It is being reported this morning that Joe Pa will retire at the end of the season. Most likely this would have been the case anyway. This is coaching icon, a legend and a career in College Football that dates back decades. He began his coaching stint at Penn State in 1966. I was four years old when his career at Penn State got underway, a young boy. What we are talking abut the past few days is the end of an era. What we should be talking about are the victims, the numbers could be in the double digits.

To be an icon and the legend at Penn State and to look the other way is unacceptable in my book. Penn State has been revered as an example of what college athletics is all about. Education and athletics have an equal bearing in their program. That is all fine and well in fact that is exceptional on most levels. But, lets get to a level playing field and think about the implications and think about those young boys and how their lives will be impacted.

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