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Former PSU Players React to Lawsuit

By: Jacob Kaucher
Updated: January 2, 2013
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UNIVERSITY PARK - When the NCAA hit Penn State with sanctions in July in the wake of teh Jerry Sandusky child-sex scandal, former Nittany Lions linebacker Tim Sweeney spoke defiantly against the punishments.
Now, Sweeney is backing the state of Pennsylvania's lawsuit, despite delayed timing.


"I think it takes a while to get your ducks in a row," Sweeney says. "And the Governor and his staff have mentioned the damages. We were not sold out every game. You and I know T-shirt owners in town and we know their stores are struggling and restaurants and what have you. The governor stating that, that's all fact."

When it comes to the image of the Nittany Lions football program, Sweeney says he does not think the lawsuit against the NCAA will undo any damage Penn State suffered because of the Sandusky scandal.
Instead he looks to production on the field to show the resilience of Penn State football.


"I'm proud of our football program under Joe Paterno," Sweeney says. "And I'm equally proud of Bill O'Brien, his staff, the current players and the graduating seniors on what they did this past season to step up and have such a great season, despite unprecedented sanctions."


Sweeney says the teammates he's spoken with are also in favor of the state's lawsuit.

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With respect, Ms. Jones, you have misrepresented the "Penn State" situation. Sandusky is a FORMER employee, just as other predators are FORMER employees of WalMart or PennDOT or even (gasp!) The Second Mile. Further, despite the hugely flawed Freeh report, there is no objective evidence of a coordinated cover-up by Penn State officials. Curley and Schultz are innocent until proven guilty, and have not yet had their day in court. Joe Paterno was lauded by the Commonwealth Attorney General for his role; he is being scapegoated for his remorseful comment, "WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, I wish I had done more." (Note the emphasized preamble -- it tends to get ignored by the torch-and-pitchfork crowd.) No amount of money or publicity or even remorse will fully heal the victims of child abuse -- neither will punishing innocent students, athletes, business owners, et al. The NCAA punishing Penn State with onerous sanctions does no more to prevent further child abuse than does blaming Toyota for manufacturing cars that are involved in fatal accidents. Reading the remainder of your post, it appears SNAP focuses solely on going after institutions, some of whose members may be abusers; is the focus on organizations the best use of your time and resources? I think not.

M C. January 4, 2013 at 8:58 am



quoted by Gov. Tom Corbett : "Do sanctions alter history books on Penn State?" YES. It helps to deter other institutions from enabling, empowering, and covering up sex crimes against innocent children. Corbett's action is very hurtful to the victims of Sandusky and all sex abuse victims, They do not deserve to be dismissed and harmed anymore. Judy Jones, SNAP Midwest Associate Director, USA, 636-433-2511. snapjudy@gmail.com, "SNAP (The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests) is the world's oldest and largest support group for clergy abuse victims. SNAP was founded in 1988 and has more than 12,000 members. Despite the word priest in our title, we have members who were molested by religious figures of all denominations, including nuns, rabbis, bishops, teachers, Protestant ministers and increasingly, victims who were assaulted in a wide range of institutional settings like orphanages, summer camps, athletic programs, Boy Scouts, etc."

Judy J. January 2, 2013 at 8:18 pm

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