1.) Jerry Sandusky, former Athletic Director Tim Curley, and former Senior Vice President Gary Schultz are all disgusting human-beings. Now granted, Sandusky is the only one who actually did molest the eight or so children, but for Curley and Schultz to try to keep this a secret is just plain unacceptable. They had every right and opportunity to turn in the information that the grad assistant and Joe Paterno relayed to them and instead, they chose to spare the university the embarrassment and let more children come into harms way of Sandusky. Now, everything has caught up to them and not only is their prominent football program taking a huge image hit in the midst of a very surprising season, in which the Nittany Lions are ranked 12th in the BCS standings, but Curley and Schultz are both out of jobs. Shame on you, you, and you.
Former PSU defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky could be facing life behind bars if found guilty of molesting up to eight children.
2.) This is tough, but I'm very disappointed in Joe Paterno. Now, you can ask anyone around and they'll all agree that I am about as far from a Penn State fan as they come, but I have tremendous amounts of respect for Joe Paterno. That being said, he also needs to be at fault in this situation. Everyone keeps defending him, saying he did the right thing by passing the information along to higher authority. And yes, he did. However, when he saw that nothing else was done after he did pass along the information, he needed to be the bigger man and report this to authorities. I'm sure I'm going to catch a lot of flack for this next statement, but so be it. If this was an incident pertaining to any other coach who isn't 86-years old, or doesn't have 409 career wins, they'd be on their way out the door. I'm sure that any other school, such as Florida State, Clemson, Miami, USC, Florida, or any other national power football school would already have their coaches packing up their stuff. But, at Penn State, JoePa is viewed as more than a coach, he's a legend and he's a God.
FBS' all-time winningest coach, Paterno is facing his toughest time in his 40+ years at Penn State
Paterno will go down as one of the greatest coaches in all of college football history, if not THE greatest, but with this happening so late in his career when people are already calling for his retirement, this will always linger in the back of people's minds when they look at Paterno's legacy. And to be honest, it's disappointing, but it's the truth.
3.) And finally, what's next for Penn State? Many schools have faced punishments that have resulted in the banning of a program for multiple years because of incidents that dealt with players receiving benefits. I'll be surprised and will lose a lot of respect for the NCAA if there are no punishments pertaining to the PSU football program for the actions that took place within their chain of command. If you let a program get off scott-free for a coach that molested young children, but punish programs who had players receive money or extra benefits, then there is something seriously wrong with the way that organization is run.
Fact of the matter is, this scandal is just beginning. Sure there have been steps made to remove party members that are at fault, but there is so much more that can and needs to be done.
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