“I have to say as much, this one has got me puzzled.
So far as I can tell, they don’t know much more now than they knew seven, eight years ago when they were originally approached by Mr. Davis, and chose not to go with story then.
There is no grand jury testimony, no indictments. The only thing that changed, really, is Penn State.
(If the argument is) Penn State so changed the cultural firmament that we need to be more vigilant and go with stories earlier – I don’t buy that.
I don’t believe Penn State so changed the environment that a news medium would proceed with story like this that is so potentially devastating to Bernie Fine.
There’s a reason that the Penn State story didn’t break until it broke. The media had to cover the indictment.
As I’m speaking to you, November 18th, I would say that ESPN should not have gone with this story at this time.”