Paterno

So last night I noticed tons and tons of status updates regarding the firing of Joe Pa. Some against the firing, like myself, but most for it. And while a Facebook is a quick opinion, I got tons of shit for it so I thought I would post my opinion in a blog with a little more in depth look of where I am coming from.

First thing first, I am not saying I think Joe Paterno should have kept his job. I agree that everyone in that organization should go, all of them. They all knew something, and did barely anything/nothing at all about it. What Sandusky did is absolutely disgusting, and that man will burn in hell/jail for the rest of his life. He is a piece of garbage and I hope he gets raped in prison.

With that said, let me explain myself as to why I think the board should have done 1 of 2 things with Joe Paterno:

1)Let him retire at the end of the year like he planned.
or
2) Force him to resign right then and there.

Yes, Paterno did know about accusations, and he heard about it at the age of 76/77. I really don't think then and especially now at 86 he has the mental capacity to understand what was/is happening; I am pretty sure we can agree that this man really knows nothing other than football. I mean he told kids "Oook well we have lots to do, make sure you study" last night after all of this, he is not all there. Anyhow, that is besides the point.

He did tell his superior about the claim made by the grad assistant, and that was that for him. Should he have done more? Yeah probably, but was he the one raping children? No. Bottom line, NO. The man gave 46 years of his life to that school, to that program, and to the NCAA. He helped POSITIVELY shape the lives of thousands of kids. That's not just something you forget about because a man did what he pretty much was supposed to do, tell his superior about shady shit going on with Sandusky.

I feel like everyone is just going with the mentality of "Well Sandusky is cooked, let's go after everyone else." Which in most cases is the way to go, Athletic Director, President of PSU, should be fired. They were the ones who really should have done more. I can't say that I blame Paterno for any of this. I agree he could have done more, but so could a lot of us everyday. We're not here to judge people for what they could of, should of, would of done. If we are, then we are all fucked. All of us witness some sort of injustice or wrong-doing almost daily and do we do anything about it? No. Should we all lose our jobs? No. Let's not forget, we live in America. In this country, you don't have to do jack shit if you don't want to. I agree that from a moral look of things, Paterno could have done more, but I hate to break to all of you, morals don't count for shit homies. Next time you're in court, see how well your morals stand up against laws. That's the thing that gets me about all of this, alllllllll of a sudden, everyone is an angel. Look, I agree, messing with kids is fucked up and is always, ALWAYS uncalled for. It pisses me off more than anything in the world when kids are fucked with. They are innocent and have no chance of defending themselves, but it WAS NOT PATERNO. Stop blaming him for another man's crimes. Just because he didn't "do enough" in your eyes, does not make him the man who committed the crime. Let's not all forget about how Michael Jackson was accused MULTIPLE TIMES of touching kids, did he lose his job as a millionaire pop superstar? No, he went out and made more records, and everyone ate that shit up because he was found not guilty, but lets be honest; who sleeps in a bed with kids and does not touch them?? And you know what, even if he didn't touch them, who cares, I still find it morally wrong for a grown ass man to have sleep overs with teenage boys, but legally, he was good. That's the world we live in.

Yes, kids were wronged, GREATLY WRONGED, but again it was not Paterno doing the diddling. The man gave 46 years of greatness to that program, the least they could have done is give him 6 weeks to finish the season, or at the very least, just have him resign rather than fire him. Everyone should get off their high horse and remember where we live, America, home of the free, land of the brave....and the land where you are not legally obligated to say anything about anything if you don't want to and NOT be persecuted for it.