Kyle Monteleone

Joe Patterno, his legacy is now smeared and slandered. The two sites I used as reference guides were both highly biased. Nothing out of the ordinary when it comes to a case such as this, on one hand you have the “perfect coach” and on the other someone who is involved with Sandusky. However through T.V. I have learned that Patterno, may not be anywhere near as bad as he has been made out to be. While many news reports shout bloody murder, and accused Patterno as if he had helped Sandusky. In truth, he would not even be considered a witness in court. He was told, by Mike McQueary, that he had seen Sandusky and another younger boy both in the showers doing “something of a sexual nature.” Why is McQueary not being questioned? Why had he not had so much negative attention? Joe Patterno did not completely ignore these statements, he claims to have handed it over to those would “have more experience.” That is exactly what McQueary did, however McQueary is a first-hand witness. He is the one that should be questioned, and he should be the one receiving the attention. Joe Patterno should be remembered for the coach he was and the good things he did. What has happened is unjust and I hope that someday soon someone realizes that Mike McQueary and whomever Patterno told, should be the ones that are questioned prosecuted and persecuted.

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