Joe Paterno to resign at end of season

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

So you're saying all 96,000+ students at Happy Valley and 23 satellite campuses are to blame?

I don't know the numbers, and they don't particularly matter.
The public rage, anger, and outcry we see now will be short-lived

Killing the PSU football (or any other) program outright would just antagonize everyone.
Making believe that only 5 particular men were the only problem just antagonizes everyone too.

I'd rather see the football program shut down for a year or two,
and then come back with an improved attitude on the part of students,
staff, faculty, administration, trustees... and perhaps most importantly, the alumni.

While I do believe there are going to be civil law suits on behalf of the abused boys,
and there will be $ awards to them by the courts, and their attorneys will get part of those awards,
I don't believe the $, by itself, will go very far towards such solving problems
as the boys/men may have now.
I believe public sympathy, regret, and acceptance of responsibility by everyone else
would do more good for them and for any others we don't already know about.