Could Syracuse be the next abuse domino to fall?

KamaAina

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:29 PM
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Could Syracuse be the next abuse domino to fall?

Many of you have been suspecting that Penn State is just the tip of the iceberg (sorry for the mixed metaphor).

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/sports-cbk/20111118/Syracuse-Fine.Investigation/?cid=hero_media

Syracuse assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine says allegations that he molested two former ball boys for years are "patently false."...

Cantor vowed Friday that the school will not turn a blind eye to child molesting allegations that resurfaced just two weeks after the Penn State scandal....

Bobby Davis, now 39, told ESPN that Fine allegedly molested him beginning in 1984 and that the sexual contact continued until he was around 27. A ball boy for six years, Davis told ESPN the alleged abuse occurred at Fine's home, at Syracuse basketball facilities and on team road trips, including the 1987 Final Four.

Davis' stepbrother, Mike Lang, 45, who also was a ball boy, told ESPN that Fine molested him starting while he was in fifth or sixth grade.

Ruh-roh, Rorge...

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arcane1

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:43 PM
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1. Edited due to poor reading comprehension

Edited on Fri Nov-18-11 06:49 PM by arcane1

:dunce::silly:

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arbusto_baboso

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:45 PM
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2. You're misreading.

He's said the contact ENDED when he was 27. It BEGAN in 1984. If he is 39 NOW, he would have been 12 in 1984.

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arcane1

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:48 PM
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5. D'oh! Damned multi-tasking :0

:dunce:

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arbusto_baboso

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:49 PM
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6. No biggee. I've been known to do the same thing.

That's why I tried to keep my correction free of recriminations.

Hope I was successful at that and didn't come off as a pedantic jerk.

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arcane1

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Fri Nov-18-11 07:54 PM
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7. Success achieved! :) n/t

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TBF

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:46 PM
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3. If he's 39 now he would've been 12 in 1984, correct? nt

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madinmaryland

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Fri Nov-18-11 06:47 PM
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4. Check your math...

He was 13 in 1985 and was 27 in 1999 (12 years ago). He was born in about 1972, if he is now age 39.

Apologies for being a math nazi!

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