STATE COLLEGE, PA - JULY 21: Annabelle Johns, Maya Mondock, Marissa Mondock, Julia Neumann and Tara Mondock, members of a Girl Scout Troop based in Port Matilda, Pennsylvania pose for a photo with the statue of former Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno stands outside Beaver Stadium July 21, 2012 in State College, Pennsylvania. Penn State's president Rodney Erickson is expected to make a decision on whether or not to remove the statue in the wake of the child sex scandal of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. It's believed that Paterno had detailed knowledge of Jerry Sandusky sexually abusing children before and after Sandusky retired from coaching at Penn State. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)  This is a disturbing picture in my opinion. This man was involved in the cover up a child molester for more than a decade. However small or large his role was is not relevant. He knew about it and did nothing to stop it. For this woman to take these young girls to have their photo taken with Joe Paterno's statue is baffling. Do these Girl Scouts even know what this man did? Did they know why officials at Penn State eventually removed the statue? This man did a lot of good in his life, make no mistake, but in my eyes, all of that is negated by his involvement with the cover up of Jerry Sandusky's systematic sexual abuse of young boys for more than a decade. He and his legacy have lost the right to be a role model. And I would have serious reservations about the moral standing of anyone who still sees him as a role model.
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