No one thought it would end this way. Joe Paterno, the legendary head
football coach at Penn State University heard of his firing by the
school’s board of trustees by phone last night. Just two weeks after
achieving the most wins of any NCAA Division One football coach in
history, Paterno was fired. His firing — a necessary action by the Penn
State board of trustees — holds lessons for us all.
Almost a decade ago, a graduate assistant told Coach Paterno that an
assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, had been observed forcing a young boy
into a sexual act in the school’s football locker room showers. Sandusky
was himself a big name in Penn State football, and he was considered a
likely successor to Paterno if the head coach had retired. Sandusky also
ran an non-profit organization for boys, and he brought the boys onto
the Penn State campus. He continued to do so even after his own
retirement from Penn State’s coaching staff. Keep Reading >>>
