He “heard a rumor”? Are you serious? This man was told by one of his own graduate students that he saw one of Paterno’s coaches BUTT-RAPING a 10-year-old boy!!!
Are you insane?
This wasn’t a rumor! It was a first hand account!
What if this had been Joe Paterno’s grandson in the shower with that animal? Do you think for a minute Paterno would have handled it differently? You bet your last buck he would have.
Why did this child deserve ANY less help? Paterno may have fulfilled his obligation according to “policy”....but he was a total moral failure.
For years, Paterno has taught young people to do MORE than just the MINIMUM in all areas of their lives. At the time he was likely needed the most, Paterno did just the minimum. And I believe we will eventually see, he was very involved in keeping the entire matter quiet.
Given the action of the trustees, I can assure you, we are about to hear even more disturbing allegations about Paterno’s involvement. They know more than we do. Watch.
Well I am done with this story. It has been in the news way too long. Time to wrap it up and get on with life. It is getting boring.
Even if that is so, his firing was absolutely the right thing to do. It was a culture that had to be changed.
Firing Joe Paterno will not do much to ease the plight of the victims, but letting him finish the out the schedule would have added to their suffering, IMO.