Penn State Scandal: Second Mile Foundation Makes Obvious Choice to Fold

In light of the Grand Jury Testimony surrounding the Penn State Scandal and former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, the Second Mile is on the verge of folding. 

Mark Viera, Jo Becker, and Pete Thamel of the New York Times are reporting that Second Mile, which was founded by Sandusky in 1977, is planning on folding. 

In all honesty, this is not a surprise. I am not implying that anyone currently involved with the charity has done anything wrong, or that the charity has been bad over the years.

The charges against Sandusky certainly get my head spinning as to what was going on with these kids that were a part of the program, but that doesn't mean that the overall impact of the program wasn't positive.

But if you're a parent, would you want your kid to be a part of a charity that had anything to do with Sandusky? Even if he's acquitted of these charges, nothing short of an absolute vindication and massive conspiracy against Sandusky would have me sending any kid anywhere near place.

Again, it's not implying anything bad would happen, but that's not a risk that I would care to take. I don't speak for anyone but myself, but I would highly doubt that I am alone in that view. 

The previously cited New York Times article had this to say about David Woodle, who is the chief executive of Second Mile.

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While declining to go into detail about complaints the charity has received, Woodle said it was natural for people to ask “how come I didn’t know about this earlier,” noting “that’s a sentiment that exists across the country right now."

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That's exactly the point of this whole thing. It's not hard to find information about this scandal, or come up with a list of questions around who knew what and when they knew it.

Even if nobody currently involved with the charity had any knowledge of any of this, it doesn't seem like this charity has much of a chance at surviving.