Penn State Scandal: Rumor Claims Sandusky “Pimped Out” Boys to Rich Donors

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Source: Yahoo

Just when you thought the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal couldn't possibly get any worse, we may have just scratched the surface. Joe Paterno being fired could be just the start of arguably the biggest downfall in the history of college athletics.

Pittsburgh radio personality Mark Madden, who penned a column for the Beaver County Times back in April of this year named "Sandusky a State secret," a column which foreshadowed the recent scandal which has absolutely gutted those of us in the Penn State family, was a guest on the Dennis & Callahan Morning Show on WEEI sports talk radio out of Boston on Thursday morning. During his appearance, Madden, who has been mostly right regarding this issue from the very start, dropped what can only be called a bombshell, an announcement which could mean far more than the end of Joe Paterno's career.


Madden stated that two "prominent columnists" are currently investigating a rumor that Jerry Sandusky's Second Mile Foundation, a non-profit organization aimed to serve underprivileged youths, was "pimping out young boys to rich (Penn State) donors." Madden went on to say that Jerry Sandusky was told by those running the show at Penn State football that Sandusky had to retire after allegations made in 1998 that the defensive coordinator was guilty of "improper conduct with an underage male." Sandusky, thought by some to be Joe Paterno's successor at the time, abruptly and somewhat shockingly retired from coaching in 1999.

It actually gets worse. Madden went on to say "When Sandusky quit, everybody knew; not just at Penn State. It was a very poorly kept secret around college football, in general. That is why he never coached in college football again and retired at the relatively young age of 55, young for a coach." Madden also called the Second Mile Foundation "the perfect cover" for Sandusky's scheme.

Read more: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=ycn-10407023

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1. not LBN. this is an opinion piece reporting on "rumors" nt

[TheWraith]

5. For once, you and I agree on something.

There's more than enough to be disgusted by here without resorting to rumormongering. If it happened, there should be evidence. Until then, I remain skeptical.

[MineralMan]

2. Duplicate post. Also not news at all, so it can't be LBN

[freshwest]

7. I didn't see this about the wealthy donors in the other posts. And it is news. Thanks.

[renate]

3. wait... so even after Sandusky left, he was still protected by people at Penn State?

I mean, not that there was ever an excuse for covering up for him, but they still didn't speak out even after he wasn't even formally associated with the team or university?

I simply don't understand that from a purely logical point of view (I think moral considerations were set aside by these people a long time ago). Why expose themselves to the risk of what has just happened? His program for at-risk youth wasn't an integral, essential part of the Penn State football program, right? So they were just enabling him to have access to young boys, with full knowledge of his proclivities and with no upside at all to the football program itself? Again, morality aside--I just don't understand why they would do this. It's as if they were acting as his pimp.

[TheWraith]

6. 20 of his 40 criminal counts of molestation happened while he was at Penn State.

If they spoke out after he left, they would presumably be exposing the fact that they knew at least some of what was going on while he was still employed by them.

[TorchTheWitch]

8. It was far worse than that

As part of his retirement package he still had the full run of the campus including the shower facilities where many incidents of his sexual assaults on young boys occurred. He used the campus facilities as the main place where he assaulted these boys. The 2002 allegations of him sodomizing a 10 year old unknown boy in the shower was YEARS after he was forced to retire. They already KNEW this guy was a perverted criminal and allowed him to continue to use the campus after his forced retirement to assault more kids. Yeah, essentially they WERE acting as his pimp. They were knowingly enabling his criminal assaults on children and allowing him to use the campus to do them. Given that the pig was still bringing boys to campus as obviously as can be after his forced retirement goes to show how protected he felt doing that. Sodomizing a 10 year old in the shower when anyone could walk in at any time (and did), performing oral sex on another boy in the damn hallway which a janitor witnessed, and laying on top of a boy in the weight room which Shultz himself witnessed and Lord knows how many other incidents AFTER he was forced to retire??? WHO WOULD DO THAT UNLESS THEY WERE MADE TO FEEL SAFE DOING IT ON CAMPUS???

[Ian David]

4. I wonder why Rick Santorum nominated him for that award. n/t

[SoapBox]

9. Wow....

I could say lots of things but this mess is SO deep...it is leaving me (currently) speechless.

Other than to say, PERVS!

[OneGrassRoot]

10. It's on HuffPo now:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/10/penn-state-scandal-rumors-sandusky-pimping_n_1086099.html?ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=566551,b=facebook

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[tilsammans]

11. Disgusting.

Lock 'em all up and throw away the key.
:mad:

[OneGrassRoot]

14. If it's true, I agree. We know this happens all too often and the filth get away with it. n/t

[bobthedrummer]

12. I hope you don't mind my linking to a thread you started January 11, 2005 hang a left

it's awesome to review today.

The Franklin Cover-up
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x2935337

K&R.

RECALL SCOTT WALKER!

[Bryn]

13. Looks like they looked another way

because of $$$$ from dirty old rich men for Penn State.

[Prometheus Bound]

15. "everybody knew; not just at Penn State. It was a very poorly kept secret around college football"

Damn

[Junkdrawer]

16. Conspiracy Of Silence (Suppressed Documentary)....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=2HsboUn3Qbw&annotation_id=annotation_862946&feature=iv&v=KiVVvK1hf9g

Start pulling on strings in high-profile pedophile circles....