Joe Paterno to resign at end of season

[Lamplighter]

Apparently, the statue of Joe Parterno is going to remain at PSU,
but that may not be the end of the story about memorials to him.

This is an NY Times editorial that I believe is well worth reading in it's entirety.
But if you really don't want to do that, here are the last 2 paragraphs.

NY Times Editorial
By TA-NEHISI COATES
July 17, 2012

Leave the Statue, to Remember

<snip>
Arguing for the statue’s removal, the legendary coach Bobby Bowden said
he wouldn’t want Sandusky’s crimes “brought up every time I walked out on the field.”
That’s the point.
Sandusky’s crimes should never be forgotten, nor should the crimes of the broader community.
It is shameful to deify men who put nationalist ritual before children.
But it is more shameful to pretend that this elevation was achieved by Joe Paterno’s singular hand.

Removing the Paterno statue allows Happy Valley to forget its own compliance
in a national crime, to expunge its own culpability in its ruthless pursuit of glory.
The statue should remain, and beneath it there should be a full explanation
of Sandusky’s crimes, Paterno’s role and some warning to all of us
who would turn a pastime into a god and elect a mortal man as its avatar.

[tw]

Eventually Rocky's statue got removed from the steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum. Paterno's statue will probably be moved in time.

Eventually, Paterno will be remembered for his football. Currently everyone only remembers hype that will diminish over the years.

[glatt]

I won't remember Paterno at all 5 years from now. Unless someone reminds who he is.

[Spexxvet]

Victims? Project Mayhem?

[Griff]

Step one. Statue is now gone.

[Lamplighter]

Little-Loved Statue May Be Exiled to a Brooklyn Cemetery


No, not Paterno... but maybe they could keep each other company.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by Griff

Step one. Statue is now gone.

Kinda torn. It could have served as a reminder of what happened.
Leading to why and the mistakes that were made. Perhaps a deterrent of sorts...???

Then again, perhaps not. I'm kinda glad its gone. In the long run its probably for the best.

[Lamplighter]

There is more to this article, but these are the first few paragraphs
Additional penalties probably will also be announced by NCAA

Chicago Tribune
By Chris Dufresne, Tribune Newspapers
7:36 p.m. CDT, July 22, 2012

Paterno statue comes down a day before NCAA's hammer

Penn State removed the statue of former coach Joe Paterno outside Beaver Stadium
on Sunday in advance of NCAA sanctions that could cripple the football program for years.

The NCAA, a methodical and procedural organization not known for tipping its investigative hand,
has scheduled a Monday morning news conference at which it stated it will levy
"corrective and punitive measures" against the school in the wake of a child sex-abuse scandal
that led to the conviction of former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky.

The penalties will be disclosed at the organization's Indianapolis headquarters
by NCAA President Mark Emmert and Ed Ray, chairman of the NCAA's executive committee.

Multiple news agencies, including ESPN and Yahoo, reported that the penalties
would be "significant" and "staggering" and include a bowl ban and loss of scholarships,
but wouldn't require the school to shut down its famed program.

CBS News, quoting industry sources, reported Penn State would receive
"unprecedented" punishment for its role in the scandal,
including a fine of at least $30 million to perhaps as much as $60 million.
CBS reported the fine would go toward an endowment for children's causes.
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[Ibby]

Originally Posted by classicman

Kinda torn. It could have served as a reminder of what happened.
Leading to why and the mistakes that were made. Perhaps a deterrent of sorts...???

Then again, perhaps not. I'm kinda glad its gone. In the long run its probably for the best.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Griff

Step one. Statue is now gone.

I've heard two good suggestions, recently, about what should be done with the statue.

One was to put it inside the library, with full disclosure of his complicity.

The second was to leave it where it was, but rotate it and put children "behind" him, showing how he "turned his back" on the victims.

As with any person, Joe was not entirely good or entirely evil. He did a whole lot of good for people and Penn State, and he enabled a child sexual predator to continue his despicable actions. Joe has become the scape goat. What I want is for others to be held responsible, as well, and not just Curley and Spanier. What will be done to the statues of Tom Corbett, the investigators/prosecutors who didn't indict Sandusky, and all the others responsible for his being free all those years.

[Spexxvet]

NCAA hammers Penn State with 4-year postseason ban, vacates wins from 1998-2011, imposes $60M fine and slashes scholarships

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/co...#ixzz21SIchb9T