All the money in the world will not make up for the acts of Sandusky. How can you look into the eyes of the 4 year old son of the Officer killed by the DUI Driver last week on I-95. Any person with any morals and common sense would have to look away. It is very devastating and disgusting. I have seen far too many of the victims of a pedophile and each time seems to get harder and harder.
It is very difficult if not impossible to deal with any victim. $ 3,000,000.00 seems to be the justification for this sickness allowed to proceed for 14 years. Amazing how greed corrupts people isn't it?

A "death sentence" to the Penn State football program punishes coaches and students for the wrongdoing of others. Think about the student athletes with scholarships whose dream of a college degree and maybe a career in the NFL will end.

Not to be overly picky, but I believe the term you are looking for regarding JoePa's grave is head stone.

I agree with the sentiment of the article. Until we find out for sure,aka after the remaining criminal trials are completed, allow the statue to stand. However, sweeping changes are needed from the top down and those PS alumnae and fans who fall into cult like status should be right there righting things.

When the victims lawsuits start slamming into PSU like a sub-zero winter wind (shocking, unrelenting, painful, breath-stopping) and the details continue to pile up like a big snow drift driven by that hard, cold wind of reality and evidence then some who cannot accept what has happened may be able to deal with it.

Yeah, right...even Hitler still has idiots that support his ideas. Some people say that the Holocaust never happened. Some people believe that O.J. is actually innocent of wrongful death of his own wife. Some will never be able to accept that JoePa covered and protected a serial pedophile for the sake of avoiding bad publicity.

Reality can be painful...and this is one of those times that we learn the hard way that our hero's are actually flesh and blood humans that protect themselves and their income at the expense of innocents.

Wow Steve 696969 you must be a writer who never got picked-up. Shut up you dummy!!!!!!!

As a former student, I was always in awe with Penn State. It breaks my heart to see how this wonderful school has been brought to its knees by a very few people. Think the Bd needs to go also - they had to know what was going on.

The comment that," fortunately there are no press conferences in hell", is over the top, unprofessional and biased. I agree with the basic premise of your article but your bias and hatred of Paterno is evident.

At the LM Township Board of Commissioners Meeting to investigate the widespread Felony Criminal Corruption of its township public officials … will make the Penn State criminal corruption look like child’s play by comparison.

If you read the Freeh report, it is neither independent or complete. PA Attorney General asked they not interview McQueary, and a few others. Why? According to the report, the janitor in 2000 WITNESSED abuse and told another janitor. The two told a supervisor. Why did they not go to police? Because they were afraid of losing their jobs! Why are they less culpable than anyone else? They could have stopped it! This is the problem. Everywhere! Too worried about oneself.

To cancel Penn State football would affect more than just the football program. It would affect the whole athletic program. It would affect businesses - hotels, resturants etc. That would do nothing to keep this from happening again. They should let them play, and a substantial percentage of the money go to education on what a pedofile profile looks like. Unfortunately the "gifts" victims get from pedofiles is too much to refuse. Education. Why after the 98 incident, did the mother let her child go back to see Sandusky?

All but the newest three members of the Board of Trustees should go. It is totally disfunctional, which only 4 or 5 of them making decisions at the University. This is wrong.

Let's hope society gets a big wake up call from this. It's a societal issue.

Your headline and your opinion of JoePa is in my opinion very insulting. Sure everyone feels remorse for all the victims known and not known in this case. This whole incident absolutely sucks and I feel Sandusky should fry for it, but to inclusively include Joe as part of the conspiracy is wrong. Joe Paterno reported the incident to a higher authority internally according to institution policy to individuals that had a higher pay grade them him not to mention our current governor knew what was going on. Joe went by the rules. After being humiliated by being fired over the phone by a bunch of spineless directors and now this after death slander of something he had not control over is no more than dragging out a story just for your own published advancement.
Leave the wounds heal. All the victims both direct and indirect just want this to be put behind them.

I am amazed at people who are still on the side of Joe Paterno, Penn State and all the other cowards who hid behind, "I did what I was required". Give me a break! I hope I never have to put the safety and well being of my child in the hands of people who think what they did was okay. Please, if you support these idiots, go to a group meeting with victims and see what this horrific behavior does to a child, and then let me know if you still support people who hide behind doing the bare minimum.

