A football coach is a serial pedophile. The head coach and administration are complicit. Punishment is handed down, and the ones who will suffer the most are the current student athlete football players.

Will the same people who are always defending anchor babies and children of illegals by saying "you can't punish these kids for the decisions that their parents made" come to the defense of all of the student athletes who are now shamed and punished by these penalties?

What is fair? what is just?

Can you imagine what the graduates of Penn State feel when they apply for a job and that college name is on their resume?

Yes I do but feel it wasn't enough. The adult children will have to live with the ripple effects of the abuse for the rest of their lives. I am still shocked to know that the coach & admin turned their eyes to the abuse! Absolutely shocking! And for what? There are some very important lessons to heed here, I hope we're paying attention.

While Penn State should have been held accountable for the pervert they had on staff, I feel the players of Penn State should not have their titles stripped away. They did not molest anyone, they did not continue to abuse these men, the sick pervert Sandusky did. Why should they be punished for something they did not do. And as far as Joe Paterno, he said he should have done more, He did report it to the school administration, he did report it to his boss, they turned their eyes the other way, which allowed for the abuse to continue, shame on all of them but then again. He did report it. but yes he should have done more. So how far is too far? should we blame his wife? They knew about it, they knew he was sick , they knew he had these thoughts? How much do we do?

One criminal we know committeed the crimes. We know two people specifically knew about them and covered them up. Two others may have known something was wrong and may or may have not been involved in the cover-up. The school itself did nothing wrong. This is a criminal case. The punishment is a complete disgrace. It accomplishes nothing to punish the perpetrator(s), nor does it do anything top prevent future occurrences.

I think it was as appropriate as it could be. Those who played in those games which were taken off the record books still have those wins. No one will argue they won the game. It was just a way to take Joe Pa's record away.
Besides the post season ban, this does not effect the current students. All players were given the offer to transfer and the NCAA is making exceptions for schools to offer these kids scholarships even if that school is out of scholarship money to give.
Plus the Big 10 is taking whatever shares that Penn State would normally get.from the Big 10 championship (about 13 million) and donating to charities for abused children. I believe the NCAA should do the same with the 60 million they are fining.
There is no easy punishment for the school. This not something the NCAA has had to deal with before. They could have given the school the death penalty and not had them play football at all, but that would be a punishment to the current students.

Joe is dead, and punishment of any form will never make things better. The folks that need a wake up call are the fans who cheered at the press conference after the trial, and the ones who spoke at Joe's funeral in admiration for the man.

What is the NCAA doing with the money they made off the games Paterno didn't win? Since clearly they feel it's "dirty" money to whom will they be donating it?

As a mom, my heart is with the abused. I can only wonder what I'd do if one of those young boys were my child. As far as stripping away the winning titles, that may be a bit harsh, however, I clearly understand why this was done and acquiesce to this decision. Any kind of molestation is a nasty and disgusting act, and especially if it's done to defenseless children by a person of authority or any grown-up. This act is inexcusable!

Greed for money and fame in this country once again gets a slap on the hand over honesty, integrity, children's lives, and the law. The rights of the poor, the aged, and children are not upheld in proportion to celebrities, sports associations, politicians, the rich 1%, etc. Our priorities shameful. What do the lives, mental and physical health, mean when money trumps all? My heart aches for these young men.

@Linda.....you are the only who talked about the abused boys. Most everyone have expressed concern about punishing the students, Paterno/Sandusky families, not once did I see any concern for the mindsets of young defenseless thin, 10 year olds @the mercy of the strong, hulking, panting w/lust for young cowering boys. This monster was enabled by Papa Joe(not to abused kids),esteemed members of community the Penn State Board members, the local policemen, maybe the families who'd rather stay in the dark that protected them from fallouts of siding with the non-important boys(possibly lying) against the powerful football conglomerate that kept the little town awash with money and prestige.
Joe P SHOULD HAVE FIRED SANDUSKY. In all those years he had to have known about his proclivities but kept quiet because of his being a great coach.
I read in many places Joe weilded power over what happened at the university and the Board. No excuse for the Board to go along if that is true because they were charged to do right by all students.

