I postulated a few things that I thought Rush could mean - why would men of stature at a university fail to take action when someone they knew was accused of sexual abuse of young boys?
This is one that hadn't occurred to me...but then I didn't know that Sandusky's charity was for "at risk" youth - i.e. minorties.
From NESN: Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been 'Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,' Says Mark Madden
In April, Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden wrote a story revealing Penn State for much of the cover-up of Jerry Sandusky's alleged child rape that has been exposed in the past week. While it didn't raise many eyebrows back then, six months later it looks to be incredibly accurate.
On Thursday morning, just hours after legendary head coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham Spanier were fired by the school's board of trustees, Madden was asked on WEEI's The Dennis and Callahan Show what he believes the next piece of news will be.
What he said was twice as shocking as anything that's been released thus far.
"I can give you a rumor and I can give you something I think might happen," Madden told John Dennis and Gerry Callahan. "I hear there's a rumor that there will be a more shocking development from the Second Mile Foundation -- and hold on to your stomachs, boys, this is gross, I will use the only language I can -- that Jerry Sandusky and Second Mile were pimping out young boys to rich donors. That was being investigated by two prominent columnists even as I speak."
After the news spread, Madden later explained via Twitter why he went public with the rumors.
"I normally abhor giving RUMORS credence," Madden wrote. "But whole Sandusky scandal started out as a RUMOR. It gets deeper and more disgusting all the time. One of state's top columnists investigating. That adds credence. I am NOT rumor's original source. [Why does] Sandusky deserve benefit of doubt?"
Madden also spoke more definitively on Dennis and Callahan to the cover-up efforts at the school and beyond that he expects will be made public soon.
"The other thing I think that may eventually become uncovered, and I talked about this in my original article back in April, is that I think they'll find out that Jerry Sandusky was told that he had to retire in exchange for a cover-up," Madden said. "If you look at the timeline, that makes perfect sense, doesn't it?
"My opinion is when Sandusky quit, everybody knew -- not just at Penn State," Madden added. "I think it was a very poorly kept secret about college football in general, and that is why he never coached in college football again and retired at the relatively young age of 55. [That's] young for a coach, certainly."
and then there's this. (Seems like when boys are involved, no one cares...)
Sister of Jerry Sandusky victim talks about the pain of life at Penn State where students are joking about being 'Sanduskied'
In a parallel universe, going to class might be a nice distraction, to get her mind off the chaos surrounding the arrest of the man accused of molesting her brother.
But not as a junior at Penn State, where students are making jokes about being “Sanduskied.”
“I can’t escape it,” said the junior, whose brother was allegedly molested in a shower by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky when he was 11.
“I’ve been going to minimal classes, because every class I go to I get sick to my stomach. People are making jokes about it. I understand they don’t know I’m involved and it was my brother, but it’s still really hard to swallow that.”
Sandusky was charged Friday with 40 counts of sex crimes against boys. In a 23-page grand jury presentment released Saturday, Attorney General Linda Kelly also contends former university Vice President Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley failed to report the crime and lied to the grand jury.
Curley and Schultz stepped down from their posts shortly after they were arrested. All three men have asserted their innocence.
The Patriot-News will not identify the student or her brother in keeping with our policy to protect the identity of victims of sexual assault.
For this student and her family, the pain has lasted years. But there was no preparing for how Sandusky’s much-awaited arrest would explode into a scandal that will end the career of legendary coach Joe Paterno and her university’s president.
And in all of that, a message is lost.
“I’ve just been really upset about it all because a lot of people aren’t focusing on the victims in this,” she said. “And instead they’re focusing on other things, like football. As much as you shouldn’t blame the football players ... they should be focusing on their respect for the families and what they’ve been through.”
Instead, the outrage on campus has been directed mostly at national media, which descended during the weekend, set up camp and have stayed put as the scandal violently jolts in directions that, each day, seem more unbelievable than the last.
Wednesday, little blue ribbons in support of sexual assault victims started to appear on the lapels of some students. And no one stormed Joe Paterno’s home when he announced he plans to retire by the end of the season.
On Tuesday, about 200 students rallied around the coach as he returned home from football practice, then about 1,000 marched through town and campus in a rowdy protest.
“I had a bunch of friends that actually went,” the sister said. “I have mixed feelings about that. Joe, I think, did what he was supposed to do and was focused on his team. I never blamed him.
“But I blame [Penn State president Graham] Spanier because he did know about it, and if he didn’t, he was still wrong because he should have known,” she said.
Along with being one of the most historic days for the Nittany Lion nation, Wednesday also marked 100 days until Thon, the annual dance marathon that brings in several millions dollars in cancer research money.
The cause is a big part of why the victim’s sister chose Penn State. Cancer is in her family.
“Penn State isn’t Sandusky. He’s a very small part,” she said. “Penn State did enable him, and I am ashamed of that. But I don’t blame people that didn’t know about it, and I certainly don’t blame the student body. Penn State’s getting a bad rap, when it was really just the mistakes of a few men.”
And then there's something to put McQuarry's inaction into perspective. This is someone on a Tennessee Vols message board relating an experience:
An acquaintance of my wife worked for a foundation that helped troubled teenage (13 -17) girls. She discovered the Executive Director (55 year-old male) was having a 16 year-old girl model swimsuits for him in his office with the door locked, and had a video camera in his personal office bathroom where the girl would change. She immediately called the police. He was arrested. The foundation, which received significant State and corporate funding, was embarrassed. The Board of Directors gave the Executive Director a financial incentive to resign immediately and leave town. The original felony charges were reduced and he got a fine and probation. He is no longer in our area, and I hope to God he is not working with children somewhere else.
My wife's friend? She was fired a couple of weeks later. She was told “unofficially” that she should have come to the Board and let them handle it.
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