Nike Is Going to Change the Name of the Joe Paterno Child Development Center On Its Campus In Oregon

Let the backlash begin.

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It's only been a few hours since the Freeh Report was released to the world. But, the backlash against Joe Paterno has already begun. According to ESPN's Darren Rovell, Nike has decided to take Joe Pa's name off of the child care center it has on the Nike campus in Oregon.

"I have been deeply saddened by the news coming out of this investigation at Penn State," Nike CEO Mark Parker said in a statement. "It is a terrible tragedy that children were unprotected from such abhorrent crimes. With the findings released today, I have decided to change the name of our child care center at our World Headquarters. My thoughts are with the victims and the Penn State community."

Ours, too.

RELATED: The Freeh Report Finds That Joe Paterno and Penn State Officials Knew Jerry Sandusky Was Abusing Children and Did Nothing

[via SB Nation]

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