Penn State Football: If Jerry Sandusky Is Innocent, Where Are His Supporters?

Recent reports have indicated that Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant football coach who has been accused of multiple accounts of sexual misconduct with minors over the course of several years, has been adamant in his denial that anything inappropriate ever occurred with any of those boys.

I'm no legal expert, and I don't claim to have studied all the facts associated with the case that have been presented up to this point. I have, however, followed the new developments with enough diligence to note that there is a glaring void of evidence to back up what Sandusky is claiming.

If he really is innocent, and simply a "father figure" for all those boys, as he likes to try and portray himself, then where are all his supporters?  

Why, Jerry, if you never did anything questionable with any of those young men, are there so many coming out against you?  Why aren't there at least a competing number of those same young men who will vouch for you, your character, and what you claim you stood for all those years?

It seems that if a truly honorable man was misrepresented in such a egregious manner, as Sandusky indicates he has been, there should be supporters coming forward, willing to testify on behalf of what he is saying. It could be that the media isn't interested in representing that side of the story, even if it does exist, but it really is telling how he seems to be the only one telling it right now.

The football program at Penn State will not be the same for many, many years. I have no idea if or when they will ever be able to remove the stigma associated with the scandal that Sandusky and Joe Paterno and others have allegedly helped to create. I hope it comes sooner rather than later.  

Sports should be about entertainment and fun, and this kind of nightmarish situation makes you really wonder if it's worth the emotional investment. If Sandusky is proved guilty in the end, it will just be one last piece of evidence, to his condemnation, that he would do anything for his own personal gain.