
The day after that editorial ran, the board of trustees at Penn State held an emergency meeting and decided to immediately fire the school's president and legendary football coach Joe Paterno. Paterno has NOT been charged with any crime but has come under a firestorm of criticism for failing to report his colleague's alleged sexual abuse of young boys to the police. Check out a pair of local opinion columns about Paterno's firing from sports columnists Mitch Albom and Drew Sharp, both of the Detroit Free Press.
Finally, one side note: Actor Ashton Kutcher committed an act of idiocy when he tweeted his support of Joe Paterno before he even knew why Paterno was let go. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, of course, but opinions must be based on fact, not ignorance.
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