A Dead Legacy: Penn State Removes the Joe Paterno Statue
Penn State University President Rodney Erickson has requested that a statue honoring the late Joe Paterno be taken down immediately. He says that the statue is ”a source of division and an obstacle to healing.”
“For that reason, I have decided that it is in the best interest of our university and public safety to remove the statue and store it in a secure location,” Erickson said. “I believe that, were it to remain, the statue will be a recurring wound to the multitude of individuals across the nation and beyond who have been the victims of child abuse.”
The statue removal process has begun and it should no longer be standing by the start of this week. Some observers wondered how the university planned to honor Paterno in light of the proof that he conspired with others to cover up the activities of Jerry Sandusky, who has been convicted of having s*x with children, sometimes on campus property. Three high-ranking university officials have been implicated in the cover-up, along with Paterno.
The school still has a library named after Paterno, but there are no plans to change that. Erickson says that it will remain untouched because Paterno deserves credit for helping to build a strong academic legacy at the school. Some are also saying that Paterno should be forced to vacate any wins he earned during the time that he wasn’t supposed to be coaching. That would make legendary Grambling Coach Eddie Robinson the all-time leader in coaching wins. Paterno had just one more win than Robinson and the scandal broke two weeks after he broke Robinson’s record.
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I do agree that Patreno’s wins should be vacated, had Penn State officials done their jobs instead of hiding the the truth Joe Patreno would not have obtained the wins. Another interesting question is how much did the inner Paterno family know?????
And they waited till that record was broken to let the scandal out. I think that all those peoples that held them high office seats should be in jail and lose their penions. They all fell them kids, and they should be held for it.
What did Coach Paterno, did to deserve this?. Removing his statue, from the athletic dept, what does it prove, he did what he was supposed to do. He reported it to his bosses?. Did he not?.. Humiliating his memory may make some of you feel good but guess what it dosen’t change what happened.
he subborned the law and let dozens of kids continue to be molested. football make it ok, right?
Edward,that is too wide a gulf of stupidity for me to bridge.The questions yoiu asked makes the answers irrelevant.Joe Paterno did not do his best to make sure that animal was not ruining the lives of innocent children.He should have his name purged from anything to do with Penn State.
What good does humiliating a memory do?
JOE DIED FROM GUILT WHICH IS WHY HE ISN’T HERE TO FACE THE MUSIC THAT THE OTHER 3 DISGUISING ‘A’ HOLES, THE UNIVERSITY & HIS FAMILY HAVE TO DEAL WITH. YES I AGREE THAT McCREARY SHOULD BE ON THAT LIST TOO BUT THE BLAME ON PATERNO, SPANIER, CURLEY,SCHULTZ AND ESP SANDUSKY IS 100% CORRECT!!! AND WHOMEVER THIS MARY TROMETTER IS THAT ‘THINKS REMOVING THE STATUE WAS AN ACT OF COWARDICE ON THE UNIVERSITY’ NEEDS HER BACKSIDE VIOLATED BY SOMEONE BIGGER & STRONGER THAN SHE AND LET’S SEE HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT IT THEN. EVERYONE THAT KNEW IS EVIL & DISGUISING AND SHOULD HAVE ALL OF THE EXACT SAME THING DONE TO THEM FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME IT WAS DONE TO ALL OF THOSE HELPLESS BOYS………..JENNY JONES!!!
give eddie his title back. joe is slime and does not deserve a statue. Pstate is right to purge him from memory.