Did he approve hirings or professors and their salaries and determine how a $2.5 billion dollar budget was spent. Get real. Anything that affected his football program -- yes -- but that's a far cry from running Penn State.
And why would they let Sandusky on... but not with kids?
Personal Use is okay but Liability Problems if kids are brought there -- [Exhibit 2G] Freeh Report
Every report I saw said that KIDS weren’t banned. But Sandusky wasn’t allowed to bring them on. If you can find something that contradicts that assertion I’d love to read it.
Bottom line was that Paterno knew Sandusky was a child molester based on a first hand account from one of his coaches, and, whether the administration did anything or not, he didn’t move heaven and earth to keep this creep away from his program.