Normally I'm opposed to capital punishment but in the case of people like joe paterno I'm willing to make an exception. What Paterno has done over the entire course of this thing has been pretty awful, I grant you that. However, it seems like a lot of people (not necessarily talking about NSBB) are more mad at Paterno than Sandusky. Yes, Paterno was an awful, horrible piece of crap for not doing anything and allowing it to continue, but Sandusky was the guy actually doing it. ....because Sandusky stands to get what he deserves, while Paterno is more in line to get off without real punishment. That irks people. I know it irks me. Being fired and having his coaching legacy ruined is a real punishment. And I'd you're irked by that you'd better be irked that a multitude of people (investigators, penn state janitors, mike mcqueary, district attorneys, former penn state president, high school wrestling coach) are not also going to prison. Paterno is the major face of all of this, fair or not it's pretty clear why he is the one who gets the majority of ire drawn his way. I'm going to guess that a lot those other people will have, and already have had their lives ruined from this, it just doesn't matter as much to the public as they aren't public figures.