) or school puts limitations on how far up you can personally push an issue. We have a chain of command in our system: teachers report to counselor, counselor investigates, counselor chooses to send it to DFaCS or not. If I broke this chain of command, I could be written up or even fired no matter how serious the issue. If I report to the counselor, I've done my due diligence, and she can't let me in on any further details of the situation. Paterno could have been told that it was being handled, and legally that's as far as he's obligated to take it. Do I wish he had gone above the chain when he saw nothing being done? Absolutely!
As far as tainting his career, I hope it doesn't. He's run a squeaky clean program for 46 years. He's done his job and done it well. IMO, he followed the chain of command and did his due diligence, so this shouldn't hurt (at least not badly) 46 years of credibility that's he's built.
That being said, Sandusky should fry. There's a special place in hell for people who hurt kids....