re: Joe Paterno Has Been Fired by the PSU BOT - Effective Immediately

Anyone saying they feel sorry for Joe Pa has either not read the Grand Jury statement or doesn't understand the ramifications of these actions. If Joe Pa didn't know specifics of what happened in 2002 he should have. If someone reports to me the illegal actions of a close friend who is currently working for me (or recently did work for me not sure of if this was before or after he retired in 2002) on company (in this case university) property I'm going to want specifics. This is any illegal activity. If it is sexual abuse involving adults it is a big deal. If it involves minors - you blow that shite up. Give him a chance to tell his side of the story, but make sure that everything is fully investigated and involve the police. At the very least Joe Pa is guilty of criminal negligence, and IMO should be considered an accomplice b/c I don't believe that you can be that naive. The entire staff should be dismissed - and there are some on that staff that this would be incredibly unfair for but this is about saying this shouldn't be tolerated. Penn State should forfeit the remainder of its season and offer every player an unconditional release. The NCAA can't really penalize Penn St for this as there are no rules on the books about employing a sexual predator, but it can grant an exemption to any player at Penn St that would like to transfer so that they don't have to sit out a season and they should. All of this would have effects on that program far into the future, but the duration and depth of those effects won't even scratch the way the additional boys that were allowed to be assaulted - and to be clear we are talking about forcible rape of 10 year olds - have been affected by the athletic programs unwillingness to take action.