Read carefully. That's what I said. He was still coaching in '98 bowl; retired Jan. '99. But that doesn't mean he wasn't around with special VIP Penn State status for the '99 bowl game -- with victim #4 in tow. (He was)
In fact, it was his post-retirement special Penn State status as to why he still had shower room access @ Penn State when other sexual assaults took place there in 2000-2001.
Here, you can read about it in this timeline: The Penn State Scandal, Piece by Piece
No, that isn’t what you are saying. JS was the defensive coordinator for the Alamo Bowl. Ask Lavar Arrington if you don’t believe me. He hoisted him on his shoulders following the shutout. It wasn’t some VIP trip. It was a usual bowl game.
His retirement package was set up by the office of the President (Spanier) and signed off on by then Provost (and now President) Erickson. It was just another retirement package that other faculty members got. Nothing different other than some objected to the “emeritus” status for a graduate of basically phys ed.
Paterno actually objected to parts of the retirement package because he was sick of seeing second mile kids all over the place - especially at practices, which were notoriously closed to outsiders. There are hand written notes in the footnotes of the fact freeh report from Joe that show this.