“The people around him knew. There had to be ribald locker room jokes and rumors about his proclivities.”
There were...
It was like a running “Wink,Wink” joke in Happy Valley, with things like Sandusky Ice Cream. Look it up.
Driven by the perv promoter Spanier.
I wonder about all the other college football programs that somehow knew not to offer Sandusky a job after he retired. He was a celebrated and successful defensive coordinator, at prime age for a head coaching position. He would have been in high demand unless Paterno was warning other schools off.