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Posted on July 12, 2012 at 03:49 PM.

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Deplorable.

Disgraceful. Shameful. Dishonorable. Inexcuseable. Unpardonable. Unforgivable. Reprehensible. Despicable. Abominable. Contemptible. Execrable. Heinous.

All of those words. None of them do any justice to the actions of officials, employees from the top to the bottom at Penn State University.

The veil was lifted today on what is perhaps the worst scandal in college sports history, if not in all of sports. The 1919 White Sox are wondering how they were ursuped so cleanly and so blatantly at the top of the worst sports scandals in history.

Today, the veil was lifted on exactly how Penn State managed to stay so clean for forty years: Joe Paterno was a strongman bully, always after preserving his own reputation above others well being and the rules of not only society but also likely college athletics as a whole. He was so blatantly concerned with how he and his football program would look that he ignored the fact hapless children were being sexually abused somewhere down the hall from his football office.

Paterno was so concerned about his image and avoiding bad publicity, that he didn't want any scandal coming to the surface that could tarnish his legacy or damage the Penn State brand. His letter to his former players which he wrote a month before his death and was released yesterday showed no remorse for his actions, and instead the letter tried to make Joe Paterno and the empire built upon his image look good.

Because it was all about Joe Paterno and Penn State football.

Screw the consequences. Screw the fact children were being abused. Screw the fact that the law was being broken.

Just win baby. After all, that's all it was about right?

Of course, despite all of the wins -- the championships rarely came under Joe Paterno. In forty years Joe Paterno won two National Championships.

Two.

Three Big Ten Championships in the nearly 20 years Penn State was a part of the league under Paterno.

Three.

Were those worth the sexual abuse of perhaps dozens of children? Were all 409 wins worth it? Was a national championship every twenty years on average worth the victims in his heinous case?

Of course, in the rational world that is definitely not the case. None of it was. This is about the victims, and it's about what happened to them and how a University and a football coach with undue power covered it all up and forced them into shame and hiding.

Just ask yourself this question: what else did Joe Paterno cover up? If Paterno could cover up the systemic raping of children in his football offices, what is lurking in the shadows of the Penn State program ready to come out?

The NCAA would like to know the answers to those very same questions. The NCAA announced today that it has a line of questions for Penn State and they expect them to be answered. And then the NCAA is then going to dig. And it's going to find a lot.

A lack of a compliance office. God knows how many other minor scandals that were covered up by a priggish coach. A complete disregard for humanity. A coach so self-absorbed that he enabled the raping of children so his legacy couldn't be tarnished.

There is only one thing left to do.

Penn State has to completely get rid of Joe Paterno. Any statues, any pictures, anything that even remotely points back at the Paterno name must be removed and removed immediately. Paterno's legacy is ruined and any connection between Paterno and Penn State is an endorsement of the era where children were allowed to be raped within the halls of its football program.

The NCAA should, when they find blatant disregard within the program, begin to do work on the Penn State program. Ban Joe Paterno from the record books. Have games forfeited when needed. And most of all, consider the harshest penalties they can realistically come up with.

This is about sending a message, and the right one. There is no place for this in society, much less sports, much less college sports.

Maybe the punishment is a lengthy postseason ban. Maybe it's a TV ban. Maybe the punishment is that Penn State University doesn't really deserve the right to play Division 1 football for awhile.

Whatever it is, justice will have to be served from many sides. The millions of dollars in lawsuits notwithstanding against the university -- Penn State University football is going to take decades to recover while Paterno will never be thought of as a great football coach or humanitarian again.

And after today we know it couldn't have happened to a more deserving university and person.

Success with honor?

Hardly.

Comments

# 1 mbergh22 @ Jul 12

He legacy deserves to be destroyed. He is a sick human being. A disgrace to the Human Race.

# 2 muse324 @ Jul 12

Who cares? Seriously, Imagine if the image veil came off of every sports figure you know. Jordan and his gambling or any other star of any generation. We tend to forget that this people are human beings and we humans by nature are sometimes horrible creatures, regardless of job or stature. Life will go on and those were involved will live or not live with shame and guilt. We as people just need to understand that no matter who you are, you cannot escape the trial and tribulations of life. Whether if it was brought onto oneself or not.

