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Old 01-25-2012, 07:23 AM   #24 (permalink)
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I'm condemning this man for not reporting a really horrible crime to the police. The police are who you report crimes to, not your boss.


What makes you think that? He saw his superiors fail to do the right thing for ten years and never said a word to the police. He could have spoken up any time but he didn't.
He was a football coach, public relations and criminal matters were above his pay grade, period.

Plus he didn't witness the crime first hand, all he had to go on was third-party testimony. What's so unreasonable about looking into the credibility of the accuser before calling the police? This matter was a school administration issue, not an athletic department issue. It's simply not their job to determine guilt or to go over anyone's head to launch a criminal investigation. He did what he was supposed to do. The sin is on Penn State upper-management, not on their football coach.
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