Thoughts On Penn State

After hearing about the punishments handed down by the NCAA to Penn State, I've had some time to reflect and think about them. I understand what happened was disgusting and horrible, don't get me wrong, but I honestly don't think it's fair to punish current and future players who had absolutely nothing to do with these crimes. I also understand that, to make themselves look good in the public eye, the NCAA had to do something. My thing is, we don't know if this abuse affected the on-field performance of the team and coaches, which is what the NCAA uses to punish schools traditionally. I don't believe it was right for the NCAA to go against its own bylaws and rule on a case like this. Many officials are up in arms over all this because NCAA President, Mark Emmert, basically took matters into his own hands and sentenced the program to the "death penalty" so to speak. 

Now, turning to Joe Paterno, I hate how many people have been treating him. Sure, he could've done a lot more to stop this but we don't (and never will) know the full story. Who knows? He could've been afraid of what would happen if he told higher authorities. It's really ashame that people are harping so on Coach Paterno when, in fact, Sandusky was the real monster here. It's such a sad commentary on our society nowadays in how we judge people as guilty until proven innocent. Just ashame!