Joe Paterno fired: Penn State coach dismissed in abuse scandal

Famed Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno has been fired as a shocking abuse scandal tears through the campus.

The pressure was on Paterno since the arrest of Athletic Director Tim Curley and another administrator, Gary Schultz. They are charged with lying to a grand jury and failing to report claims that a former football coordinator abused several young boys. Paterno also knew of the activity, but wasn't charged with a crime.

At the center of the scandal is Jerry Sandusky, 67, who is facing 40 counts of various forms of abuse. Prosecutors say he was involved with eight boys between 1994 and 2009. Some sources claim there may be as many as 17 victims. Sandusky allegedly met his victims through his own youth charity, The Second Mile.

Curley and Schultz were made aware of the abuses in 2002 when they met with then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary, who reported seeing Sandusky with a 10-year-old boy in a school shower. Other incidents allegedly took place at Sandusky's home and at a high school. One boy claimed Sandusky plied him with lavish gifts and marijuana.

The two administrators each posted $75,000 bail. Penn State is paying their legal fees, citing the charges have to do with how they performed their jobs. Sandusky was released on $100,000 bail.

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[Avonublorts]

I LOL'D AT THE MICHAEL JACKSON AND PEDOBEARS

[letsplaycards40]

JoePa now needs to get himself far away from PSU for good and live with his irreversable error he made. Miami would be a good place to go....maybe he can find a small condo in the same neighborhood O.J. had been living in. Old Joe could have saved alot of face had he said from the beginning of this he was resigning immediatly....instead the egotistical asshole decided ON HIS OWN to annouce his plans for retirement at the END of the season despite what happened to those kids...he is shameful.

[GreenDay1981]

Amazing how many PSU fans still support Paterno after all of this. Buckeyes fans didn't support Tressel this much and what he covered up was much less serious than what Paterno and others at PSU covered up.

[doritomaggot]

perverts

[lahardcore13]

Fuck penn st.!!!..joe pa is a fucking piece of shit..I read the grand jury testimony front to back..sick to my stomach..just drop a bomb on psu (pedophile state university)

[nondjmaster]

R.I.P Joe

[SuperDroogie187]

If Penn State wants to win going forward (which should be their highest priority at all times), then they need to get either Bill Cowher or Jon Gruden to fill this vacancy!

[SONOFABITCH]

I liked the part where MJ and the Pedo Bears were dancing.