(11-12-2011 08:22 AM)boss man Wrote:  Lord only knows how deep this nightmare goes and the players involved.

On the MEMPHIS board there is a discussion of the ultimate COST of this situation to Penn State.

The standard amount speculated is north of $100mm. My personal opinion is the pending avalanche of criminal and civil lawsuits about to crash into Penn State will cost them well above $100mm, perhaps up to a quarter of a billion dollars.

Had this happened in Texas, a (public) university would have been immune from lawsuit, if I'm correct. (I know it's a stretch from an employee suing versus these kind of victims). How much worse would this incident have been if sovereign immunity were in play?

(11-14-2011 10:30 PM)I45owl Wrote:  

(11-12-2011 08:22 AM)boss man Wrote:  Lord only knows how deep this nightmare goes and the players involved.

On the MEMPHIS board there is a discussion of the ultimate COST of this situation to Penn State.

The standard amount speculated is north of $100mm. My personal opinion is the pending avalanche of criminal and civil lawsuits about to crash into Penn State will cost them well above $100mm, perhaps up to a quarter of a billion dollars.

Had this happened in Texas, a (public) university would have been immune from lawsuit, if I'm correct. (I know it's a stretch from an employee suing versus these kind of victims). How much worse would this incident have been if sovereign immunity were in play?

That is a good question. I read an estimite of 100 -300 million, but do not know what libility they have as an arm of the government.

And from a 1987 Sandusky interview

Back in 1987, he spoke about turning down other coaching jobs to continue his work with his foundation.

"I enjoy being around children. I enjoy their enthusiasm I just have a good time with them," he said. "Everybody needs people to care for them. Sometimes they don't want it. Sometimes they don't understand what you're trying to do, but they want to be disciplined. Kids are growing up awfully fast

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/14...2%7C112478

So this may have been going on even longer

McQueary says he did all the right things

http://news.yahoo.com/email-outlines-rea...00066.html

Quote:"I did stop it, not physically ... but made sure it was stopped when I left that locker room ... I did have discussions with police and with the official at the university in charge of police .... no one can imagine my thoughts or wants to be in my shoes for those 30-45 seconds ... trust me."

McQueary is a former player and current assistant coach who was placed on indefinite paid leave last week after school officials said he had received threats. Emails sent to him seeking comment were not immediately returned.

He told the friend that he felt he was "getting hammered for handling this the right way ... or what I thought at the time was right ... I had to make tough impacting quick decisions."