
Date line: Happy Valley --
you gotta admit, it sounds like a soap opera town.
In the ongoing horror story that is the Jerry Sandusky Penn
State scandal, it looks as if the venerable institution has yet again failed to
do the right thing.
Today, NBC news reports that Mike McQueary is claiming in an
email to his former teammates that he did break up the 2002 alleged Sandusky
shower rape. To date, almost everyone
has inferred from the Grand Jury report that he did not. An ESPN reporter has subsequently received a conformationof McQueary’s assertion from a law enforcement agency.
Frankly, we hope it’s true.
Now the debate will start about what he actually did an how much was
enough. For example, if he broke up the
rape, but didn’t take the kid away from Sandusky, find out his name and take
him home, it’s safe to say he didn’t make all the right decisions. However, not breaking up the rape would be the worst
decision in the history of adulthood, so McQueary has nowhere to go but up.
If the reports are true, Penn State has let McQueary down by
not issuing a statement (or allowing
McQueary to make one) last week to correct the widely
held belief that McQueary did nothing when he encountered Sandusky’s shower
crime.
While PSU official were unwilling to throw Sandusky (and
ultimately themselves) under the bus, it now appears that they were willing to
throw a loyal player turned coach under the old grey dog.
In light of all the criticism and the death threats hurled
at McQueary based on his assumed inaction, the university should clarify this situation.
If they are unwilling to do so, McQueary should break ranks
and tell his version of the events.
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