There is not a single thing in there that justifies his firing. The only way his firing is justified is if he actively covered up the incident which he did not do. All he had to work with was an accusation from someone else. He did not see anything, he reported the accusation to his boss his boss fucked up not him. He did nothing wrong and absolutely did not deserve to get fired. If people could set aside emotion for 2 fucking seconds and work with facts and logic then they would see that he should not have been fired, but of course since there was a kid involved the whole fucking campus should be burned down and anyone who was even remotely close to the situation should be burned at the stake. They conducted a fucking witch hunt as a public relations move. This mans legacy and career and life are now ruined because fucking morons can not look at a situation logically with the presented facts. Fact: Joe Paterno did not see the incident Opinion: Being told about the incident is just as bad as seeing it Fact: Joe Paterno followed protocol and reported what he had heard to his superiors Opinion: He should have said fuck protocol and called police Fact: Joe Paterno fulfilled his legal obligation by reporting the accusation that he did not see to his superiors Opinion: He had a moral obligation to do more. Like I said before I personally would have done more follow up on thesituation but it still does not justify Joe Paterno being fired