Joe Paterno is pissed off about a brawl involving several of his players back in April and now he’s ready to throw down some punishment. And considering that Joe Pa is 80 freaking years old, you know that he’s gonna go old school with his discipline and come up with something that requires sweat and sacrifice. So, what did he come up with? Why community service, of course.
Involved in his all-for-one and one-for-all punishment is a team commitment to work with the Special Olympics and Habitat for Humanity. But the fun doesn’t stop there for his Nittany Lions because the old fart has also masterminded the idea that his team will clean the entire stadium on every Sunday following Penn State home games. Happy Valley just got a little sadder for the 2007 team.
We had kids involved in something that was embarrassing, and I think we ought to prove to people that we’re not a bunch of hoodlums,” Paterno said.
“Obviously, I’m probably going to have to keep one or two of them out of a game and drop one or two on the depth chart. And then whatever (university officials) think they have to do, they do. I want to do something where the whole team kind of says, `Hey, we’re all wrong, let’s go.’
This might sound a bit strange for a big time college football program but, then again, we’re talking about Joe Pa here. The guy can basically do anything he wants at that university and until he eventually croaks on the sidelines, nobody is gonna stop his anti-Bobby Bowden approach.
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[KansasCity.com]: Paterno disciplining entire team, for entire season