Rachel, let me get this straight, after I said he should fry for what he did you turn around and all inclusively call anyone in support of a institutional healing or anyone who supports Penn State cowards. Only a coward would
make an insult like that anonymously.
Sandusky should be shot and rot in hell for what he did. No need for group meetings. That is the only resolution that gives justice to the victims.

No Tiny, I called the people who didn't report his crimes cowards.

Quoat: Joe Paterno, Penn State, and all the other cowards.

Tiny if you are going to quote someone, make sure your quoting them correctly & completely.

A quest for humility and understanding may be ln order on my part. I apologize.
As for Golden cockroach, you are one sick mother. A saint couldn't find humility in that!

The only logical and ethical punishment for this fiasco is the death penalty to Penn State football for at least 3 years. To not do so only further makes light of the childhood victims of Jerry Sandusky.

The death penalty would not be to penalize the students nor the players currently on the team. The penalty would be to penalize a university who chose protecting the reputation of the football team over the needs of children.

It is the only fair penalty. Look at the USC, Ohio State, Miami, etc. football programs who were penalized by making ineligible for bowl appearances, reduced scholarships, etc. USC just had one of the best classes in the country and and all schools regularly sell out football games on Fall Saturdays. Those penalties were for breaking NCAA laws. Penn State broke criminal law.

I am and have been a Penn State football fan for life. To no give the program the death penalty would only further reinforce the belief that the money making football program is bigger then the university.

Penn State was an excellent university before the scandal and will continue to provide an excellent education to it's students with or without a football program.

"The death penalty would not be to penalize the students nor the players currently on the team." How exactly is that? How is a student on a football scholarship supposed to maintain it? How is a student who is striving for a career in the NFL supposed to achieve that? By your say-so? Maybe you have the right answer, but first you have to answer those questions. We're used to making the students come last, aren't we?

I honestly hope not one person who has posted on here is a practicing Catholic, including the wonderful opinion of this article. Furthermore if the the NCAA delivers the death penalty at PSU it will also have to go further and sanction every school who has had ANY employee associated with the AD convicted of a felony. The sensationalism on this subject is thoughtless. Shut down the money grubbing Catholic church for at a minimum of one year. and take down anything with Pope John Pauls likeness.

Gino...great post.
I couldn't agree with you more on every point you've made.

To say Paterno did what was required is the lamest excuse I've ever heard. He should have done more, but the football program was more important to him than those children.

Stephen there is an easy answer to that question. The players can transfer. It happens a lot in college football and at Penn State with highly rated QB, Pat Devlin. The only thing the NCAA would have to do is to waive the year of inactivity for transfers.

I strongly agree with "That's Life". All of you that have suddenly jumped on the pure HATRED bandwagon need to take a step back. I've read hundreds of posts using words like "worship" ,"revered", and "cult like". It should bring you back to the Catholic church. Let me be perfectly clear that I DO NOT CODNONE for one second the actions taken by the individuals at Penn State, however that being said, when did the general public become the judge and jury for the thousands of Penn State Students, Penn State Athletes and the town and surrounding areas of State College, PA? That would equate to shuttering all the Catholic churches and their affiliated charities. How about just once mentioning the GOOD things that have and are still happening at Penn State thanks to the student body (including athletes). Could anyone deny the millions of dollars raised annually at THON? Just this past weekend the football squad held their 8th annual "Lift for Life" which raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for childhood kidney cancer. After the initial shock from the scandal breaking the prevent child abuse campaign began, again raising again hundreds of thousands of dollars. I believe that some of you are simply out to destroy everything involved with Penn State. Not a very rational approach to the 600,000 alumni, the 60,000+ current student body and it would certainly be a death nail for many of the business in town NONE OF THE ABOVE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS MESS!!!!!

PLEASE allow the justice system to try and convict the people responsible and not the innocent.

Beth, the Justice system did convict the person responsible and a former FBI Director made their investigation public. I was a Joe Pa fan since I was young and admired what I thought to be honesty, integrity and value. I was crushed to learn of his involvement. But there is NO WAY I can ever think of him the same. He chose to protect a child molester and the football program over innocent children. There is nothing he could have done or said to change my opinion of him. Despite the many good things he did in his life and for the university, his lasting despicable act overrides all the good.

