No Clever Moniker wrote:
I'm not pro PSU or Paterno, and I INTENTIONALLY DIDN'T LISTEN today, but (and as been pointed out by others) there is a lot more to this story than Joe Paterno and the football team. So long as the show continues to narrowly focus on the above and has chosen to abandon the other aspects--i.e., "follow the money" or "criminal conspiracy" or "abandonement of responsibility or accountability" then they are nothing more than another aspect of the fringe lunacy looking for either profit or self-aggrandizement.
One can follow Sara Ganim and get far more depth, insight and balance. One can follow this for purely the criminal aspects (what matters to me), or one can continue the lame ass canard of stomping JoePa or blaming the football team. It seems there is a minority which chooses the former while a more vocal/visible (I'm with DB) group seeking popularity with the latter.
Forgive me for quoting myself, it was my intention to abstain from the board after posting this last Monday. It had been a good week of almost completely not listening.Late Friday afternoon had me running a quick errand so I heard mention of a postal investigation involving Jerry Sandusky. After one particular caller phoned to explain his understanding of a how a postal investigation is undertaken, DB went on to infer a JoePa connection and TB muttered that "he knew" about events previously undisclosed. Admittedly, I wasn't listening intently at the time and exited my car.
This weekend has provided interesting reading. First, an analysis of the Freeh report that if nothing else forces one to pay closer attention to the timeline of events.
http://emf.intherough.net/Critical%20Analysis%20of%20Freeh%20Report.pdf The analysis had been amended after I first read it, with a summary being made in the first 6 pages. Going back to the Freeh report there seems to be a question of consistency with the exhibits presented.
The second interesting reading came from Sarah Ganim,
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/08/second_mile_jerry_sandusky_1.htmlwho wrote a five part story looking at the relationship between the Second Mile and Jerry Sandusky.
After reading the story it becomes clear that there were cover-ups (plural) taking place at several venues and at several junctures in the past. I hope that the various investigations continue and await the day Tim Curley and Gary Curley are forced to speak in court. I hope that others in positions of responsibility are identified and hopefully questioned about their roles in allowing Sandusky to continue his actions.
I have to admit that I will probably tune in Monday to hear how DB incorporates this information into his running meme. The story has always been bigger than what he has presented and it will get bigger still, but aside from the perpetrator being a football assistant coach it is less and less about football or sports.
And maybe, just maybe, the day will come where TB will tell us something he knows that is either timely or with some specifics.
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