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Penn State's scapegoat gets redemption.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 7:58 am
Posted on 12/2/16 at 7:58 am
Sorry if Germans. Pretty good article by Wetzel.
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It was in August, 15 years after Mike McQueary walked in on Jerry Sandusky and a boy in a Penn State shower; an incident he failed to immediately end, but reported to his boss the next day.
It was five years after the scandal broke nationally, costing McQueary his once-promising football coaching career, Joe Paterno his job and iconic reputation and Sandusky, the former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator, his freedom.
McQueary was 42 years old in August, but back living in his parent’s house in State College, Pa. He was no longer the hero athlete who starred at the local high school, or the former starting quarterback at Penn State, or one of Paterno’s trusted assistants. Before the Sandusky storm, he and his wife bought a house in the same simple neighborhood of Paterno, an easy walk to campus. If he never left, he’d have been happy. Maybe, he dreamed, he might one day be the head coach.
Now he was half a decade out of work. His entire savings and retirement accounts drained. He and his wife (and young child) separated. Living with his parents was his only option.
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On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Judge Thomas G. Gavin awarded McQueary about $5 million, plus legal fees, in a whistleblower lawsuit against Penn State. It comes on the heels of a $7.3 million jury award in a defamation suit against the school last month.
Two verdicts. Two victories. Both the people and the bench saw McQueary as a victim, not a villain.
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Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:06 am to Bunk Moreland
Bet that wife who walked when times got tough will be asking for half.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:06 am to Bunk Moreland
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McQueary was 42 years old in August
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Living with his parents was his only option.
Yea, I'll bet.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:08 am to Bunk Moreland
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Living with his parents was his only option.
More options than the kid he left to be brutally raped.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:09 am to Open Your Eyes
You think it's easy to get a job with your name prominently attached to that shite show?
Posted on 12/2/16 at 8:35 am to Bunk Moreland
The guy was QB for Penn St, a Penn St grad alumni, and then worked for the team.
But because he (ultimately) turned in a raper of children and exposed the putrid underbelly of a revered man and system, he was kicked to the curb as if he were the evil incarnate.
Deserves every penny of the awards, and then some, IMO.
Glad that Penn St football has finally cleaned house and is headed in the right direction but the school and fan base has to understand that none of what happened was in any way excusable - including the demonization of those who dared to question the foundations of support for Penn St, Penn St football, and 'Joe Pa' as institutions.
But because he (ultimately) turned in a raper of children and exposed the putrid underbelly of a revered man and system, he was kicked to the curb as if he were the evil incarnate.
Deserves every penny of the awards, and then some, IMO.
Glad that Penn St football has finally cleaned house and is headed in the right direction but the school and fan base has to understand that none of what happened was in any way excusable - including the demonization of those who dared to question the foundations of support for Penn St, Penn St football, and 'Joe Pa' as institutions.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:01 am to Bunk Moreland
The fact that he went to paterno instead of the police means he was hoping to have it handled internally. He is just as guilty as paterno. McQueary was a coward and desrves nothing.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:01 am to Bunk Moreland
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Mike McQueary walked in on Jerry Sandusky and a boy in a Penn State shower; an incident he failed to immediately end, but reported to his boss the next day
No sympathy given. frick him for not intervening immediately.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 9:05 am to saint amant steve
Agreed..same people that say Jo PA should have did more say this asshat did enough. Lets give Joe pa money for telling his superiors.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:42 am to Bunk Moreland
I have always had sympathy for McQueary He grew up in the Penn Stafe program. His dad was friends with Joe Pa. I can imagine that shock took over when he walked past the shower that day. He took the information to the man who ran Penn St. As a young asst coach working his way into the profession he had to believe that Joe Pa would do the correct thing.
McQueary was in a no win situation.
McQueary was in a no win situation.
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 10:42 am
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:42 am to Knight of Old
Excellent post. Hope the win in the whistleblower case will give others the courage to report.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:46 am to Knight of Old
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But because he (ultimately) turned in a raper of children and exposed the putrid underbelly of a revered man and system, he was kicked to the curb
I admittedly didn't really follow the ins and outs of this thing, but I always thought the backlash he got was for not stopping the act in progress, not becauase he told.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:46 am to bird35
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Bet that wife who walked when times got tough will be asking for half.
life just isn't fair. i'll bet she gets the half and more. after her and the lawyers get thru, he'll be living in an unfurnished studio in the ghetto.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:55 am to Choupique19
Some of you people ate insane calling this guy a devil and a piece of shite. He seems to be LITERALLY the only person in this whole fricked up mess that actually cared and tried to do something.
He was a young, Penn state lifer on the staff and was shaken by the incident and ACTUALLY did report it. Maybe not initially to the police but Joe Pa Was the police on that campus. He was the president, AD, a god.
This is also a time when none of this shite was very much in the forefront of the public. I believe it was before the church scandals that really and the public was really enlightened.
McQueery also said he made sure the incident was stopped before he left.
This guy will probably never coach again and his public life is essentially tarnished forever. His personal life is also destroyed and he was basically THE only person that cared this shite was happening.
Jury's and courts know more than 99% of the public which mainly only ever read headlines and a couple news snippets.
These jury's were presented ALL the facts and acted accordingly. While he is not necessarily a hero in this, no one is, he IS the key figure in illuminating these monsters. He's called a whistleblower for a reason.
He was a young, Penn state lifer on the staff and was shaken by the incident and ACTUALLY did report it. Maybe not initially to the police but Joe Pa Was the police on that campus. He was the president, AD, a god.
This is also a time when none of this shite was very much in the forefront of the public. I believe it was before the church scandals that really and the public was really enlightened.
McQueery also said he made sure the incident was stopped before he left.
This guy will probably never coach again and his public life is essentially tarnished forever. His personal life is also destroyed and he was basically THE only person that cared this shite was happening.
Jury's and courts know more than 99% of the public which mainly only ever read headlines and a couple news snippets.
These jury's were presented ALL the facts and acted accordingly. While he is not necessarily a hero in this, no one is, he IS the key figure in illuminating these monsters. He's called a whistleblower for a reason.
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 10:58 am
Posted on 12/2/16 at 12:22 pm to Jack Ruby
I don't think you meant to respond to me specifically, but I want to add that I agree with everything in your post.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 12:23 pm to WG_Dawg
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I admittedly didn't really follow the ins and outs of this thing, but I always thought the backlash he got was for not stopping the act in progress, not becauase he told.
He told them in 2001. McQueary wasn't dumped until the week Sandusky was charged in 2011.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 12:29 pm to Choupique19
True he did at least try, which is more than you can say for most.
He still stood by as Paterno was clearly not going to do anything about it. He saw Sandusky continued to have a presence around the program and still had access to tons of kids.
He still stood by as Paterno was clearly not going to do anything about it. He saw Sandusky continued to have a presence around the program and still had access to tons of kids.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:27 pm to T
He went to his boss. I would have done the same thing. I would like to think I'd go to the police as well, but going to my boss would be the very first thing I would do.
Posted on 12/2/16 at 3:39 pm to bird35
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Bet that wife who walked when times got tough will be asking for half.
frick him. He saw that shite and decided to stay there (and got himself a promotion) even though nothing was done about it. If he truly cared he never would have stayed at PSU once he saw they were going to continue to let Sandusky hang around.
This post was edited on 12/2/16 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 12/2/16 at 4:45 pm to The Sad Banana
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I would like to think I'd go to the police as well, but going to my boss would be the very first thing I would do.
No actually the first thing I would do was beat that disgusting fricks arse when I saw what he was doing. Then go to my boss and then when I saw he did nothing go to the police.
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