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Message: [QUOTE="Flacusian, post: 83047, member: 264"] The University and the Basketball program are larger than any one individual could ever be. The current coaches, players, and administrators are only temporary stewards of a larger entity. I would hold any individuals who either perpetrated a crime or helped to conceal a crime culpable but not the University or the Basketball program. I believe that people who perpatrate such henious crimes against childern should be viewed as individuals who are sick or ill as well as being viewed as crimminals. However repulsive I might find an act commited by someone I also try not to lose sight of the fact that the perpatrator is also a human being and oftentimes is also a victim of the same kind of crime that they have committed. The bottom line is I just don't really know all the circumstances surrounding things I hear about in the news. That isn't to say that people who commit such crimes shouldn 't be held accountable. They do need to be held accountable but there are instances where they are not entirely responsible. In situations such as this one currently facing SU fans, students, alumni I feel that it is important to keep the intellect over the emotion. Simply stated, I doubt that few if any people beyond Bernie Fine and the two accusers know the truth of the matter. I have confidence that the University will act in the best interest of justice being served and that people need to step back while all this plays out before rushing to judgement. Although I shudder at the thought of it, there is the real possibility that Bernie Fine may in fact be guilty of perpetrating the act of sexual molestation against one or both of these individuals. After having watch the video of their accounts repeatedly , I find it hard to believe that there isn't some element of merit involved in what they claim. At the same time I can't wrap my head around Bernie Fine, long time Syracuse Basketball Icon being involved in any way. The truth lies somewhere between both accounts being provided by the parties involved. Only time will tell and there may perhaps never be any clear cut resolution to this situation which is having such a profound effect on the lives of so many. For myself I am going to pray that the truth prevails and pray for God's will to be done for both Bernie and the 2 accusers. [/QUOTE]

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