Paterno's comments: the definition of a non-issue

◊ Ok, let's just get this out of the way. Here's what Joe Paterno said during an interview last night at the NIT semifinal game:

"Everyone says it's a black mans game. When I played it was a Jewish mans game."

Was it odd to come right out and say it? Sure. Was he wrong? No. Is everyone overreacting? You bet your sweet bum.

I know it's a tough concept to grasp in today's America, but I believe in common sense, and anyone who makes a big deal out of this doesn't have much of it. Just to be clear, at least Bill Raftery knew what Paterno meant:

"Yeah a city game right?"

Right.

**UPDATE: My stance on this drew some fire from the folks at Boiled Sports, you know, the same bastion of integrity that brought us Sideboob Friday. Even Awful Announcing didn't think Joe's comments were meant to be derogatory.

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