Where Was The Courage At Penn State?

It's been two days since the bombshell broke at Penn State that former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky was arrested for sexual assault and that Joe Paterno knew about an incident about Sandusky back in 2002 and did nothing about it but report the incident to the higher ups at Penn State.

When I first heard about this incident I thought to myself that Paterno did the right thing by alerting his bosses. I don't know about you folks, but when something criminal happens at my place of employment we're suppose to alert our boss. So I thought Paterno was doing the right thing.

I also thought Paterno did the right thing because he was too close to the situation. He coached Sandusky at Penn State and then was his boss for thirty years. He was too close to the situation. 

That was my immediate response. I was thinking like a Penn State fan, because I've always been a Joe Paterno fan. I hate to see him have to resign or be fired because he didn't call the police on his former defensive coordinator who also happens to be a creep who is sexually assaulting young boys.

Then I slept on the situation and surprisingly agreed with Colin Cowherd this morning on the situation. Where was the courage at Penn State? No one had the courage to notify police that Sandusky was a creep? Including Joe Paterno?

And that is what is so infuriating about this situation. Sexual assault on kids ruins their lives. These victims in the Sandusky case will always be emotionally unstable because of what happened to them. And no one at Penn State had the courage to call the police for these kids including Paterno?

That is what so disappointing about this situation. Joe Paterno has always been the guy who did everything "the right way" but he didn't have the courage to do the "right thing" and at least call the police to start an investigation.

Even if Paterno was a friend of Sandusky's, he needed to notify the cops at what was happening. I get it, it's hard ratting out a friend. Paterno though needed to find the courage within himself to call the police for that young boy. He failed. Loyalty has limitations.

The athletic director and VP at Penn State has already resigned because they lied to a grand jury about everything involved in this situation. It pains me to say this because I'm a Joe Paterno fan, but Paterno needs to resign for not having courage to say anything at all to the police.

Paterno needed to be the one with courage at Penn State for the kid and he failed. That kid now won't receive the justice for what happened to him until 10 years after the incident. Joe Paterno failed because he didn't have courage and he should resign because of it.

This is a sad story all around. I feel bad for the boys who lives were ruined because of Sandusky. I feel bad for Penn State fans and alum because their school their school will be dragged through the mud because no one in a administrative position had the courage to report Sandusky to the police. This is a ugly mess and it will probably not get better anytime soon.