Pitiful State University

It's not enough.

The AD has been forced out. The VP has been forced out. The president is being given the ultimatum (resign or be terminated) and will be gone shortly. All three failed as human beings, and as part of the education system when they failed to inform the authorities back in 2002 about Sandusky. All three deserve to be terminated for their failures.

Joe Paterno has agreed to retire effective at the end of the season.

That's. Not. Good. Enough.

Paterno hasn't held onto his head coaching duties for 46 years by not asserting control over the entire program. If you ask someone who knows PSU athletics, they'll tell you nothing happens there without Paterno's knowledge and blessing. That makes him all the more culpable in his failure to report Sandusky when his graduate assistant told him what he saw Sandusky doing in PSU's facilities. Paterno chose his kingdom over an innocent child.

And by doing so, he chose his kingdom over many more innocent children - all of the ones Sandusky has abused since 2002. Their ruined childhoods, their innocence, their abilities to lead normal lives. All of these PSU power brokers have that on their hands.

There are many bad things Paterno could have covered up where you could see both sides of the coin. Where he would still be wrong, but one could understand his thought process. In those cases, letting him finish out the season and then stumble off into the sunset would be fine. But this is about children. Protecting children. From monsters. Paterno has kids. He has grandkids. And he has spent his whole life around young adults trying to help mold them into men. That makes his silence and circling of the wagons all the more unforgivable. Whether they can touch him legally or not is irrelevant. Paterno failed morally. He failed as a human being.

By not terminating Paterno immeidately, the school is continuing to circle the wagons. To think about their turf, their empire, over the victims of this horrible situation. They're thinking of BCS bowl berths, and the program, over innocents who fell victim to a true monster. By letting Paterno ride off into the sunset, career NCAA victory record in hand, they're giving him his golden parachute. He doesn't deserve that. Every day PSU lets him continue dictating the terms is another day of failing their students, their alumni, their neighbors.

Take a stand, Penn State. Clean house. Focus on healing those who were wronged. Worry not about yourselves, but be an example of doing what is right, even at cost to yourself.

Give Joe Paterno the same choice you gave your president. Resign, Joe, or be fired.