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Originally Posted by Seahawk
What a hump.
Paterno set the tone in order to protect his reputation: he was on track to get the most victories by a Division I football coach in 1998. He was protecting the football program and himself from scrutiny and potentially damaging testimony that would prevent that from happening.
So your hero sat on his hands and allowed another generation of boys to be raped.
The janitor, McQueary, etc. are not the problem, Paterno was, YOU are.
This is about Penn State's football program. The sanctions didn't go nearly far enough...you and buddies will still get to cheer your team on this fall. I would have made PS go silent for at least a year so you and other like you would get the point.
Blame the janitor.
Perfect.
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Paul,
The only reason I didn't mention Paterno is because he's dead. What else do you want to do to him?
Now how am I the problem for not wanting to punish people that had no knowledge and nothing to do with the situation? I'm ready to blame everyone that witnessed the crime and everyone that had a reasonable vantage from which to suggest that someone look into Sandusky.
Paterno's not my hero. They can take down the statue if they want. I don't care. I agree that he did not take sufficient action when he became aware of Jerry's activities and were he still alive, I would expect him to be held accountable.
Now how did I blame the janitor? That's a ridiculous statement. I think I mentioned the janitor after the president and AD.
You are really having a knee-jerk reaction to this and seem to want to take it out on everyone.