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Shame on the police who some say were S-monster students. They failed to protect the children by starting an investigation.
McQueary, instead of pulling the naked monster holding a cowering kid against the wall went away quietly. He did tell Joe (who did nothing). All school officials are mandated by law to report child abuse. A perpetrator can operate freely infecting each kid w/terror, emotional pain only because of "enablers" who looked the other way. Sandusky wife knew, but the comfortable life was hard to give up for "those demanding boys"!!
Joe's family upset @everyone defiling his memory. They should show respect to Joe by acknowledging his faults and still love him BUT NOT demand same from people like me. He failed to protect kids that is the biggest sin.
A request...PLEASE FORGIVE TYPOS,hard to check on my phone, because I don't know how. Hope u understand the kids come first.

A bit of suggestion ...next time before showing reverence to some because of their position or bankbalance, think of Penn State and remember to only revere actions that affect others positively particularly children and the elderly.
Let your children see that. Then maybe just maybe we will not have another Penn State. Right now there are still molested children because of reverence over positions that condone harm. By being impressed by position you become an enabler of bad. Let Penn State remind you not to be an enabler and keep your children safe. Remember Penn State

And this has to do with Evanston how.....????????

The victims will never be the same...When some one violate you against your will , you live with it for the rest of your life...i' m assuming o.k. ...i never had that happen to me. thank god. I' m putting myself in their shoes for a few moments... i hope the victims get a few millions each.. that guy is a monster, sick.

Child molesters usually get a job where kids are . little league coaching--boys scouts---school teachers----day cares centers.---churches schools for kids... parents be careful ..your kids are not safe in those places i mention above.. Stay with your kids if you can.

When the accusations were first made Paterno should have taken Sandusky to the President and had a discussion. If Sandusky was innocent, that could have been proven there at that time and the University could have prevented anything further in either damage to the reputation or damage to the school. That is management 101. Clearly Paterno did not do that.

Erect a statue to Joe-Pa? Of course!
Erect a statue to Joe-Ped? No.

I'm a former teacher and I believe this was also emotional blackmail time after time. You let me abuse you, and you will play football. Spoken threats or unspoken, that was the message loud and clear to those boys. Paterno a "great coach?" Knowing without a doubt that young boys were molested and dehumanized in the name of money, prestige and reputation is a "great coach?" To ANYone who was involved in this or knew about this evil imprisonment of children, is just as guilty as the perpetrator. Great coach? Role model? Anything but. Even with therapy, these young men/boys will carry this humiliation their whole lives. Many will blame themselves because of this lingering horror of childhood, sexual abuse. All in the name having the "great honor and opportunity" of playing athletic games at a "prestigious" university. They were used and abused as objects, period. I'm a Christian and I believe God is the only JUST deity to judge or forgive and help these boys know they are loved despite anything they have done or have had done to them. If you're a Christian, pray for them as I do.

Penn State was not punished for this horrendous abuse. The program that provided sanctuary and support to Sandusky took the full force of the NCAA's targeted and appropriate wrath. To conflate the football program with the academic institution is ridiculous. No past or present student has been punished in any way, and the student athletes have had their interests explicitly protected by the judgment.

Crime against humanity......no punishment is strong enough.

There are sheep, there are wolves, and then there are sheepdogs. The world needs more sheepdogs to take care of the wolves. Plenty of sheep, many wolves, and no sheepdogs in sight with this case.

Good analogy, Donny!

People save and put themselves in huge debt in order to send their kids to a Penn State type of school. If this is what they can get for their money - - - they might want to think again about where to send their kids. Big problem when the sports programs run these institutions and everything is predicated on those programs instead of turning out intelligent educated well-rounded human beings.

It was too premature. I think this problem goes deeper than just Penn State. There are other schools that knew about this. Answer me this: How does a Defensive Coordinator under Joe Paterno *retire* at age 57 and NO OTHER schools try to coax him to join their program?