By now everybody has heard about the tragedy that has been exposed at Penn State University. Former defensive coordinator coach Jerry Sandusky has been formerly charged with 40 counts of lude acts with a minor dating back from 2002. As the story began to unfold it became public knowledge that a few people including Head Football Coach Joe Paterno had been aware of instances involving Sandusky with young boys. As a result Joe Paterno informed school officials of the wrong doings. After and internal investigation no formal charges were filed at the time. Questions arised.. Did Coach Paterno do enough? Why did he not tell the police?? As a result of the investigation Joe Paterno was fired from Penn State University after 61 years of service for not reporting the incident to the proper authorities.
It is the opinion of many people that Joe Paterno needed to be fired, but I dont understand why a man that is fired for covering up such crimes is still allowed to collect his $500,000 per year pension. At a time when school are trying to cut cost and raise money for new programs, how can a school pay a man a half of million dollars and he didnt do his civic duty and report child rape to the proper authorities. At what point in time do school officials take a long hard look at their mission statement and begin to act accordingly. At what point are a persons actions taken into consideration when schools decided to pay then out. In addition to the 500k they are paying Joe Paterno they are paying the accused Sandusky 60,000 a year for his pension. Between the 2 they are collecting 560,000 from a university that both were fired from. Sounds a bit unethical if you ask me..
Chris
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