And so it goes that Joe Paterno’s long football career will be remembered for allowing a pedophile to stay on his staff and continue to prey on young children. This is without a doubt the most sickening sports story I have ever drawn about. Paterno’s presence, statues, memorials, heck, I say records even should be completely torn down and banned from the Penn State Campus. The fact that he knew and yet chose to cover it up makes him as guilty in abuse as was Jerry Sandusky. Had Paterno lived, my hope is that he would have been sent to prison right next to Sandusky for his heinous crime. Years ago, I read a book about the University of Texas Longhorns called “Meat on the Hoof”. I remember reading about head coach Darryl Royal eating a hamburger while standing above a player who had just had his ACL blown out during practice. His indifference to the young player he had recruited and whose career was now over, sickened me. But it is nothing compared to the sins of an indifferent Joe Paterno to defenseless children being abused. Chicago Tribune sports editor extraordinaire, Mike Kellams, came up with today’s concept. I thought the idea was brilliant so I rendered it as best I could.. I rarely, if ever, use someone else’s concept for my sports stuff (I can count on one hand the number of times I did it during my 27 years at the Rocky Mountain News.) but this one was just perfect. I’m just sick I actually had to draw it.