WWJD: What Would Joe Do? By Mark Erickson

In 1989, Pedophilia State University head football coach Joe Paterno wrote a book called “By the Book.” How telling, in retrospect. In the strictest sense, Coach Paterno adhered to his legal requirement by reporting to his supervisor the anal rape of a 10 year old child by Paterno’s longtime friend and coworker. Perhaps Coach Paterno did not know exactly what happened in the shower, but shouldn’t he have inquired so as to be more specific when following the chain of command a mandatory reporter must follow? Did he even bother to ask the graduate student what he specifically saw? WWJD? Hand off the bare minimum. Then he stood on the sidelines with his friend and coworker while the pedophile engaged in, at a minimum, oral sex with minors. ALARMS had to be breaking those coke-rimmed glasses of Coach Pa, knowing that his defensive coordinator trawled for young boys at an facility for at-risk youth. Personally, I seriously doubt Sandusky sexually abused only eight kids over a fifteen year span. I’m sure there are more victims as Coach Pa fumbled this mess for years. Coach Pa: Worst Head Football Coach Ever.

Mark Erickson