Horrible news today as the NCAA and Big Ten handed down fines and sanctions to Penn State. In addition to monetary penalties, 14 seasons of wins have been taken from Joe Paterno’s record, making him no longer the holder of the record for most wins for a college football coach. All this after his statue was removed from Penn State grounds. I have to say, the NCAA, Penn State and the media as a whole are just raping this coach’s legacy.



It’s a good thing that Paterno isn’t around to witness the severe violation to his name because after such a brutal molestation of one’s accomplishments, the scars are with you forever and it’s something you never really recover from. It’s truly traumatic.



I haven’t really spoken about this story on the blog because I’m not a football player and theirs is really the most reasoned and valuable input on this matter because football is what this is all about. Joe Paterno didn’t hurt those kids and neither did the Penn State football program. Why should they suffer? These acts were carried out solely by Jerry Sandusky and he’s in jail. Should Joe Paterno and Penn State football have to be punished just because Paterno, along with several high ranking school officials, knew what was going on, did nothing to report it or even try to stop it and lie about it because they thought it would hurt the football program?



Joe Paterno and Penn State football didn’t rape a bunch of kids over the course of nearly two decades. Because of Penn State football, Joe Paterno allowed a bunch of kids to get raped over the course of nearly two decades. There’s a huge difference.



Thankfully, Paterno supporters aren’t taking this lying down. Just doing a twitter search for “Paterno” reveals that there are plenty of people out there who will not stay silent or turn a blind eye while they witness this injustice against Paterno.

I could go on and on because there are seriously a lot of people out there who think that Joe Paterno doesn’t deserve this. Seriously. A lot. The most apt tweet I saw, however, was this one –







Nail on the head right there. Joe Paterno could never defend himself and that’s what really makes this crime all the more abhorrent. To do these vicious acts to somebody who has no way of defending himself, who is completely vulnerable is just sick. I really want to compare this to another crime to create a metaphor but I’m just drawing a blank right now.

Not pictured: Jerry Sandusky raping a bunch of kids.