It appears that Penn State had a culture of fear as reported by the janitors employed there, created by Paterno.
Too bad they didn't report it. They too might have gotten raises and new jobs to keep the shower incident in house as well.
Maybe. But they didn't. Remember McQuery had to meet in a secret location off campus with the investigators. Penn State appears to be a strange place, kind of cult like.
Happy Valley is fairly secluded, especially in winter. The Penn State football program kept a tight control on who they gave press credentials out to, any negative press would result in their press credentials getting pulled. Not many other schools could have exerted that kind of control over the media.
<>This is how Joe Paterno dealt with the problem this one time. That is enough right there.<>
The argument here could go either way.
What would it have said if Paterno had fired him — a week — a month — a year later??? Would that be proof of a cover-up??? Why not use your contacts and get him a coaching job far away in the Pac 10 where the shower and the incident would be a distant memory???
Why would someone interested in a coverup want to keep a witness to this around at all where he would tell of this incident to those he rubbed shoulders with — players, coaches, graduates, janitors??? Why keep him around where investigators would have easy access to him.
Did it ever occur to you that he kept him around so that he would be available to university and law enforcement authorities to interview.
And MM did tell the Grand Jury that no one at the university ever told him to keep his mouth shut. And remember he already told his father.
<>It appears that Penn State had a culture of fear as reported by the janitors employed there, created by Paterno.<>
The janitors did not report to Paterno. They answered to the facilities manager who could assign them to any one of 200 buildings at the university. Had the janitor reported the incident to his superior, the facilities manager, it would have taken a different route to the top altogether and there would have been two eyewitnesses against Sandusky. These janitors failed to follow the same procedure that MM followed. This says more about the janitors than anyone else for failing to report an incident to their superior. Their excuse falls short.