I may be completely stoned, but for the life of me I've never understood why it's the "O's" and "A's" and not the "Os" and "As". They aren't the Baltimore Oriole's or the Oakland Athletic's.
Is the logo possessive? "This is the O's logo?" Shouldn't it be "Os'" then?
So, that leaves us with three, equally-unsavory possibilities:
1) Courtney was excluded from everything because PSU didn't feel they needed their in-house counsel involved, because they would handle the coverup themselves. 2) Courtney was excluded from everything because PSU felt that he'd narc on them. 3) Courtney only SAYS he was excluded from everything and is now trying to distance himself from the coverup.
And even more damning part of the piece was the fact that it appears that Penn State's general counsel, Wendell Courtney, was NEVER informed of any of the incidents or investigations.
But other than that, "at no time, whether in 1998 or in 2002 or any other point in time, was I made aware or did I have knowledge of Jerry Sandusky engaging in sexual misconduct with young children," Courtney said. "Had I had any idea that there was even remotely improper conduct with children on any day since the beginning of time, nothing in the world would have kept me from being absolutely certain that it was reported to the police immediately. That is my duty."
So it appears that PSU thought they could handle the cover up so completely that they didn't even involve their head legal counsel in the event that word got out and PSU would have had to prepare some sort of defense. Not even in an advisory capacity, like "Hey Wendell, one of our coaches appears to be sexually abusing young boys. What's the legal exposure to us? What should we do?"
Dr. Rumack: You'd better tell the Captain we've got to land as soon as we can. There's a serious problem in business class.
Elaine Dickinson: Business class? What is it?
Dr. Rumack: It's section at the front of the plane where ESPN executives masturbate, but that's not important right now. (whispering) Someone let a black man sit up there.