So can someone explain why Joe Paterno is getting more blame for the Jerry Sandusky scandal than Jerry Sandusky is? Why is Joe Pa the only person being discussed every single day? It's starting to look like the FBI needed a scapegoat for their findings and who better to blame than a deceased person. This scandal killed Joe Paterno and now they are dragging his name through the dirt. They are making it so no one will ever remember his 61 year coaching career and all the good he has done for Penn State and the kids that have come through his football program. I understand that he made a mistake by never following up and checking if the board and heads of Penn State did anything about the allegations. Do you really think a father not to just his kids but all the kids he has coached and a grandfather would cover up an alleged child sex abuse case for a football program? Lets not forget he was close to 70 years old when this came out. Who is to say what McQuery really said to Joe Paterno and if Joe Pa understood what he was being told? This is a lot of he said she said. Jerry Sandusky was a so called friend to Joe Pa so its more likely that Joe PA did not believe what McQuery a graduate assistant was telling him. It is a travesty that this happened to these children but lets not forget Jerry Sandusky created a charity for young children and that is where he got his victims from not Penn State. So if we are going to blame Joe Pa for covering up shouldn't we blame the workers at the charity for covering up also don't they play a part in this too? Your telling me that they didn't see Sandusky being overly friendly with the children or taking the children off who knows where while at the charity?
No matter what is said and what is done I'll never believe that Joe Pa would cover up something that was hurting a child! No one knows what really happened and the FBI should not come out and make allegations making it look like it was all Joe Pa's fault. No matter how this ends Joe Pa will always be a legendary coach and a great mentor to thousands of men. Everyone has something to say and it is easy to blame the person everyone knows instead of the assistant that no one has every heard of until this scandal. The Joe Pa statue should remain where it is. Joe Paterno made a mistake everyone makes mistakes this mistake should not erase his 61 years of coaching, his 61 years of putting others first, his 61 years of helping young men to become responsible adults, his 61 years of sacrificing family time to full fill his commitment to Penn State and his 61 years of helping a University to become known all over the country! The way they are talking about Joe Pa now is hurting his family and haven't enough families been hurt in this whole scandal. He has children and grandchildren and they are making him out to be a monster that only cared about keeping a football program's reputation in tact instead of the welfare of children which is absolutely ridiculous considering working for the football program was him helping out the welfare of young men! This whole thing makes my blood boil everyone needs to take a step back get all the facts straight instead of pointing fingers and passing blame. Jerry Sandusky allegedly committed these crimes therefore Jerry Sandusky should be the only person that is talked about. Why are his actions anyone else's responsibility? Joe Pa should have went further in making sure something was done but i fully believe he thought by telling the higher ups in Penn State that they would do what was supposed to be done. Not following up and making sure someone was looking into the allegations was something that Joe PA had to regret until he passed away. This killed Joe Pa and it should not take away from everything he has done for Penn State and that community!
The only way Penn State will get passed this is if they don't have football for a couple of years because as long as they have football they will have the scandal. Joe Pa will forever be Penn State.
