[Superman]

Again, I agree with much of what you are asserting, McLovin. It is indeed tragic. And it seems clear that some people dropped some balls.

And yet, I am growing confidence in my belief that you are rushing hastily to a judgment you have insufficient evidence to form. You want to BLAME and your favorite target seems to be Paterno. Either you adopted the sports-opinion-writer's conclusion hook line and sinker, or your and he have similar tendencies to blame blame blame and not worry about the facts. You don't know that Paterno didn't contact the prosecutor. You don't know that Paterno didn't pressure his athletic department to act more aggressively. It as the Athletic Director and the Prosecutor who shouldered the full weight of the responsibility to deal with this, and Paterno may have done all he could to urge them to action. You don't know that Paterno didn't ask for Sandusky's resignation in 1999 when he became aware of Sandusky's disgusting behavior. Everyone reports his resignation as odd. I personally, knowing Paterno's behavior pattern, strongly suspect Sandusky's resignation was Paterno's decision. You don't know that Paterno didn't go ballistic when he heard the Sandusky have even BEEN IN the locker room. You don't know that Paterno hadn't banned him from that facility. You don't know that the Athletic Director wasn't the one who continued to offer Sandusky access to the university's facilities.

And yet, you're making the conclusion that this is all Paterno's fault because he caused all this for the goal of making more money and attracting more talented recruits. I say you have ZERO evidence to back this last sentence up. So yeah, we don't understand each other. And it's not a matter of you having a higher moral code than I. You certainly have more righteous indignation, but I have come to distrust that tendency in people. What you really have is the tendency to blame. Irrespective of the facts. Plenty of that going on in PARF, in my opinion. Which is why I don't got there these days. Facts are important to me. Not to everyone, I see.