Presser from PSU Board of Trustees live right now.
Reports are also that a federal investigation is underway.
In case you have been under a rock all of these incidents relates to the Jerry Sandusky arrest for a number of sexual abuse counts and the cover-ups by the Penn State that occurred over at least a 12 year period.
Paterno will not get to go out on his own terms. He will not get a victory lap.
Not only is Paterno out, but so is the President - Spanier
So many different directions to go in with this diary.
Feel free to post your thoughts.
I read the grand jury reportwhen it was posted the other night and knew that Jo Pa and Spanier would be gone by the end of the week. My feelings were that the report was graphic,disturbing and extremely shameful not just for the allegations against Sandusky but for the layers and levels of coverup in what I believe will be determined as the greatest scandal in college sports.
Bigger than SMU and the Pony Excess. Bigger than Miami. Bigger than Baylor. Bigger than USC. It tops all of that because of the consequences.
Now Jo Pa may not have had a legal duty to do anything other than what he did. But it's hard to argue against a moral and ethical duty being breached of which he even stated in his "retirement announcement" earlier.
Kudos to Penn State for doing the right thing and making this effective immediately.