Penn State Scandal

In my years of following sports there has been a fair share of scandals. The Bob Knight scandal in Indiana, steroids in baseball, Tim Donaghy and gambling in the NBA, and even SpyGate in the NFL but none of those compare to whats going on at Penn State and Joe Paterno.


This story at Penn State is bigger than sports, that's what make so big. It's by far the worst story that I have seen or read about. It's not about football and Paterno's legacy or wins and losses, it's about eight (probably more) innocent children who were violated and molested by a monster. I'm not even going to get into the details because it makes me sick to my stomach. Jerry Sandusky is just a vile human being and at the bottom of the human decency who was only allowed to keep his job the first time and allowed to keep the keys to the Penn State locker room only because he knew how coach linebackers. He's going to locked up forever.


As for Joe Paterno, he finally got fired last night and rightfully so. He knew damn well what was going on and he allowed it. Joe Paterno runs that school. He could have stopped Sandusky and saved maybe countless children from that animal. But he didn't cause Sandusky was right hand man and defense coordinator. How can Joe Pa sit there was Sandusky for all those years knowing what that freak does behind closed doors? Paterno didn't deserve more than the phone call he got. He didn't deserve a graceful exit and to go out on his own terms. Paterno was a enabler. Paterno probably can't be charged with anything legally but morally and as human being he's going to have live with what happened and why he got fired on his conscience for the rest of his life.


As for all the yahoos that were rioting on the Penn State campus last night- all I have to say is calm down. I know what Paterno means to the school, how he's one of the greatest college coaches, how he's a figure head for the school, how he put that school on the map. But lets be serious Penn State students, your not losing Nick Saban or Les Miles in his prime. Paterno hasn't "coached" in years. You think he's making calls? You think he's putting game plans together? You think he's traveling across country recruiting these kids? He sits up in the box without a headset on. When they need to lock down a recruit, they bring him in and he flashes his championship rings and the kid signs with Penn State. Paterno was lucky enough to keep his job these past three or four days only because hes Joe Paterno. Anyone else would've been canned the day the story broke. Read the report and maybe you wont protest as hard. Take off you Penn State pajamas and maybe you'll see why Paterno is fired and disgraced. Penn State should be embarrassed by what ESPN and CNN was showing. What some of the kids were saying was embarrassing and showed that they were out of touch with what was going on.


Like I said it's the worst story in sports that I have ever seen. Everyday it gets creepier and creepier. How Sandusky wrote a book called "Touched". How the lead D.A. back when the case first broke disapeared, and is now proniuced dead, after he dismissed the case. And now how Sandusky was "pimping" out kid from his foundation to rich donors. It makes me sick just thinking about it. Those who feel sorry for Paterno, they shoudnt.


Until next time...