Joe Paterno who has been head coach at Penn State longer than I have been alive, was fired last night. He was fired for not doing enough to stop Sandusky from molesting children.

Many on the campus are angry that Paterno was not allowed to retire at the end of the season as he had announced earlier this week. Many think he should have been at least allowed to coach this weeks game which is the last home game of the year for Penn State.

I reluctantly believe that it was right to fire Paterno asap. This isn't some scandal involving kids being paid or someone taking bribes or someone fixing grades. This is scandal involving the sexual molestation of children. Paterno knew about it a long time ago and could have do more and prevented more children from being molested. Yeah, he told his superiors, he did the bare minimum, but he could have done much more. As a result of him not acting appropriately, more children got molested. As much of a legend as he was, he still needed to go asap.

What are your thoughts?