THE GOOD IS OFT INTERRED WITH THEIR BONES.

So let it be with Joe Paterno, according to The RosenBlog.

The only good thing that might come out of this is that money-grubbing college presidents might regain control of their universities’ moral compasses instead of willingly being dictated to by the largely ethically challenged guys in charge of phys. ed.

I wish the critics of big-time sports would keep the table of organization straight. Sometimes coaches teach a class in physical education, although it is rare that they hold a tenured professorship. The players might major in physical education, although kinesiology has some demanding prerequisites. That's where general studies becomes useful.

Teddy Greenstein suggests a more balanced view.

He donated at least $4 million to Penn State. He was fiercely loyal to the school. He didn't use the NFL as leverage and didn't have a "Les Miles clause" stipulating he would make $1,000 more than any coach in his conference if he won a national championship.

He coached because it was his life. By insisting his players go to class and graduate — decades before the NCAA instituted requirements — he helped hundreds of them. That's a true benefit to society.

A Cold Spring Shops source at Penn State confirms that the faculty is having trouble coming to terms with the child abuse, precisely because Mr Paterno had been outwardly supportive of the academic function of the university.