Post 8

The first op. editorial that I did, I ended up writing about underage drinking and how I felt it was BS we have to wait until we are 21 to be able to drink legally.  I wasn’t too happy having to write about it, but it was something to write about. Of course, about 2 days after the editorial was due the whole sex abuse scandal at PSU came out.  This is a horrible situation but it would have been perfect to write about because it seemed like all anyone cared about was Joe Paterno.  Well fortunately I was able to do the re-write and was able to express how I felt.  Now about a week or so ago things have come out from Syracuse that an assistant basketball coach named Bernie Fine sexually abused 3 of the ball boys in a Pittsburg hotel room.  You would think this has become an everyday situation with the way ESPN has been reporting this.  When things came out against Penn State and Jerry Sandusky with the name of Joe Paterno littered throughout the situation, every anchor on ESPN called for the head of Paterno.  They wanted answer and they wanted them right away.  Paterno’s only fault in the situation was not doing more to help those students when the pervert that is Sandusky was let off the hook in 2002.  I don’t support JoePa in his situation or the decisions that he made, but I do feel Paterno got a very raw and unfair deal.  Paterno was fired 3 days after the situation came forth.  Bernie Fine has been fired by Syracuse but the coverage they are providing for this situation is no different than a regular sports story.  It just adds to my point that Paterno was a scape goat for ESPN, Penn State, and the general public to point the finger at because he was a big name.  People who live across the country know who Joe Paterno is.  Who knows who Bernie Fine, or let alone the head coach Jim Boeheim, unless you are a hardcore College basketball follower or you live in the Syracuse area.  I don’t hear anyone asking for the firing of Boeheim like they did for JoePa.  The even more staggering thing is a tape of a recorded phone conversation between one of the victims and Fine’s wife was handed over to ESPN in 2005 and ESPN refused to bring the tape out to the public saying there still wasn’t “sufficient information.”  This has never stopped ESPN before from leaking things that weren’t supposed to be leaked or getting testimonies from certain players pointing other players out for things like steroids or drug use.  Why didn’t ESPN report what they had but yet when nothing more than JoePa not doing enough in the exact same situation gets him ridiculed in the media and people ask for his head?  It will be very interesting to see what else comes out now for both the PSU situation and the Syracuse situation.

It's not the best video but it really sends chills down your spine on the whole Sandusky situation and I think it is important for people to hear.  Here is also the video of Bob Costas talking to Jerry Sandusky ont he phone.  This is one of the most difficult things I've ever listend to and watched.