and either way, you are courageous. not so fast. it's dangerous to extrapolate that showing character on the football field truly means having character in real life. surely shows something, but we've all seen countless examples of athletes who seem to be full of character in the athletic realm, yet showing a stunning lack of character off the field. add to that litany the man who embodied the nittany. winning at football proves you can win at football. thinking it can be applied to any other aspects of life is a bit dangerous. paterno's last words were not "pray for the victims," he said that, but afterward he said a rallying cry. we are penn state! the crowd cheered, of course, but in a pedophile and his paternal protector are penn state, who else would want to be? making an ambiguous report to a supervisor, and then doing nothing more when you are in control of the world in which this all happened is a stunning gap in action, morals, and