From the LA Times:
The sanctions included a four-year postseason ban for the football team, a scholarship reduction from 25 to 15 for four years, a five-year probation for all Penn State sports, a $60-million fine and the vacating of all football wins from 1998 through 2011.Vacating those football wins means that JoePa, patron saint of Penn State football is no longer the record holder for the most Division I victories among coaches. That dubious hand-me-down now goes to Mr. Bobby Bowden. Feels like a déjà vu of that press conference where Mrs. Bryant wore that huge diamond ring gifted to her by Mr. Bryant in 2003.
JoePa is dead, isn't that punishment enough? Besides, he did not rape any kids, his vile assistant Jerry Sandusky did, who has been found guilty and will never see the outside of a prison. So why punish JoePa?
Some say that it is because he shielded Sandusky. While it'd appear that way, he did not rape those kids, nor did he ask Sandusky to rape them. Sandusky acted on his own.
JoePa was only human after all. A flawed human, who made a mistake. Several have echoed that sentiment. See here, here, and here for but three examples.
I think therein lies a colossal error in judgment. JoePa was not only not human, but truly divine. He acted in a divine fashion, just like God did.
So instead of asking him to be forgiven for being a flawed human, you should really be singing his praises for being God-like.
"Wait, how is JoePa God-like?" you ask.
