It’s a classic post-Freeh fret from a veteran jock pen. The giveaways are phrases like “our cherished universities” and words like “tragedy” to describe the Penn State story.
Ooh, I was so naive! the writer tells us. Although I’ve been covering university football for decades, I just, I dunno, thought the higher-ups at Penn State were good, decent people… And here comes this Freeh report and JEEZ.
Well, let’s wrap this up by saying I sure hope things will get better now!
F-u-u-u-u-u-ck you.
You know, as well as any random Penn State professor knows, how systemically sick Penn State and plenty of other football factories like it are. You’ve always known. What you’re saying today is what all the hacks are saying to their jock readers:
We are poor little lambs who have lost our way.
Baa, baa, baa.
We are little black sheep who have gone astray.
Baa, baa, baa.
Okay! We bleated our little bleat!
Now…
… back to the luxury box!