Anti-Climacus

One of the things I do sincerely appreciate about my alma mater is its insistence on ridiculously high ethical standards and lack of tolerance for those who fail to meet them--former football head coach Gary Moeller was fired for being drunk and belligerent at a restaurant one night. I believe, then, that what happened at Penn State would lead to everyone involved getting fired right away, revered long-time head coach or not:

Wise argues that this story, if true, is a bigger stain on Penn State’s program than the scandals that rocked SMU, Ohio State, and Miami. Perhaps that’s true, but I’m not even sure that there’s an NCAA rule that would cover a situation like this or whether they would even bother to try to prosecute it. In either case, though, it seems pretty clear to me that Paterno’s legacy is forever stained. Legally, he apparently did all that he was required to in that he reported a possible case of child abuse to his superiors, they’re the ones who decided not to go to the police. Morally, though, I cannot understand how a person can sleep at night knowing that they had been told about something this obscene and all they did was kick it up the university administration ladder. It makes you wonder what kind of world we live in anymore, really.

It really does, actually.

See also Chris from Black Shoe Diaries, who seems to get it pretty much correct.