Court Case Of Jerry Sandusky At Penn State University

Here, Jerry Sandusky was an assistant coach at Penn State for years, under the leadership of Joe Paterno the founder of Second Mile. This organization helps disadvantaged children. Jerry seems to be a model citizen within the community. Jerry Sandusky was a serial child rapist, it’s hard to understand that no one knew of his insignificant behavior. Furthermore, in Penn State University there were people in high place that know about Sandusky behavior and did nothing. Nevertheless, the President, Graham B. Spanier and Vice President Gary C. Schultz and Athletic Director T. M. Curley with other cover Sandusky behavior form Board of Trustees. Consequently, the community or authorities had no idea this was taking place at Penn State University.

These four men lose their job and they should have, this was a very serious issue. The crisis management was out of line by keeping this information from their superiors. Furthermore, once the Board Trustee finds out this information it should have cost crisis management their job too. This type of crisis should have never covered up because the aftermath is catastrophic. “The scandal that involves Sandusky become the worst ever in the history of college sports and led to harsh penalties by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) against the University” (Wolff & Gagne, 2012). In 1998, when this mother of reported that his rapist had taken a shower with her son which was 11 at that time. Consequently, the University police had no evidence that a crime were commit at that time, how the campus police did admonish taking shower any other children. Nevertheless, a casework got involved and want to meet with Thomas Harmon the police Chief that close the case. (Crandall, W. Parnell, J. & Spillan, J. (2013. pg.

Nevertheless, every authority figure at that time, was just as much to blame as Sandusky for cover up this ungodly act to children. (Fitzpatrick, 2012). Penn State crisis was emotional not just for them it was hot topic for all State College, and leadership for coach. They must not forget about the parents of the children that was Sandusky victim. Consequently, with all the leadership that was remove even legendary football coach Joe Paterno, in this way the healing could start from this crisis at the university of Penn State. Here, the penalties to Penn State were meant to punish, and in doing so, many innocent stakeholders also suffered. The sanction included: The football program is from any postseason games for four years, starting with the 2012 season. Next was the cut scholarships back the beginning of 2013. How, coach Paterno’s punishment the NCAA remove the past 14 years of his victories which was 409 off the book that total of 111 from his first record. However, this punishment relies on the information issued by former FBI director Louis Freeh and two association at his law firm, also known as the Freeh Report (Maher et al.,