Actually, it's been discussed and catalogued ad-nauseum that TTFP's actions and defense of their football program even after enabling a convicted serial child molester is Exhibit 'A' of a cult.
You are wayyy off on indicating jealousy toward your program. OSU and Michigan, for example, aren't perfect but are big boy programs that one can respect. God forbid the culture at Rutgers ever allows anything close to what happened at PSU; i would stop supporting the football program and would personally prefer going winless every season instead.
Well, if you actually understood what happened at PSU I doubt that. No one at PSU ever told anyone to not discuss anything, to keep things quiet, or that they couldn't file a report with the police or child protective agencies. PSU, in fact, reported the incident to the organization where Sandusky worked, who had a mandate to follow up, and said that they would. So they didn't tell anyone to keep it quiet, they informed multiple people outside of PSU, and requested it be looked into.
Regardless of the facts, the football program had nothing to do with it. If there was a cover up, and that is a big if, it was above the football program. Anyone who takes the time to understand what actually happened and how closely this is tied to decades long corruption in PA where powerful politicians were connected to the second mile, sees this. The scandal happened at the second mile, the agency that was responsible for the child, that employed Sandusky, that was informed by PSU about the report, that had a mandate to investigate it, and that said they would but didn't.
I bet you think PSU admins broke the law in 2001 as well. Even the attorney general at this point admits they did nothing illegal in 2001. But, at the end of the day, it's easier to believe that PSU is a cult and all 500,000 of us don't care about children, are "sick *****", and Sandusky got away with what he did because of football. Ignore the truth, which is that he got away with what he did because powerful politicians filtered money to their cohorts through the second mile and made sure their pals didn't get dragged into this. I wonder how many people even realize the incident was reported outside of PSU to an organization with a mandate to investigate it. Per the law, that was an acceptable action by PSU.... but again, you won't here that from anyone despite it being true. BTW, the most corrupt guy, who happened to receive over $500,000 in campaign contributions from the second mile DURING THE SANDUSKY INVESTIGATION just happened to be the attorney general that started the investigation and then became governor during the investigation. THAT is why you don't hear anything about the second mile and everything was aimed at PSU. But again, don't let facts get in the way of making yourself feel better.
Either way, the feds have since come in and are currently, FINALLY, investigating the second mile since no one in PA would do it. It's only a matter of time until that investigation shines a big bright light not he truth, the false charges against PSU admins are dropped, and this entire case makes the duke LAX scandal look like child's play. I have no need to defend that further, because at the end of the day, this is what will happen. The PA politicians can't hide from the feds. We saw what happened to the new attorney general when she tried to go after them, but the feds are a different story. Until then, sheep like you will believe what you want and look like all the folks who assumed the duke LAX rape actually happened until it came out that the prosecutor lied.
If you want to educate yourself on the facts and have an actual debate, I'm all for it. In the meantime, calling me and other PSU fans is for the sandbox.
