Joe Paterno’s family can’t rest. How can they, when his legacy continues to unravel almost five years after he was fired by Penn State
in the wake of a child sexual abuse scandal involving one of his
assistant coaches? How can they relax when Paterno’s reputation, once
pristine, grows more threadbare with every development in the case?
They can’t. Not now, probably not ever. I get it. After all, that’s what family is for. But that doesn’t make it any less uncomfortable when people defend Paterno again and again.
