As parents and coaches, we often have a hard time teaching our youth sports athletes the concept of team. This covers everything from working together rather than going it alone, showing up for practices and games because others are counting on you and your actions on the field impact your teammates to name a few.

Further blurring the concept of team are all the stories about high-profile college and professional athletes who receive no or reduced punishment for transgressions large or small, thus not affecting the team much at all. Compare this to the recent story about Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and his team. Several Penn State players were involved in an off-campus fight and arrested. To send a message both to these players and their teammates that no player or players are bigger or better than the team, Paterno said the team would clean 107,282-seat Beaver Stadium after each home football game this season.

Needless to say, this is not something other Division I football players are likely to be doing this season. Perhaps the best part of this story is that Penn State's club sports teams usually do the stadium cleanup as a way to raise money, and Paterno said that won't change, even though his players will be doing the work.

Paterno, who has been Penn State's head coach since 1966, may be old school, but his emphasis on doing things the right way -- both on and off the field -- is to be admired. This is just the latest example.