This says it all

[yendi]

Regarding the Penn State rape cases:

Schultz's lawyer said his client was not among those required by law to report suspected abuse. He also argued that the two-year statute of limitations on the summary offense has expired.

If his defense is that he should get off on a technicality, that speaks pretty strongly to the truth of the incidents.

And yeah, Schultz might be right that the charge doesn't apply to him (although he's still a perjurer), but if you're the sort of human being who thinks all's fine because you weren't legally obligated to report child abuse, you deserve pain and misery.

And don't think, for a second, that Joe Paterno doesn't own a ton of responsibility here. As others have already noted, his "defense" is that he reported it up the ladder. Then did nothing. Living legend, my ass. Can't-die-soon-enough disgrace would fit the bill better.

Comments

[nishar.livejournal.com]

College sports, especially football, has a history of covering up stuff. If a star athelete rapes some one, sweep it under the rug. Ditto for good coaches and other people. This is just a prime example of what is wrong with sports that bring in large sums of money for the college.

[yendi]

Yeah, this is the culture of corruption that is the NCAA taken to its most extreme. If programs get the "death penalty" for buying some talented athletes some gifts, I'd love to see something that scales up for this level of abuse, though.

[jerel.livejournal.com]

No legal responsibility, true. But if you see a child being abused, you have a MORAL obligation to report it directly to the police or to the state office (family services, child welfare--whatever it's called there.) How dare you turn a blind eye to such a crime.