Arrington On PSU: Why Didn't They Stop It?
(WSCR) With reports circling Penn State University that are about as sickening as anything in the history of sports, many questions loom.
It is alleged former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky used his position of power within the university to sexually molest young boys over a 15-year period. According to a the Grand Jury report, on one occasion, Sandusky was caught by then-graduate assistant Michael McQueary raping a 10-year-old boy in the shower.
McQueary reported the incident to head football coach Joe Paterno, who told the athletic director, before the information was essentially pushed aside. The police were never contacted.
Former Penn State linebacker LaVar Arrington joined The Mully and Hanley Show to discuss the allegations surrounding his Alma Mater.
"To me, morally, just a person being in their right mind, if you saw something like that -- let's take it a step further. Why do you not stop it? Let's not talk about the phone call (to the police that wasn't made). The phone call should probably be the second or third thing in the list of what should've happened if these things truly, indeed, were taking place.
"This is about individuals taking on the responsibilities of being a person that is called to duties by what they're seeing take place, if that's indeed what happened."
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Arrington made it very clear that this issue was more than just about a football team -- it's roots went much, much deeper.
"This is not about football, this is about children," he said. "This is about humans, humanity. To try to turn it into, 'This is about a football program' is kind of like searching for a story to sensationalize something that rarely ever happens, which is an institution that has always done things the right way is now finding itself in a situation where it's under fire due to something its former employee is alleged of doing. I think that should be made very, very clear. This is not a Penn State football issue."
So with these allegations flying around Penn State, should Paterno step down from the position he's held for more than half a century?
"As more information comes out, I think that dictates what goes on from this point," Arrington said.
