The Game Just Doesn't Matter

Saturday's game against Penn State is not a game that needs to be played. The day should be spent in reflection of what must be done to stop child sexual abuse in this country and around the world. There will be no real winner in the game today. What does matter is righting the wrong that occurred for all the young people and their families by the shocking events that were revealed to the general public this week.

This just makes me ill to think that young people are abused and scarred by unspeakable acts of cruelty. If college football as a whole wants to step up and make a difference then I propose that all profits from college football games in the United States today be donated to charities around the nation that help those young people that are the victims of sexual abuse.

I hope that fans of both Penn State and Nebraska will donate monies to these charities. The healing work that needs to go on is not for the college campuses or the educators or the young men playing the game. Rather the young children that have innocence taken away from them by heinous acts from predators is what matters. A child has every right to freedom and safety. I say the right thing to do is not to play the game, but to make a difference for this problem that impacts millions of young people and their families.

Let's think about that instead of 60 minutes of football later today. Because the game just doesn't matter.