If you know me, you know that I love my college Alma Mater. I was really excited about our football games and also the rich traditions it has. I don't think I can get a better American college experience than that.
However, as of lately, being a Penn Stater also represents cover up and child abuse. It is absolutely shocking to the Penn State community due to the recent events. I think it's more shocking that side suddenly we lost a legend.
He is a legend. Our head coach, Joe Paterno, was fired by the Board of Trustees as of Wednesday night. It was a very sad moment for us and the worse part is that we can't do anything about. He has coached at our college for 62 seasons! He was really loyal and made our football program the way it is. How can you just fire someone like that because in the eyes of the public, he didn't do enough to stop the victimization and therefore is guilty. The attorney general didn't even consider him a suspect. You can't look at everything in hindsight. The incident happened almost 20 years ago! Even my parents who don't know much about football knew about his contributions to the school and the community.
As a dad and a grandfather and someone who supports our dance Marathon for pediatric cancer, I highly doubt that he would for one second put his and the football program's reputation before a child's well-being.
A career that has been so outstanding has now been ruined by a scandal that hasn't even started its first day at court! It's those stories that you hear all the time... when an old guy retire, he will soon pass away. I believe he will soon pass away because he lost what he love in such a tragic way. The Board of Trustees and PR handled the situation really badly this time.
I am still proud to be a Penn Stater.Our community will stay together to get through this scandal. I hope we didn't accuse someone wrongly and ruin a legend's name.
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