Yes, Paterno told his superiors. That was the “legal minimum” to which I referred.
But Paterno was told, by a man he trusted, that Sandusky had sexual contact with a child. And all he did was pass that along to his nominal boss.
Are you telling me that The Mighty JoePa was so powerless at Penn State, that all he could do was pass the information along and hope that somebody would prevent Sandusky from raping any more kids?
Even if we take Paterno at his word, his response to the allegations was anemic at best. Hardly worthy of a man, especially one so proud of his own honor.
Oh, I forgot. JoePa was good at football games. That’s all that really matters, after all.
It was also the legal maximum since he did not witness the incident but was getting it second hand.
If McCreary was so sure that what he saw was molestation, he should have called the police -- which would have been the University police, the head of which he did speak with about the incident a few days later.
Are you telling me that The Mighty JoePa was so powerless at Penn State, that all he could do was pass the information along and hope that somebody would prevent Sandusky from raping any more kids?
He was powerful enough to follow the law as it related to such reporting and to see to it that his superiors followed up with an interview.
What more would you have wanted him do??? -- hold a press conference and accuse another person publicly of child molestation with no evidence, an incident that he did not witness, but was hearing second hand from another person??? Get real.