Jerry Sandusky, Penn State football coach that was under the legendary Joe Paterno, founder of the Second Mile, a model citizen of his community, convicted on forty-five counts of child sex abuse (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). While many were not aware of Sandusky behavior, however, some were aware of what Sandusky was doing but failed to share the information with the Board of Trustees. The ones that were aware of Sandusky’s behavior was President Spanier, Senior Vice President of Finance and Business, Gary Schultz, the Athletic Director Timothy Curley, and Head Coach of the football team, Joseph Paterno (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). They all kept Sandusky’s unethical behavior to themselves, which if they would have spoken up, something could have been …show more content…
Although Sandusky was retired, he still had access to then campus, which is where he would bring most of the victims (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). During the time Sandusky was still coaching at Penn State, in 1998, a mother of an eleven-year-old boy reported that Sandusky showered with her son, which it was investigated, but nothing showed of a crime, so Penn State officials thought the problem was resolved, until 2001 when it happened again with another boy that was ten. Mike McQueray reported it to Coach Paterno. Coach Paterno spoke with the President as well as the others that were aware of Sandusky’s behaviors, which later they confronted Sandusky about his actions. Years later, the University started receiving subpoenas and then the investigation started. In 2012, Sandusky was charged with child sex abuse; Paterno and Spanier were removed from their positions, while Schultz and Curley stepped down (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). The NCAA also responded by barring the football program from postseason games for a total of four years, cut scholarships, as well as taking 111 of the 409 wins from Paterno off the
This case involves a sophomore at a high school named Christine Franklin, who alleged that she was sexually harassed and abused by a teacher and sports coach by the name of Andrew Hill. These allegations were occurring from 1986-1988, a total of two years. These allegations included Hill having explicit conversations with Franklin, forcing her to kiss him, and forceful intercourse on school grounds. Franklin claimed that she let teachers and administrators know about the harassment and that other students were going through the same harassment. The result of telling the teachers and administrators was that nothing was done about the situation and even encouraged Franklin not
Jerry Sandusky seemed like a nice guy until they found out he was convicted of sexually assaulting ten innocent children. His illness even progressed enough to rape his own adopted children. He is a monster. “Attorney Andrew Shubin issued a statement saying that Matt Sandusky sought him during the trial and ‘confirmed’ that he also had been abused” (Johnson 2). This statement shows that he would go to extreme measures to satisfy his sickness, even as far as sexually abusing his own child. Assistant coach Mike McQueary stated, “He told Paterno that he saw Sandusky in the shower with a young boy and heard a sickening slapping sound” (Scherer 1). Even though there was evidence against him, his overall character persuaded people, including the jury, to think better of him. This goes...
The Southern Methodist University football scandal, also known as Ponygate, was one of the most severe consequences that the NCAA has ever given out to a college or university. In this instance, the Southern Methodist University football program was found to be illegally paying their players after already being in trouble with the NCAA several times. The first time this football program had been caught by the NCAA for not following its rules was in 1985. This was when an incident regarding offensive lineman Sean Stopperich came up. Prior to transferring schools after going through an injury which made him unable to play, he was paid $5,000 by one of the Southern Methodist Universities booster programs to attend the school and play football there. This caused “the NCAA to place SMU on three years of probation in 1985, limit its postseason appearances, ban the boosters involved and strip the football program of 45 scholarships.” This did not show the program or the school a lesson though. Again in 1986 the Southern Methodist University football program was found breaking NCAA rules. This was their seventh time they had broken and been caught breaking NCAA rules. This time it was found that, “an unnamed booster had been found to have paid 13 Mustang players $61,000 from a slush fund with the approval of key members of the SMU athletic staff.” The result of this complication with NCAA rules is what became known as the, “death penalty”. This death penalty declared that there were to be, “no football in '87. only seven games in '88. no television or bowl appearances until 1989 and restrictions on off-campus recruiting and the number of assistant coaches until 1989 SMU which signed no high school players to letters of intent this winter...
He was not the only one with this mentality however, and this is precisely why this scandal never came to light until victims began to testify. The success of the team and the passion of the fans were only the half of it however, the aurora surrounding Joe Paterno and his long lasting relationship with the university made it an even harder pill to swallow. I think that no one wanted to believe that “goddesses” such as Joe Paterno, and his staff, as well as Jerry Sandusky could commit such heinous crimes and do their best to pretend it didn’t exist. They said in the film that Sandusky was Paterno’s right hand man, meaning he had that same loving, caring, and father like mentality that Joe Pa carried with him for his 55 years at Penn State. In an interview Paterno conducted in the movie, he was called the “beacon of integrity,” that he was loyal, put the money aside and truly cared about not just winning, but that he was able to make his players into better men then when they entered the school. He graduated 87 percent of his players, the highest in the nation, and was looked at like dad to most players. For these reasons alone, you can see why the Penn State faithful fell in love with him, and failed to believe or even report any wrongdoing that he committed in
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According to the article, I believe Jamie Whited proceeded as she should, by writing school policies for the program that instituted how an individual can act and speak as a professional.4 “According to Whited, on February 29th 1996, Whited was in the middle of a foot evaluation on Peyton Manning, when the star quarterback apparently mooned her”.4,5 I believe Whited proceeded the way that any professional employee should, by reporting the incident immediately after it had happened to both her superior, Mike Rollo, and the Sexual Assault Crisis Center in Knoxville.4 After reading the article I was upset that Jamie Whited’s boss would not continue to investigate the incident professionally, rather he allegedly change the story, in order to protect
“A crisis is generally perceived to be a threat by the organization’s stakeholders, various groups that have an interest in the organization” (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013, p. 4). Penn State, like other organizations, had a variety of stakeholders relying on the integrity and performance of the university that were not only affected, but shocked by the Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. “Events of behaviors that violate an organization’s core identity receive much media attention” (Grandey, Krannitz, & Slezak, 2015, n.p.). The moment the allegations hit the news media, perceptions were forming. As the story progressed and the cover-up was revealed, the name of the institution was tarnished.
