Following all the news in the Sandusky-Penn State case, this last week a new sexual molestation accusation emerged in sports. Two former ball boys of the Syracuse Orange basketball team accused current Associate Head Coach Bernie Fine of sexually molesting them over their course working with the team. Two things stuck out at me with this. First, the timing. Why now? Nearly 20 years later before any report or anything. Seems odd that the ball boys are just coming out now after the Penn State scandal. But maybe because of that, they were more comfortable coming out to the public and saying what happened to them. Only they know. The second, was that during the ball boys interview (now a grown middle aged man), he seemed kind of off to me. He was very hesitant with his answers, and maybe he was legitimately nervous and distraught, but he just didn’t seem right to me and seemed to be thinking about his answers way too hard. Overall I am questioning these claims, but will not formulate an opinion until all of the facts are out. On a side note, I do respect Coach Jim Boeheim for standing by his comrade, stating that these allegations are the first he has heard of them and until he sees more evidence he will not abandon his long time friend and co-worker. We will see what he does if and when more facts backing up the ball boys surface.
-Dan Lewis, KIN 577
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