Penn State fires Paterno and Spanier, effective immediately.

[terribilita]

On Wednesday morning, Joe Paterno announced that he would retire at the end of Penn State's football season. On Wednesday evening, the Penn State board of trustees decided that wasn't enough.The trustees cleaned house at a Wednesday night meeting, announcing that both Paterno and PSU president Graham Spanier were done with the school effective

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[baked_goldfish]

You can't even be impressed because they should have done this before now.

[llivla]

fucking this.

[terribilita]

I was actually expecting them to let Paterno retire because boo fucking hoo, he's a hero, who cares if he cared more about football than kids getting molested! At least we got this, goddammit.

[fickery]

Same here. It's sad that I'm honestly surprised that someone finally, finally did the right thing for a change.

[erunamiryene]

FUCK YEAH MOTHERFUCKER THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR ENABLING A PEDOPHILE, YOU ASSHOLE. Congratulations, your fucking career in ALL IMPORTANT COLLEGE FOOTBALL is now obliterated by the fact you're a sick fuck with no moral grounding what-so-fucking-ever. Good thing you PROTECTED THE PROGRAM, huh, you know, at the expense of those kids, you fucking waste.

this is the best news I've read all fucking week.

I got into an argument with someone at work who was like "BUT OMG FOOTBALL AND WHAT ELSE DID YOU EXPECT HIM TO DO". I don't know, CALL THE FUCKING COPS? How fucking hard is that? Reporting it to two people and never following up again? Fuck you, you are a worthless piece of shit, period.

And all the people online going BUT OMG HE'S A GREAT COACH HDU make me sick.

[terribilita]

Yes, yes exactly. I read the grand jury report yesterday and still can't stop thinking about it. I am sick about it. And fucking Paterno? And McQueary? And Curly? And Schultz? LIVED WITH THAT FOR YEARS. I just can't.

[erunamiryene]

"In hindsight, I would have done more."

IN HINDSIGHT? YOU COULDN'T FIGURE THAT SHIT OUT AT THAT POINT IN TIME?

I've been raging about this since it broke. My son is ten, and I just ... yeah, "calm, rational discussion" was simply not possible, at all.

TBH, if someone told me they'd been "inappropriate", as Sandusky termed it, with my son, there's no guarantee they'd leave my house alive.

Of course, that absolutely sickened me in one story I read: "Sandusky confessed that he'd showered with the boys, but would not promise to stop doing so." WHAT. (And I noticed you left out a REALLY FUCKING PERTINENT DETAIL IN THAT "CONFESSION", asshole.)

[terribilita]

I KNOW GOD. In hindsight? HE HEARD FIRSTHAND FROM THE PERSON WHO SAW A RAPE. What more do you need?

Yes, he confessed to showering with boys, a confession POLICE heard, and they did nothing. Oh, inappropriately showering with children is not that bad! I am sicked by everything, by those janitors and their supervisor who did nothing, by the incompetent and uncaring higher-ups, the fucking president ffs.

No, there is no way to have this conversation calmly.

[screamingintune]

man I don't even want to see how far huge Paterno fans will try to go to justify his behavior with tales of how legendary he is in football coaching or whatever

[free_spoons]

the students are (apparently) rioting now because they fired JoePa...and because they are fucking idiots.

[screamingintune]

ugh. I'm glad I go to a college where I don't even know the name of the football coach. >_>

[roseofjuly]

I wonder what my old roommate thinks...she's a Penn State alumna and a die-hard Nittany Lions fan.

Trusty Facebook: JoePa fired? Seriously? I hope the entire state police squad is out on horseback... PSU is about to riot on Beaver ave

I'm not sure whether that's just shock and surprise with a seemingly accurate prediction, or whether she agrees with it. I'm not really sure I want to find out, either. The rest of her surprisingly limited comments on the situation have been equally ambiguous.

[countrygirl_914]

I just submitted this, so please delete, mods.

Wow, I'm not sure I expected them to actually do this. I'm in Pittsburgh, so this is all people at work tomorrow are going to be talking about.

[playthefool]

In b4 ~but he did all he was legally required to dooooo~

Gross.

[erunamiryene]

IMO, if he didn't break the law, maybe we should examine that. Frankly, I think "not reporting it to LAW ENFORCEMENT" should be a crime, no matter where you sit on the proverbial totem pole.

[wrestlingdog]

Very true.

[thecityofdis]

this is a small but loud percentage of my facebook right now.