DISILLUSIONMENT

Welcome to the real world. Simply stated, one of the heroes of my youth: Joe Paterno, was a bum! He was worst than a bum: he was as much a scum bag as Jerry Sandusky is. It goes to show you, there are no real heroes in the sports world anymore, it has to do with the bottom line and self-perception.

There is a statue that is standing outside the Penn State locker/shower rooms, and it depicts JoePa leading the team out to the field. They should leave him standing there and remove the team, showing him running, and then they should move it to the main entrance, facing outward, just beyond the gate.

It angers me that a program is more important than an individual’s peace of mind, sanctity of body and loss of innocence and distrust in all that is perceived as good and/or wholesome. The university was a good one, and the alumni need to come to grips with the fact that someone dear to them was a scumbag. In all his humility, Joe Paterno was a liar, a betrayer of the trust, a mean vicious man who thought not of the individual, but of the program, and his own legacy. Well, guess what, his legacy is now completed and his good will depleted.

The sun will come up tomorrow, the birds will sing, and perhaps somehow, someway, they can restore the once proud name and reputation of a once great university, but that will be a long time in coming.

My feeling is out of respect for those poor kids that were abused by the SOB Sandusky, that the powers that be suspend the football program for at least 4 years, that should be enough time for all those who experienced this horrific scandal will have moved on. But football is not enough, I think the school should suspend all their sports programs for 4 years as well.

That’s all I wrote, folks!