Archive for November, 2011
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There is a saying that states “God or the Creator doesn’t come when you call him but he is always right on time.” The fight for civil rights by Lesbians and Gays is being done on many fronts. But there are still places where homophobia is alive and well. And sports, both college and professional, is one of those places. The situation at Penn St., where a former coach was allowed to assault children on the Penn St. campus, is a case of the chickens coming home to roost!
If you haven’t been paying attention to the sports page lately, you may have missed the fact that a major college football program, Penn St., led by a “legend” named Joe Paterno, is in the middle of one of the biggest sexual abuse scandals to ever hit a major college football program. We have a former coach who sexual assaulted numerous boys, IN THE TEAM’S SHOWER among other places, that was known for quite a while, with nothing done to stop it. Let there be no mistake about it, this scandal goes all the way to the top and that includes Paterno. Under no circumstances is child sexual abuse a joke. But this situation had karma written all over it. Because the Paterno led Athletic Department systematically allowed Lesbian and Gay student athletes to be harassed out of Penn St. and almost out of college sports all together, for decades. And it goes back to at least 1980!
It was common knowledge that Rene Portland, head coach of the Women’s Basketball team at Penn St., had a real problem with “Lesbians” and vowed to never have any on “my team or in my program.” Any player or coach who was suspected of being a Lesbian was either fired, harassed, or had their playing time cut significantly. Players who were thought to be Lesbians were kicked off the team and the remaining players were told to “not associate with them or face similar consequences.” She would also threaten to make sure any player “found to be a Lesbian” would “never play major college basketball again.” And to her word, players who left Penn St. were unable to get their school transcripts in a timely manner or the transcripts were incomplete. Many were forced to play junior college basketball. Why am I bringing this up? Because when Portland’s actions were brought to the Athletic Director’s attention, meaning Joe Paterno, he backed up or ignored all of the evidence against Portland and stood by as she destroyed the lives and dreams of young adults. Portland left Penn St. in 2007 after being sued in Federal Court by a former player, harassed out of Penn St. Portland lost the case and not long after, resigned. Fast forward to 2011, and this lack of a conscious allowed at least 8 boys to be raped by a former coach whose actions were well known to Paterno and others.
It has now become public that Paterno, Athletic Director Tim Curley, Senior Vice President for Finance and Business Gary Schultz, and President Graham Spanier, all knew at one time or another, what was going on with former Defensive Line coach Jerry Sandusky. This “man” was given free access to the Penn St. locker room and he used it to rape, molest, and assault boys as young as seven years old! At every turn, the evidence of this man’s actions were ignored or swept under the rug.
As I write this post, Joe Paterno has been “relieved of his duties at Penn St.” To be sure, many people felt that the only way Paterno would leave Penn St. would be in a body bag. But finally, all of the destruction that was done under his watch has come to the light of day and he has been fired. Curley and Schultz, along with Sandusky, have been arrested, and Spanier has also been fired. To say the “chickens have come home to roost” would be an understatement. This is karma for Penn St.’s ass. The creator has a way of letting arrogant, self serving, hypocrites hang themselves with their own rope. And that is EXACTLY what has happened at Penn St.! The bad part about this situation is that children were harmed.
For more information on Rene Portland, Joe Paterno, Penn St., and homophobia, please watch the documentary “Training Rules.” The evidence is OVERWHELMING and speaks about the true character of Joe Paterno! And to be honest with ya, this couldn’t have happened to a better guy! Karma is a bitch Joe. And so are you! May you get everything that is coming to you. Because you DESERVE IT!
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