This is a great article, written by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Phil Sheridan. http://articles.philly.com/2012-06-12/news/32196011_1_spanier-and-schultz-football-team-football-program. Some excerpts below:
"And it all revolved around football.
"And it all revolved around football.
Football.
Sandusky had power and access to these kids because of football. Adults didn't believe accusations because of a reputation he created through football. McQueary didn't rush to the proper authorities upon seeing Sandusky with a child in the shower; he went to the head football coach. It seems ever more clear that PSU president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley, and administrator Gary Schultz took no real action against Sandusky in order to protect the football program.
Football. When weighed against word that a child had been molested, and the possibility that others would be, these men decided football was more important. Football.
All that talk about honor and integrity, all that pride in a football team, and then all that cowardice and inaction and failure when it mattered most.
All in the name of football."
Sandusky had power and access to these kids because of football. Adults didn't believe accusations because of a reputation he created through football. McQueary didn't rush to the proper authorities upon seeing Sandusky with a child in the shower; he went to the head football coach. It seems ever more clear that PSU president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley, and administrator Gary Schultz took no real action against Sandusky in order to protect the football program.
Football. When weighed against word that a child had been molested, and the possibility that others would be, these men decided football was more important. Football.
All that talk about honor and integrity, all that pride in a football team, and then all that cowardice and inaction and failure when it mattered most.
All in the name of football."
