welcome back to morning joe. time for some sports. coach joe paterno was laid to rest yesterday after tens of thousands of penn state fans gathered and lined the streets to celebrate his life. but the debate over his legacy continued even inside the memorial. 12,000 people packed the penn state basketball arena to pay final respects to the long-time iconic coach who died on sunday of lung cancer at the age of 85. speakers at the ceremony included former players from each decade of paterno s nearly half century career. but it was his long-time friend, nike founder phil knight who made the most news on thursday. knight brought the crowd to its feet by offering a staunch defense of paterno s handling of the child sex abuse scandal that rocked penn state. gave full disclosure to his superio superiors, went up to the head of the campus police and the president of the school. the matter was in the hands of a world class university and a