![]() Penn State served a punishment, and it would be difficult - and on some level, pointless - to go after the football program again. MORE: Sandusky back in court seeking new trial It didn’t go hard enough at the time, and it will be reminded of that each time another grisly detail comes out about another sex abuse scandal involving children. It missed a chance to drop the hammer on the program - the death penalty or even a complete shutdown was warranted at the time - and it’s going to be hard to circle back and hit it again. It already took 40 scholarships away, then gave them back. Speaking of which, what the hell does the NCAA do now? Chances are, nothing. This is so much worse than what happened at SMU that led to the program getting the death penalty in the 1980s. Paterno was nowhere near the revered figure he became before the scandal. And if what's contained in Thursday's report is true, then he did it in his 11th season, six years before the Nittany Lions ever even reached that first national championship. Only, Paterno looked away on the most heinous scandal college football has ever seen. Paterno looked the other way, like so many other coaches have done, to get that almighty win. That’s why taking them away is a real punishment.ĭeCOURCY: Restoration of wins the hollowest of victories Those wins define Paterno’s legacy more than anything else. Everybody still does, and those wins are why Penn State got into this situation in the first place. How the hell can you really care at this point? The NCAA already tried to take 111 away from 1998 to 2011, then gave them back. There’s no sense in getting the calculator out and trying to figure out how many wins Paterno had in 1976. Either option works, preferably the latter. That’s why you either put an asterisk next to those FBS-record 409 wins, or you vacate all of them. MATTIOLI: JoePa idol worship looks even worse now He will not be around to witness what’s next. It also brings Paterno back from the grave, in the worst way possible. It’s vile beyond description - and indefensible - if true, and the report reopens all those wounds to a program that is supposed to be free and clear of that shadow for the first time since the scandal. It’s that seemingly insignificant detail within the big picture that still defines Joe Paterno amid the shadow of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, more than four years after Paterno's death.Ī report Thursday by revealed this finding from a court order: that "in 1976, a child allegedly reported to (Paterno) that he (the child) was sexually molested by Sandusky.” According to the report, the order cites other incidences in 1987 and '88 in which unidentified assistant coaches witnessed inappropriate conduct between Sandusky and unidentified children. What the hell are they going to do with those wins now?
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