WTF, Joe?

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(05-07-2016, 01:44 PM)Harmening Wrote: I can't believe Paterno allegedly didn't go to authorities or higher ups of course or pursue this further. But even if you say he did what he should have, do you keep someone on you're staff that's been allegedly abiding kids on MULTIPLE occasions?

He alone has the power to make sure Sandusky wasn't around the school without evidence. He could and should have fired him the second there was a second allegation.  I'm not giving him a pass on one, just I can reasonably see a situation where there is an allegation and no evidence, so one could think that it could be made up.  But 2, 3?  Come on its simple, get rid of the guy.

That's on Paterno.  He had the power to hire and fire staff, and it sounds like there could have been multiple allegations long before Sandusky had any kind of tenure. Disgusting.

Firing is not enough, and in fact should not be the first step. The first step is reporting the allegation to police and/or social services. From there, if you want to keep the person on while the investigation is progressing, o.k., but make damn sure he is never alone with a child, a player, or a student.

Hell, if he had done that and Sandusky got probation (as the vast majority of sex offenders - including pedophiles - do) and Sandusky was in a sex offender treatment program I still wouldn't have a problem with retaining him. In fact, it could have been a good thing - because the people at Penn State would have known to watch Sandusky and not leave him alone with children. This would be far better than firing him and he goes and takes a job somewhere else and coaches at a grade, middle, or high school and nobody knows. That is what the Catholic Church did for years - just move predators when they were caught, and never report them (and actually they did not even fire them just reassigned them). But Jo Pa and PSU did NOTHING to protect kids. And they are not the only ones.