A reader writes:
I hate how the media keeps referring to the guy who witnessed Sandusky raping the 10-year-old boy as a "grad student," as if he was some meek academic. He is Mike McQueary, a former starting Penn State QB for two years. At the time he heard "slapping flesh that sounded sexual" in the locker room and witnessed a 10-year-old child being raped, McQueary was 28 years old and fit as hell, having only recently tried out for NFL teams. Yet he walked away from a 58-year-old naked man raping a child. To do what? To call his father to ask what to do because he was presumably more concerned about his career as a coach than saving a child.
Paterno is supposed to be this great builder of character in young men. McQueary's conduct when faced with something real (versus simply football) and morally repugnant was to run away. An object lesson in the "greatness" of Paterno as a builder of character.
Another writes:
According to CNN, Mike McQueary "will be with the team on Saturday." What??
Let me get this straight. The guy who actually WITNESSED THE ATTACK, and did nothing besides tell his boss, keeps his job. But his boss, Paterno, gets fired for … doing nothing besides tell his boss? What is the moral logic here? How on earth is McQueary still working there??
Another:
ESPN hosts were outraged that Assistant Coach McQueary is still on staff. My husband had an interesting take. Although he could have done more, he was the whistleblower that the Grand Jury report used as the basis for their indictments. Sacking the only staff member willing to say anything, even if it was just to Coach Paterno, in the first round of firings would send a chilling message to any future whistleblowers.
Posted on PSU's website last night:
Due to multiple threats made against Assistant Coach Mike McQueary, the University has decided it would be in the best interest of all for Assistant Coach McQueary not to be in attendance at Saturday's Nebraska game.
(Photo: Head coach Joe Paterno of the Penn State Nittany Lions talks with offensive assistant coach Mike McQueary during the 2010 Capital One Bowl against the LSU Tigers at the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium on January 1, 2010 in Orlando, Florida. Penn State won 19-17. By Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
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