What a mess. This is an awful place to put both your team, school, and self into. For those of you that don't know, former Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was recently accused of child sexual abuse.
The school has appointed a committee to review the case against Sandusky. It appears as though this was a cover up involving school officials like athletic director Tim Curley, senior VP for business and finance Gary Schultz (who were both arraigned Monday for perjury) and head football coach Joe Paterno.
Joe Pa has been a long standing figure (60 years coaching, 46 as head coach) at Penn St, and might the single most recognizable figure in college football history. If the allegations are true (which I believe there are, as 8 different accusations have surfaced) then Joe Pa needs to go and his reputation will forever be tarnished, or at least it should be.
Covering up an act this disgusting is not a matter of moral ambiguity. Joe Pa was wrong, he should have admitted his knowledge immediately, fired the coach, and testified against him.
Students have recently gathered at Joe Pa's home to show their support for the university's greatest spokesman. I, however, would not do this. With Paterno's only official statement declaring his lack of knowledge, there is very little for me (and anyone else who is against the shit that athletes get away with) to support.
By this point Joe, you know, and you know that you were wrong to not immediately address the issue years ago. This ridiculous double standard that athlete's and figures in sports have is an insult to morality. Rape, child abuse, murder, robbery and nary a meaningful bit of jail time to be served by anyone. This speaks to our willingness to forgive horrible crimes against nameless humans (like those above) committed by those we idealize as a society.
This disgusts me, and it should disgust you.
Doug out
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