Its shocking and depressing. When something like this happens you always wonder how it could have gone so far, how it could have been allowed to happen, why nobody spoke out and stopped it earlier. Now in addition to the 8 boys already mentioned there also seems to be a boy coach Sandusky molested in San Antonio.
I don't know what to make of Paterno. Certainly a fine coach. He was alerted to the problem and did refer the information upstairs in the University but the problem seems to be that thats all he did, the law requires the information to be turned over to the police, and that did not happen. Why? Hard to believe he'd have any good reason for not telling the police. Yet even harder to believe he didn't know the law.
I can understand why students and others objected to Paterno being fired by the University. However, I think firing him and the University president was the right decision. Seems he has contacted a defense attorney, maybe he is expecting legal problems.
I don't know what to make of Paterno. Certainly a fine coach. He was alerted to the problem and did refer the information upstairs in the University but the problem seems to be that thats all he did, the law requires the information to be turned over to the police, and that did not happen. Why? Hard to believe he'd have any good reason for not telling the police. Yet even harder to believe he didn't know the law.
I can understand why students and others objected to Paterno being fired by the University. However, I think firing him and the University president was the right decision. Seems he has contacted a defense attorney, maybe he is expecting legal problems.
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