[Uncle Chip]

For criminal offenses as severe as child molestation I, had I been the coach of PedState, would go to the top of the food chain immediately, which, in this case, happens to be the campus police...but that’s just me.

You do realize that that is what happened by following the chain of command. Paterno notified Curley, Curley notified Schultz, who is the head of the University Police. Schultz notified Spanier, the President, and legal counsel was brought in, all in a matter of days. It's documented in the Freeh Report. Read it.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“You do realize that that is what happened by following the chain of command.”

Paterno should have called the campus police the moment that the assistant coach related what he had seen, period. Otherwise, he was, at the very least, obstructing justice and became an accessory after the fact.

Gee whiz! Some people can’t see the forest because the trees get in the way. :-)