Paterno announces retirement

[WitnessProtection]

JoePa has announced his retirement, effective end of the season.
I think JoePa should step down now. I'm a Penn State fan, but waiting until the end of the season, I think, is in poor taste. Even if he has not been implicated in the scandal, he has been and is the face of Penn State and should step aside now so the program can move on.
Additionally, a thorough investigation of the entire football coaching staff needs to be conducted to make sure no one else is or has been involved. If need be, Penn State needs to clean house in the football program.
I feel horrible for the kids and families who have been victimized. I also feel badly for the current Penn State football players who will bear unfair scrutiny in this matter.
Sad days in American sports. Penn State is one of the iconic programs.

http://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/ ... end-season

[91Buckeye]

Witness, I agree that Paterno should be done now. I tend to disagree with your "not implicated" statement. He was informed by a GA, who was an eyewitness, of acts committed by Sandusky in the locker room and chose to inform the AD and let it go. In my mind this borders on criminal by JoePa and the GA.

[dazed&confused]

Too little, too late. Leave now, leave quietly.

[Jesco White]

The board of trustees met tonight and he has been forced to resign effective IMMEDIATELY!! Joe Paterno is no longer the coach at Penn State!!!!!!

[zebra77]

Penn State IMO treated Joe Papa unfairly in light of the Sandusky scandal.

[seofan_via_dublin]

Penn State IMO treated Joe Papa unfairly in light of the Sandusky scandal.

How do you figure that?

Have you read the grand jury report?
If not, do so.

I doubt you still hold the same opinion afterward.