How did comedy come about? Who is Steve Harvey, Tyler Perry and Geoffrey Chaucer? What do they all have in common? Steve Harvey is an American comedian born on January 17, 1957. Harvey is known for his best radio talk, T.V. host, author and actor. Perry is an American actor, producer, one of the funniest comedians of all time also a screenwriter and specialist in gospel music. Chaucer was born, Circa 1340 in London England. He became a public servant in 1357 to countless Elizabeth of ulster. The Canterbury Tales became his know best
Who would have thought that a young man from Jackson, Michigan, about an hour from Detroit and twenty-five minutes from East Lansing would be a hero in so many ways? We all crave heroes, but it is rare to find someone whose life and work reflect positive, value-driven principles. This individual is admired by sport fans, parents, and even competitors. This role-model is known as Coach Tony Dungy, a class act who knows how to get the job done while keeping his priorities intact while he’s doing it. This paper will identify the keys, philosophy, and theories Coach Dungy uses that makes him successful as role-model.
It wasn’t until one of the victims mother reported the incident and investigation began. Four grown men including head coach Joe Paterno failed to notify any type of higher authority when they found out Sandusky was in the College locker room shower with a younger male in 2001. The facts from the article show numerous amounts of horrible authority like similar to miscommunication. In conclusion to the article Jerry Sandusky was charged on forty-five accounts of sexual assault. The trial also resulted in the firi...
America, the land of the free. The land that was made off the idea that the people should be in charge of themselves, of their own government, and have a say in the decisions. The founding fathers that helped put us in charge of ourselves are heroes. In recent times, there was a man that wanted America to be in charge of itself, just like our founding fathers did. Edward Snowden is a hero for exposing what our government was doing behind our backs without our consent. He is responsible for the largest leak of confidential information in United States history. He revealed about 1.7 million classified documents that were private to the public. He showed the people what their votes and taxes were going towards that they were not aware of. Edward
The John Jay College of Criminal Justice found that 4% of all priests who had served in the US from 1950 to 2002 had allegations of child sexual abuse made against them (John Jay College, 2004; Terry, 2008). Most victims were male and older in age compared to victims in the general population (Terry and Ackerman, 2008).The John Jay College study of child sexual abuse in the US Catholic Church found that 81% of the victims of abuse were male. Richard Sipe, a leading expert on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, reported that of the priests with a tendency to abuse young children, about three-quarters had a preference for abusing boys. The gender preference was more equal among the group of priests who targeted adolescents (Sipe, 1995: 27). Rossetti, (1995) reported on the results of a questionnaire that was sent to more than 7000 adults. Of the 25% that responded, most of the people who completed the questionnaire were either priests, nuns or actively involved in the Catholic Church. 3.3% of the men said that they had been sexually abused by a priest before the age of 18, and 1.7% of the women reported being a...
As a small town in the middle of Pennsylvania, State College relies on the university for the economy and jobs. State College would also take an enormous economic hit. Beckler (2012) concludes that the town and University are essential to one another and one cannot survive without the other. “The State College economy is dependent on Penn State. Penn State football is the primary force behind Penn State brand, hence State College is, was, and will always be economically reliant on Penn State football” (Beckler). To reiterate further on local businesses would be negatively effected, Beckler concludes that if indeed Penn State Football was shut down for a year or more, “Bars, restaurants, and merchandise stores are all impacted. But football is only played during the fall, right? Yes, however, the presence of Penn State football always looms over Centre County, emotionally and financially. State College might survive without football, but it wouldn’t thrive. Fact is, without Penn State football, hotel rooms would be vacant, jobs would be lost, and the State College community would economically wilt until the Nittany Lions return on Saturdays.” It is safe to assume that the Jerry Sandusky Scandal has effected the football program and State College, but not to the degree that many originally believed. Luckily for State College business owners, they are still
Forde, Pat. “Rutgers Needs to Fire Basketball Coach Mike Rice After Report Details Allegations of Abusive Behavior.” Yahoo! Sports. NBC Sports Network, Stats LLC, 2 April 2013. Web. 18 Oct. 2013.
I agree with the statement of the long time successful football coach Mack Brown when he told New York Times in his recent statement, But it’s just not so.“When you hear presidents and athletic directors talk about character and academics and integrity, none of that really matters. The truth is, nobody ever been fired for those things. They get fired for losing.” That should be just the opposite of this situation. In order to show disciplinary actions for academic integrity there must be consequences to show the university has administered administration’s policies to protect the programs in place and all reputation’s involved.