On Aug. 16, Yahoo! Sports broke a story that appeared to be the alpha and omega of all college athletic scandals, alleging rampant rule-breaking at the University of Miami.
Less than three horrific months later, that tale of payoffs, prostitutes, strippers, booze and an abortion looks fairly quaint. The allegations at Penn State last week and now, Thursday night, at Syracuse have taken college sports into a new realm of crisis, crossing the Rubicon to a location where the damage may never be undone.
ESPN’s report Thursday night that a former ball boy allegedly was sexually abused for years by longtime basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine is the latest explosive headline to rock an enterprise that has been hemorrhaging credibility in recent months. Coming swiftly on the heels of Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky being charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse, it’s hard not to feel like the ground is giving way beneath us.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...pf-forde_syracuse_allegations_chilling_111711
Less than three horrific months later, that tale of payoffs, prostitutes, strippers, booze and an abortion looks fairly quaint. The allegations at Penn State last week and now, Thursday night, at Syracuse have taken college sports into a new realm of crisis, crossing the Rubicon to a location where the damage may never be undone.
ESPN’s report Thursday night that a former ball boy allegedly was sexually abused for years by longtime basketball assistant coach Bernie Fine is the latest explosive headline to rock an enterprise that has been hemorrhaging credibility in recent months. Coming swiftly on the heels of Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky being charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse, it’s hard not to feel like the ground is giving way beneath us.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basket...pf-forde_syracuse_allegations_chilling_111711
