I think he's saying the public (outside State College) won't give a rat's ass if you discredit Freeh because the media spiked the ball on the 4th quarter go-ahead TD in July & as far as most are concerned the game is over. The only way you can get the ball back & score is to prove to the world those 1970s "victims" are lying. You think Ira will back you on that? Good luck. Ira is a snake. You try to negotiate with a snake you'll inevitably get bitten. I am very thankful for all you & Anthony & the other A9 have done but we have every right to be POed about that vote. It's negotiating with snakes.
FWIW:
The "media" didn't "spike the ball"......the A9 did. The media (whom we all like to blame) has had nothing to do with the A9's fiduciary failures (highlighted by the most recent actions of the July coronations)
The A9 has - repeatedly - "spiked the ball" on their ability to ever claim to be the righteous stewards of the University. EVER. (The actions of July were just the coup de grace.)
As such, nothing they say or claim will ever carry the weight that might be ascribed to the righteous. EVER
Those are our proxies we are talking about
Now, clearly, the only way for our voices to be equated with the voices of the righteous - something that is a prerequisite if we are ever to actually WIN the battles we are engaged in - is to (at the least) place new individuals into those seats.........and, even then, removing the tar of fiduciary failure from those seats, and attaching a meaningful sense of righteousness to our voices - even with new personnel - will be a daunting task. A task much MORE difficult than the task we faced 5 years ago
As just ONE example, and this is a relatively minor issue:
If tomorrow, the voices of the A9 - joined by a chorus of all 27 other members of the BOT - proclaimed, in a united cacophony, "THE FREEH REPORT IS CRAP"!!!
Who would care?
Who should care?
No one would, ......aside from a small handful of folks who have known that all along .......and no one should
And then those same folks can raise a hew and cry that the PUBLIC and the MEDIA just won't "get it"
Thanks guys.