Joe Paterno: a coach but not a victim

The article written by Buzz Bissinger, who is a famous author with the book “Friday Light Night”, told people about the thoughts of Bissinger, how he think about the death of Joe Paterno and his point is people should not turn Joe Paterno into the martyr of Sandusky case. Also, Joe should retire 10 years ago to prevent him from the case and return to the real life. From my opinion, I highly agree with Buzz Bissinger.

First of all, Joe Paterno was the best collage football in the Penn State, even around the U.S. No one could forget that he had won 409 games, set up the record in the history. It's a really legendary life. We cannot disagree that Joe might be equal to Penn State of a equation in football. But he should not be regarded as the victim of the Sandusky Case as thousands of people think he was. Joe Paterno's fire and death make most of us sad. But that case was such a failure of responsibility. He really did nothing to control Sandusky or helped to prevent the other boys from other rapes.

What's more Paterno should retire a decade ago because of his lack of the social connection and away from Sandusky. As a devout Catholic, Paterno said that he had no concept about the rape. That means Paterno was too far from the reality so that he did not have a right way to solve this problem. And he turn backward, to the football. He is too old for a coach of collage football and he also had disease. But one thing I think different from Buzz Bissinger is that I disagree football is just a game. Individually, football is no my favorite sports, but it is really a sport. It is meaningful for the players on the field to build their quality. Like a soccer coach, Bill Shankly, said "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

In conclusion, Joe Paterno should be remembered as a successful football coach but also his failure of the responsibility as his lack of control in Sandusky Case. His contribution to football is glorious. The way he chose to live should be the warning signs for other sports coach.

Work Cited

Bissinger, Buzz. “Joe Paterno’s Death Shouldn’t Turn Him Into Sandusky Case’s Martyr.” Editorial. The daily Beast. N.p., 22 Jan. 2012. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. <http://www.thedailybeast.com/‌articles/‌2012/‌01/‌22/‌joe-paterno-s-death-shouldn-t-turn-him-into-sandusky-case-s-martyr.html>.