He should have stepped down a decade ago if he had this knowledge. He has NO HONOR. The man is DELUDED.

Originally Posted by: dfosterf 

Very sad to hear of Coach Paterno's decision to retire at years end. A man of his integrity should leave on HIS OWN terms.....not by way of public or media scrutiny. After all I've read, I see no evidence of any JoePa wrong doing. The man is 84 years old and has been a class act his entire career and life. If allegations against Sandusky prove legitimate, Sandusky desreves the needle and a firing squad..... Not Paterno. The legendary roundtable of GREAT MEN recruits another. Thank You Joe Pa.

Wow, this is absurdly wrong, or I am misunderstanding.

By simply KNOWING of the actions, or being made aware of them, is absolutely NOT a reason for Joe Paterno to step down.

The problem I have with those who knew, was they only went as high as the university. There is too much self preservation in this world, in my opinion. I don't think these guys went higher up (or even to the police department) because they feared for their jobs.

After realizing the President of the University was not going to bring these allegations to the police, Joe Paterno and the others (lets not forget this wasn't something ONLY Paterno was aware of) should have done so themselves.

Absolutely no question, someone with knowledge should have taken this to the police.



If your line of thinking is, if you're not going to bring this to the police, then you should step down, I agree with that thought, absolutely.

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool 

1. I wish we would not judge this until the facts are tried. That's why we have criminal courts, after all, and why convictions don't always (and shouldn't always) follow upon a grand jury indictment, much less upon the word of prosecutors, journalists, and the blogosphere.

2. I admit I'm among those who have already reached an opinion of judgment. I'm with those who say they all -- from the "grad assistant" to Jo Pa to the Pres of PSU -- should go, and go now. For all the reasons Foster and Dakota and the rest of you have said. I'm a pervert in many ways, but 10 year olds? That's beyond the pale. Blech!

3. I can't say I'm particularly proud of #2, though. Exactly the opposite, in fact.

Damn, but Matthew 7 and the idea of innocent-until-proven-guilty are hard principles to follow, aren't they?

Originally Posted by: Wade 

Zero2Cool wrote:

Joe Paterno did not work at Cub Foods.

Joe Paterno ran the Penn State University football program, generated millions and or billions for the university, became an icon, God, and controller of the entire place, built a power-base that could not be overcome by his opponents, and yesterday was laughing and cheering with the snot-nosed kids that blindly support him, no matter what.

Originally Posted by: dfosterf