TinyManInside
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Some thoughts, questions (and a couple predictions), mostly in random order.
1) Sandusky founded Second Mile in 1977. No way that a person with his repulsive sickness goes 17 years before the first time he acts on it. There will be other victims who come forth from times before the first victim sited in the Grand Jury transcript.
2) After the trials and everything, I think we're going to find out that Paterno knew about Sandusky prior to '98.
3) I think we'll find out that Sandusky's retirement in '99 was brokered by Paterno after the 98 DA investigation. I think this is really the key turning point in the whole story - getting to the bottom of what happened there and what deals were made. What leverage did Sandusky have to ensure continued access to PSU after his retirement? This is the biggest question IMO.
4) If Sandusky is so ******* sick that he's going to commit these acts in public places where there is a chance of getting caught, what does that say about when he was with boys in private? This is going to go well beyond the 8 victims from the GJ.
5) Second Mile is gonna go down, I believe there had to be someone on the inside there that was in cahoots with Sandusky. The GJ transcript, it almost reads like there was someone within the organization that was 'selecting' kids for Sandusky. Would not be surprised if that turns out to be the case. {even more horrible rumors there but I'll refrain from speculation until something more concrete comes out}
6) Second Mile had an unexplained $1M dollar decrease in donations this year, to roughly half of what it received the year before. Is this a coincidence?
7) The fact that all of this took more than a decade to come to light shows how much resistance there probably was to it. I can only imagine that as we learn more, we're going to find out about local law enforcement officers looking the other way or obstructing justice to protect Paterno and the program. We learned last night through the rioting that the campus (and likely the community) values the football team above all else. The attitude displayed last night by the students is a direct reflection of why this ordeal took so long to investigate and act upon.
8) With the national media firmly entrenched at PSU, you can bet some intrepid investigative reporter will go 'up the ladder' and eventually we'll get some information on what BOT members knew about this, and when. The firings yesterday aren't the end of the line there.
9) When does the NCAA make its presence felt here? I think you could make the case before that the NCAA didn't have any jurisdiction, but this is rapidly starting to look like the dreaded 'lack of institutional control'.
10) Does any of this eventually lead back to Gricar's disappearance in 2005? Why did he decide not to pursue charges against Sandusky in 1998, given Sandusky's admission of inappropriate behavior? Again, I think we're going to find the presence of a community-wide disease - that he was pressured in some way to drop this, or cut some sort of deal (goes back to the questions surrounding Sandusky's retirement).
Mason
1) Sandusky founded Second Mile in 1977. No way that a person with his repulsive sickness goes 17 years before the first time he acts on it. There will be other victims who come forth from times before the first victim sited in the Grand Jury transcript.
2) After the trials and everything, I think we're going to find out that Paterno knew about Sandusky prior to '98.
3) I think we'll find out that Sandusky's retirement in '99 was brokered by Paterno after the 98 DA investigation. I think this is really the key turning point in the whole story - getting to the bottom of what happened there and what deals were made. What leverage did Sandusky have to ensure continued access to PSU after his retirement? This is the biggest question IMO.
4) If Sandusky is so ******* sick that he's going to commit these acts in public places where there is a chance of getting caught, what does that say about when he was with boys in private? This is going to go well beyond the 8 victims from the GJ.
5) Second Mile is gonna go down, I believe there had to be someone on the inside there that was in cahoots with Sandusky. The GJ transcript, it almost reads like there was someone within the organization that was 'selecting' kids for Sandusky. Would not be surprised if that turns out to be the case. {even more horrible rumors there but I'll refrain from speculation until something more concrete comes out}
6) Second Mile had an unexplained $1M dollar decrease in donations this year, to roughly half of what it received the year before. Is this a coincidence?
7) The fact that all of this took more than a decade to come to light shows how much resistance there probably was to it. I can only imagine that as we learn more, we're going to find out about local law enforcement officers looking the other way or obstructing justice to protect Paterno and the program. We learned last night through the rioting that the campus (and likely the community) values the football team above all else. The attitude displayed last night by the students is a direct reflection of why this ordeal took so long to investigate and act upon.
8) With the national media firmly entrenched at PSU, you can bet some intrepid investigative reporter will go 'up the ladder' and eventually we'll get some information on what BOT members knew about this, and when. The firings yesterday aren't the end of the line there.
9) When does the NCAA make its presence felt here? I think you could make the case before that the NCAA didn't have any jurisdiction, but this is rapidly starting to look like the dreaded 'lack of institutional control'.
10) Does any of this eventually lead back to Gricar's disappearance in 2005? Why did he decide not to pursue charges against Sandusky in 1998, given Sandusky's admission of inappropriate behavior? Again, I think we're going to find the presence of a community-wide disease - that he was pressured in some way to drop this, or cut some sort of deal (goes back to the questions surrounding Sandusky's retirement).
Mason
