I was one who hoped against hope that Joe Paterno was of a different generation and probably did not fully see the truth of what was happening. I looked at his long career and all the good he had done and wanted to believe he was not really involved. I began to see that he was but I thought that surely an in depth report would find he just didn't do as much as he could. I really wanted to believe that but I just waited for the report and then...............

I was wrong on all counts and so was Paterno. So was the board and the administration and damn near everyone even vaguely related to the football program. The utter truth of the report was even more damning than the trial or anything I would have imagined. The report highlights the power of college athletics and the money it brings. It condemn the institutional problems at PSU but also at every large university where football brings in huge amounts of cash.

It will take a lot of things happening to overcome that institutional problem at Penn State. Last year Ohio State almost got the death penalty over tattoos for memorabilia and some cheap used cars. The NCAA needs to act on this if they are to have any credibilty themselves. Five years would not be too long.

The Paterno name needs to be removed from buildings and his statue needs to come down. The university needs to start immediately imposing penalties upon itself and completely restructure all athletics, withdrawing voluntarily from football. If they don't the NCAA will do the worst and/or the Big 10 will drop them.

Its a bitch when your heroes have feet of clay............

This is the best I've read....from an Alumnus.



Spaw