If you have been paying attention to any sports broadcasting station or any other news stations, you probably have heard about the tragedy that is unfolding at Penn St. University. Earlier this week Jerry Sandusky, former assistant coach of the Penn St. football team, was arrested for the molestation of nine young boys. Despite the severity of these atrocious actions, the mass of the media reports on the subject have been in regards to Penn States head football coach of 46 years, Joe Paterno.
Earlier yesterday, Paterno announced that he would retire after coaching the remainder of the season. This is because he allegedly knew about the acts of Sandusky and failed to come forward and report the acts. Although, the senior officials at Penn St. felt the humiliation had increased to the point where they had to let him go. Therefore, they fired the man considered to be the face of the school later yesterday over a phone call.
“This is devastating for us,” Kathryn Simpson (A junior at Penn St.) said. “I never in a million years thought I’d see this.” This reaction speaks for the rest of the Nittany Lion nation, as they have been rioting at the school, furious with the way “JoePa” had been dismissed, and for the causation.
I think the issue that, it’s not what Paterno did, but what he didn’t do, and that has angered the masses the most. Especially considering the way Paterno let go over phone call, after he donated 11 million dollars to the school library, and committed himself to the football program for 62 years.
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