it's not like he squashed it. he sent it to the people whose job it was to deal with such things.

now, that was not ok. any college coach has more sway than the official chain of command, and joepa is not just any college coach. he deserved to get fired.

but let's stop acting like he did nothing. his actions were insufficient, but they were not nonexistent. that, to me, moves it out of the "burn in hell" territory and into the realm of really awful mistakes. he was a guy who was too old for his position who didn't know how to handle shit, so he reported it and hoped it would go away.

...fuck it, write, i'll try to give you an inbox later, but i've been typing about this for an hour and i'm just tired. it's exhausting talking about this shit, especially since no one seems particularly interested in the facts of the case, let alone the facts surrounding paterno's broader career.