Joe Paterno, right, walks with his son Jay Paterno, on the practice field in 2008. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)Five years after losing his job as assistant coach on the Nittany Lions football team, Jay Paterno will return to Penn State as one of three new members of the university’s Board of Trustees. When Penn State puts Jay Paterno on its Board of Trustees pic.twitter.com/dvOun3S2dH — Ryan Ginn (@rmginn) May 5, 2017Jay isn't Joe…but keeping the Paterno name around is further proof that Penn State either doesn't get it or (worse) doesn't care. In 2012, less than a year after Joe Paterno died of lung cancer, Sandusky was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse. In a statement to ESPN, he specifically brought up his family’s deep connection to the university, including his father’s.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2017 22:52 UTC