Mike McQueary Penn State: Assistant Coach's Job Must Be Terminated

If Penn State wants to play the role of "The Terminator," then Nittany Lions assistant coach Mike McQueary needs to be next in line.

You see, McQueary has been identified as the "witness" in one of the alleged sex crimes perpetrated by former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

The incident is basically the main reason why legendary coach of 46 years, Joe Paterno, was fired yesterday.

McQueary, a graduate assistant at the time of the alleged 2002 incident, walked into the locker room and witnessed Sandusky sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in the showers.

According to multiple reports, as well as the grand jury report, McQueary reportedly went to call his father before telling former head coach Joe Paterno about the incident.

Paterno, now infamously, took the news to his superiors as per his legal obligation.

As it stood at the time, Sandusky wasn't a coach at Penn State.

However, the excuse that Paterno upheld his legal obligations didn't last but a day. The 84-year-old legend was fired unceremoniously yesterday, sparking riots throughout the State College campus.

Many were upset with the winningest coach in college football history for not upholding his moral obligations to do more for the alleged victim.

Not lost in this—because plenty of people are writing, talking, blogging and chatting about it—is McQueary's role in the situation.

If Paterno, who neither witnessed nor held immediate power over Sandusky, didn't do enough, how in the world does McQueary still have a job?

The former Penn State quarterback, only five years removed from playing at the time of the incident, didn't make an attempt to stop the assault in any way, shape or form from happening.

He turned tail, ran to call his father (as reports indicate) before even bringing the situation to Paterno's attention.

Not only did McQueary reportedly witness it and do nothing, he didn't contact the police either.

If we're talking about the failure to fulfil moral obligations costing someone their job—like it did Paterno—then McQueary should have been the first one to go.

We can't expect the Penn State administration to do things right, though.

If they did that sort of thing, they wouldn't be in this position in the first place.

Regardless, if they want to play moral police on everyone remotely involved with the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal, Mike McQueary is the next on the list.