http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7212054/key-dates-penn-state-nittany-lions-sex-abuse-case
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xy0L8MUsOE
It's amazing what can happen when deviance occurs in sport.
Whenever sports and deviance are put together, we tend to automatically think of the usual suspects. We think of players taking some sort of performance enhancing drugs. We think of athletes committing a crime whether it'd be drunk driving or carrying a loaded, non registered gun. We think of academic cheating amongst college athletes who don't want their elligibility taken away. We even think of a domestic disturbance some times between an athlete and their spouse. However there are the rare occassions where one deviant act can occur, and it will change the entire viewpoint you have when it comes to sports.
If you've been living under a rock for the last month or so, you might not have heard about the Penn State scandal that has literally shocked the world and made us question one of the greatest legacies in college athletics. Former Penn State assistant coach and defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky has been charged wtih 40 counts of child molestation. The facts of this case have been considered absolutely disguisting in so many ways. Reports of sexual abuse, molestation, and even "pimping" children to other donors through his organization have caused Sandusky to be viewed as a face of evil. And because of that view, questions about the allegations became to much to handle for the Penn State board of governers and actions were needed.
When discussing Deviance, Coakley brings up the idea that those in power can somehow manage to "stretch" the rules for their own personal gain and may not consider themselves as a criminal. Coakley may not have thought about this horrible event to take place but it does bring a valid notion that too much power can lead to deviance becoming a norm in many coaches daily lives. Although I wonder Coakley would have to say about something like this?
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