Okay, what about the fact that even after he retired Sandusky kept his office, his keys, his unlimited access to the program and facilities and players, was on campus all the time...
I would assume that Joe Paterno holds some amount of sway at Penn State and if he said “Yo, I don’t like that guy,” something would be done about it.
That was negotiated as part of his retirement and the ban on bringing children on campus was apparently unenforceable. I don’t think it was acceptable overall given the circumstances, but then again there were no criminal charges in 1998 (which we know now was a huge error). I personally have no idea how much power Paterno had over Sandusky’s involvement after 1999.
There was a clear pattern known to the University after 2002. A lot of University officials are at fault here, but I have no reason to believe Paterno is one of them. By the way, I will personally volunteer to execute Sandusky.