Penn State University

We're in the midst of a very exciting college football season.  LSU vs. Alabama was considered a classic by many (not me).  My Alma mater is finally having a good season.  Realignment is possibly coming to an end.  But now there is an ugly situation that is brewing in Happy Valley.  I don't even know how to approach speaking on this.  It looks like the people who made the wrong decisions are getting the boot.  That includes Joe Paterno.  The administration at Penn State did so many things wrong that there is enough blame to go around.  The president, athletic director, head football coach and the assistant coach who witnessed one occurrence should all be gone.  The coaches don't bear as much blame as the AD and president, but they still have to take some blame here.  Joe Paterno is the face of Penn State.  He could have made sure something was done.  Jerry Sandusky should have been in jail years ago and not working out on campus just a week ago.  All these years the public was made to believe that that program was such a clean program, but in the end its crime was far worse than anything USC did.  The coach that witnessed the assault should have stopped it immediately.  Why would he leave?  The whole thing looks like a cover up to protect Penn State football and there is something terribly wrong with that.  Football doesn't even matter in this situation.  Those kids will be scarred for the rest of their lives.  It didn't have to come to that.  We shouldn't be hearing about this nine years after it happened. And all those students that rallied at Paterno's home should be ashamed of themselves.  That's why this was swept under the rug.  Football is paramount there.  There are times when football doesn't matter.  This is one of those times.  Who cares if the image of the school is tarnished?  Somebody should have come forward with information and when it was ignored, made it a priority to make sure something was done.  Now you have even more families ruined because of this.  There is no way I would let a child of mine go to a school where something like this happened.  Never.