And to reinforce the whole premise of the fiasco, when Joe Pa was fired the students rioted. When it was released that he not only know about the child molestation issues but protected it, nothing. No outrage on campus. No public displays, etc.

Dynamo47,
I am not disagreeing with you, however I did have the misfortune of being in State college not only on they day he was fired but also on the day he passed away. Top it all off I was there visiting my daughter for the Arts Fest the day the Freeh report came out. Yes the students (a small portion) acted like morons but at that point there was no blame being focused on Paterno. They fired him with a telephone call and kids.....yes kids (mostly 18-20 year olds) acted very badly. I don't think anyone with common sense will ever feel the same about Paterno again, yet my point is what punishment will be enough. The comments spew such hatred and the tide has now turned to the students and businesses that are innocent. The actions taken by those in charge were horrible and inexcuseable but before you start carrying torches and trying to desimate the student body and downtown think........what did "they" do to deserve this??? Frankly I also question why Corbett isn't front page news! According to documents he claims he didn't have enough evidence to proceed with the investigation, yet in a few short months Freeh comes up with the damning documents???? He should be in the thick of this mess not taking credit for his stupid seat on the Board of Trustees....what way is he PAYING for his lack of involvement?

lets not forget that the department of child services, the second mile and the DA all had many more facts in 1998 and in 2001 yet did absolutely nothing to stop JS. I am not sticking up for JoePa however just because he has the biggest name does not make him the biggest offender in not doing enough. All these other folks involved had $$$$ in their heads.

Golden Cockroach, you are a pig! I've heard that you don't folks who don't look like you. Do what Deb said & GO AWAY, FAR FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!! YOU FRAUD!!!!!!

Beware Daimen, I am Pottstown! Watch out for the Roach!!
Doug & Deb you guys are what is good about Pottstown, I give you the cockroach salute! Thank you both.

I'm tired of hearing about all the good Paterno did. What "good"? He was a college football coach, not a saint, doctor, chemist,etc. American college football does not carry much weight in other parts of this planet. Hunger, war, disease, are things we should be working on, not how to win football games and declaring coaches our "heros". He's a criminal. Period.

swelldoggy,
Please read and get some facts. Millions of dollars donated to the schools edu department, donated millions to build a library, millions of dollars raised for the treatment and research of childhood diseases.

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most do"

Boy, talk about an axe to grind. To punish the innocent bystanders, the thousands who will lose economically, people get a grip. Yes, Sandusky deserves the worst possible punishment, yes, whoever knew about it should be fired/prosecuted (even the janitors - after all they had the same concern that Paterno had). This is NOT a football scandal. It is a scandal of very poor judgement by men who when had the opportunity to step up but chose otherwise. But I wonder how many of us would not have done the same thing? Everyday people are faced with these types of decisions and take the safe or self interest path. Granted, not as serious as this but still the same ethical dilemma. The second saddest part of this story is that a man who has done so much good, due to one bad judgement, now has his name forever sullied. Insted of pileing on we should use it to learn from and maybe do the right thing when/if we are faced with a decision. I wonder what school Gino attended while in collage? Temple or one of the schools that PSU beat up on in the football arena, is he just a frustrated jock who never had the talent to play the next level, or a nerd that was picked on in school by jocks. In anycase his opinion IS over the top.

In the end, the football program was more important to all in power (not janitors, for God's sake...they were scared of the big-wigs gravitas too) than the welfare of children. Yes, Sandusky did the heinous deeds...but what about those who KNEW he was a molester and let him continue to parade young boys into the showers. They are accomplices to the acts. They were uncomfortable facing the facts so they looked the other way. They colluded to be "humane" to Sandusky and not upset the football program. How is it defensible?

I just had a h.s. senior graduate and none of the kids wanted to be associated with Penn State after this shameful experience. They chose to go to other colleges. In the end, the only way Penn State can rehabilitate it's image as a decent, educational institution is to make the ultimate sacrifice to their oh-so-important football program. The statue of Joe must go too. If Paterno were such a saint, he'd be the first to agree. The entire school is shrouded in shame until it does serious penance.

When a man, say a father is arrested and goes to jail his wife, children, entire family suffers. It's an unfortunate fact of life bad decisions by one person affects all those close to him. Penn State claims to be a family and unfortunately the family is going to suffer for the actions ( or lack of) of their leaders including Paterno. Many lessons are to be learned from this

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