DeAndre Levy defends calling Joe Paterno
linebacker stands by his DeVonta Smith Jersey comments in a recent story where he called former Penn State coach Joe Paterno a " " and considered the one time he accidentally broke Paterno's leg while playing for Wisconsin his "proudest moment in college."Turns out, Levy was joking about the "proudest moment in college" remark but the rest of it? Oh, he meant all that."Any person or institution, Joe Paterno included, that turns away from or fails to act against sexual a sault is a 'dirtbag,'" Levy writes in a column for the . "Imagine your son, Harold Carmichael Jersey nephew, cousin or young male person in your life goes away to football camp or has a trusted relationship with a coach, but their vulnerability is taken advantage of and their trust violated in an act of sexual a sault. "Years later, a story breaks and sheds light on a decades-long pattern of sexual abuse. And then it becomes known that one of the most powerful figures in that football program knew of it at various points but failed to act diligently. In broad strokes, that's how I understand the case of Penn State, Jerry Sandusky and Paterno."Paterno's longtime a sistant, Jerry Sandusky Brent Celek Jersey , is in prison for the sexual abuse of 10 children. Court documents released in July showed that one of the victims testified in court in 2014 that Paterno ignored complaints of sexual a sault by Sandusky back in 1976, decades before Sandusky was arrested. Levy, meanwhile, has spoken pa sionately and eloquently about what it means to be a man. Earlier this year, he Philadelphia Eagles Jersey wrote in about the pervasivene s of sexual a sault and the "dehumanization and objectification of women," noting that, "It's truly astounding the number of awful things that occur in this world because men are afraid of appearing weak."Those sentiments echo the ones Levy made to ."We've got to stop prioritizing sports over humanity. Just because somebody can throw a football or coach football, they're excluded from their wicked acts."And Levy reiterated that Sunday in the . "Putting this in context of a personal relationship helps to understand, but it shouldn't take a personal relationship to stand up for this," Levy wrote. "As bystanders Genard Avery Jersey , we must interrupt violence in real time and disrupt its legacy so survivors have space to heal and move forward, including boys and men."