# 3 reverend_heat @ Jul 12

Yeah muse324, cuz child rape and gambling are in the same ballpark. I have a feeling you would feel differently if you had kids victimized in this disgusting circumstance. Who cares? Probably the people who have had their lives destroyed I would guess. Penn State must be punished and must be punished in a precedent setting manner. Your argument is people can be horrible and life will go on, sooooo murder, rape, beatings etc. are just kinda ho hum and we should just ignore it? Seriously, your post was beyond ignorant.

# 4 BaylorBearBryant @ Jul 12

I think Penn State would want to distance themselves from Paterno, but at the same time, I don't think we should remove his records from the books. We can't change the fact what is done is done, but we can all learn from it.

Erasing his history and hiding the story only helps us hide the lesson to be learned.

I feel bad for Penn State alumni, students, fans who see how bad this really is. I'm sure you guys are mad as hell at your board.

# 5 beerdujour @ Jul 12

One day I helped buckle my daughter into her carseat and then was about to get into the car myself, I paused for a moment to see her sitting in the backseat and thought "how oblivious and nieve she is to the dangers of the world", I realized then how much she relies on me for her safety...I will never forget this lesson...children are entrusted in the hands of adults and there is no excuse what happened at Penn State...

# 6 Gjordan @ Jul 12

WHO CARES??? I'll tell you who don't care, morons like you and those envolved at Penn State. (muse234). When people can make comments like the one you just made, you really make me wonder if your not a pedifil yourself!

# 7 gysgtam @ Jul 12

To defend him is really ridiculous you can build a 1000 bridges you suck 1 d!ck your still a .......well you know

# 8 fsufan4423 @ Jul 12

It's such a shame because most parents puts trust in coaches at such an early age. These guys are like father figures to many kids. To have this happen is extremely damaging possibly to youth sports. I feel so bad for the victims in this situation, as they will forever be linked to Penn State in this manor.

# 9 jWILL253 @ Jul 12

I think we can all agree that JoePa is despicable for covering this up like he did. But, let's be realistic here.

There are two things wrong here:

1. There is no punishment that would completely make up for this debacle.
2. Believe it or not, not everyone at Penn State knew about the molesting and rape. So, it would be kind of messy to punish a whole entire institution for the crimes of whistle-blowers among the FOOTBALL department of Penn State's college athletics system.

# 10 cbass1 @ Jul 12

This whole situation is just awful. I feel bad for everyone. There are no winners in this situation

# 11 DGuinta1 @ Jul 12

I am sure nobody care but just wanted to say, I recuse my support for PSU. Just wanted to get off my chest. Just vile!

# 12 oldphart667 @ Jul 12

Wow, I am a Penn State fan, I am saddened about this whole deal. I thought there was a cover up, and sure enough i was right......This world is being turned upside down with greed and power. I will stand by Penn State for its many alumni that went on to do great things for our country and the world. But with that said, look at collegiate sports in general what comes first? sports or education? Hmmm, Kansas Basketball Champions???? Ohio State??? USC??? List will go on.
I just can't believe it was Penn State......horrible crimes committed.

# 13 oldphart667 @ Jul 12

Oops, kentucky bball champions..."not kansas who I wanted to win.....

# 14 RUFFNREADY @ Jul 12

The horrible acts of a few should not, condem a whole entire program. Punish the "wrong doers", and leave the "unknowing" to find refuge from the dark cloud casted upon the Penn State Nation.
Last i heard, "players" win championships on the field; off the field is where all the Despicable. Abominable. Contemptible. Execrable. Heinous crimes took place.
We need not erase all of JoePa; for we need to understand the twisted history, and make better decisions for our childrens future. (most pics, and statues should come down though).
My heart goes out to the victims, and the rattled Penn State nation.
cheers

# 15 jersez @ Jul 13

# 2 muse324 "who cares"? Maybe the parents of the victims, the victims themselves and other molested children that can never have their innocents and mental health back and just want to see justice. People like you are almost as bad as the people involve, we all love sports but they will never be more important than a child's safety. Disgusting comment muse324

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