Toute une charge contre "Jopa" dans le Washington post. Les arguments de l'auteur ne peuvent être rejetés du revers de la main...
"Deservedly under fire for not doing enough to stop Jerry Sandusky, his longtime friend and former top lieutenant, who has been charged with molesting eight young boys between 1994 and 2009, Paterno announced Wednesday he will step down after completing his 46th season leading the Nittany Lions.
But that’s not good enough.
After his disgraceful conduct in the worst scandal in college sports history, Paterno, 84, must step down immediately. He should walk away today. Not after taking one final victory lap for his accomplishments on the field and contributions to the Penn State academic community.
In his written statement, Paterno arrogantly informed the Penn State board of trustees it “should not spend a single minute discussing” his status. Paterno has decided how he will leave. In his mind, that’s the end of it.
For decades, Paterno wielded the authority to make that call. Paterno, who has has a Division I record 409 victories and two national championships, was the ultimate authority on campus. Once, when school officials asked him to retire, Paterno laughed and kept doing his thing. He had that type of juice.
Penn State’s trustees need to take back that authority. They must send a message that there are consequences for the behavior of those who have shamed the university. Ousting Paterno before he wants to go — dictating the terms to him — would indicate the board’s true commitment to beginning what undoubtedly will be a long, painful healing process after this horrific mess.
Paterno faces no criminal charges at the moment, having apparently covered himself by telling his superiors of then-graduate assistant Mike McQueary’s 2002 account of an alleged incident involving Sandusky and a young boy in the showers of the Penn State football building. Given this disturbing information, Paterno strictly followed procedure.
What he didn’t do, apparently, was follow up with authorities. A man who built his iconic reputation on winning “the right way” passed the information up the chain and moved on.
“This is a tragedy,” Paterno’s statement read. “It’s one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.”
Hindsight? A more fitting word applies here: hypocrisy. Because it’s simply unconscionable Paterno, who spent his career presenting such a strong moral front, would do so little after receiving an eyewitness account about a child allegedly being sexually assaulted in the building he runs by someone personally close to him."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/colleges/joe-paterno-retiring-at-seasons-end-isnt-enough/2011/11/09/gIQA7jI45M_story.html?hpid=z3
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