Sully is an avid tweeter, and a funny one to follow. He showed his more serious and mature side yesterday, though, posting a good amount of tweets on the subject of the Penn State scandal, though he amusingly flip-flops his opinions a little.
Sullinger, an Ohio State (alum??), played in the Big Ten and thus has an idea of the atmosphere in which this was allowed to happen. This post isn't really supposed to controversial or anything; it's just nice to see that we have a mature, worldly young man (in addition to a hard-working one) joining our roster.
Note: each new tweet begins with a ">"
Jared Sullinger @Jared_Sully0
>It's amazing what one mans crazy mindset can do to a organization.
>I'm sick to my stomach when it comes to things like this
>I feel sad for the victims.
>Taking away wins from THE PLAYERS is wrong..... They went out there and gave their ALL....
>Only thing I don't like about everything is Joe Paterno is not here to defend himself. That sucks.
>We all don't know the truth. Y'all might not like what I say but I'm speaking from my point of view. Everybody not the same.
>I don't think penn state will have a football team in the next couple of years.
>All the players can transfer and play right away. College practice hasn't started yet. #RIPPennState
>No athlete should go to a school where the punishment has everything to do with history.... NCAA did the right thing
>With all this stuff about penn state going on. I can't allow my nephew to watch sports center.
>If the NCAA took away wins for tattoos. They had no other choice but to take wins away from Penn State.
>Four years no postseason. That could be your whole college career......
>I hope the victims can live in peace now. All the stuff they been through the last years to finally see justice must be NICE.
>Well I hope they can sleep in peace. My heart goes out for ppl like this. That's a tough mountain to climb
>Last thing: I think this is a message to tell ppl winning and money is never more important than child endangerment. #protecttheppl
It's refreshing to hear an athlete talk like this, after having listened to so many former Penn State players and coaches at other universities saying Paterno "made a mistake." It's so much more than that.