Saturday, September 28, 2013

Sports Reflection

Having read today that USC's appeal against NCAA sanctions, those imposed in the wake of the Reggie Bush scandal; had been denied I really didn't think much about it.
Not much, until that is, I read the quote attributed to NCAA spokesperson Meghan Durham:
" There is no comparison betwen the USC and Penn State cases."

You know I'm with her; there is no comparison.
I mean how can anyone compare a school being penalized for one student taking money to play football; with another school being penalized for allowing a longtime employee free reign to rape little boys in the school locker room for years on end?

Well said Meghan, there can be no rational comparison.
However, in speaking for the NCAA you have just thrown a mirrors stark reflection back on one of the key areas where America just can't seem to get it right.

We place no value in protecting our children from pedophiles, especially when the guy can coach football.
Well at least until he's exposed...

So now the NCAA has just come out and said what our courts and society have been saying forever.
That fictional amateur status of college athletes is seriously more important than the vetting and prosecution of serial pedophiles.
I can't be the only guy who finds this state of affairs fundamentally flawed. Am I?

Way to go Meghan, hope you don't have a little boy or girl who falls into a Sandusky Trap.
If you do, and God forbid some heinous piece of crap ever touches your child; will you ever be able to look back on this statement and stand by it?
Will you be able to look back and say "I did the right thing"?
How do you face your mirror every morning look yourself in the eye, and believe such a thing?
I'm mystified.