Here’s the photo I want you to have in mind as you read the following summary of the Scott Eaton story at Northern Kentucky University. I want you to see how dressed for success the guy is, how he’s doing the Number One thing that Joe Paterno’s statue does (did), how next to him on a presentation board there’s the slogan BUILDING WINNERS FOR LIFE rather than, say, STEALING FROM YOUR SCHOOL AND FUCKING EVERY FEMALE IN SIGHT. I want you to think about how many American universities, as they sport up, fervently embrace and abundantly pay and abundantly esteem douchebags like Scott Eaton.
Smiling sweet-smelling Scott Eaton who came to pathetic NKU knowing he couldn’t do anything for it but that it could do plenty for him, and immediately began his sex and money extravaganza.
He did it for years, too, and that’s onaccounta no one cared, no one understood, some people were being cut in on the deal, some people were too scared to speak up about The Athletic Director, etc.
Dumb, pathetic, desperate schools like Northern Kentucky University are sitting ducks, and their desperate athletic programs are set up to attract people like Scott Eaton, who know losers for life when they see them.
September 18th, 2013 at 2:13PM
As a long-time support staff member at a major university, I understand exactly how this sort of thing happens. There is a hierarchy, and we support staff members are told repeatedly that the folks bringing in the money have the power. When we see things and question them, even when we can point to the definitive rules, we are often ignored or told that it’s no big deal. I’m now in my 50s, and I’m becoming more comfortable with calling out situations, but it’s taken a long time. If someone is surrounded by young staff members near the start of their careers, that person can and will intimidate the staff members into looking the other way and/or enabling the unethical behavior. Those folks are probably feeling a tremendous amount of guilt right now, and I can only hope that they’ll learn the hard lessons and apply them going forward.