Why would Paterno need to leave if he had nothing to do with the scandal?
Because he knew his assistant coach was blowing kids in the shower and did nothing to stop it?
Makes me wonder if his staying on might’ve been related to keeping the lid on things? Idle conjecture on my part, since I haven’t a shred of evidence to back that up or perhaps, to even wonder aloud.
“Why would Paterno need to leave if he had nothing to do with the scandal?”
According to the indictment, the second time this guy was caught in the shower (having anal sex with a young boy), the witness reported it directly to Paterno.
Paterno reported it to the AD...not the police...didn’t fire the guy, and apparently didn’t even admonish him for it.
Joe is king of all things football at Penn State. He could have fird the guy on the spot - but instead he pushes it on up the COC?
Sadly, it looks like Joe ignored the problem - and this guy was left to find even more victims.
It looks to me like this investigation was put on hold until he got the win record. His retirement will be his punishment. I'm not saying that's right, but I think that's the way it is.
Well, from what I understand, Paterno reported the jerk to the AD and the AD did nothing. But Paterno had to see this guy continuing to work and having heard/seen nothing more from the AD, he should have been more aggressive - going over and above the AD - to get this jerk hauled in.
ARE YOU KIDDING ME??
One of his coaches comes to him and tells him he caught Sandusky in the shower with underage boys having sex, and all he does is tell his boss, and wash his hands, but he has NOTHING to do with it? JOPA is in this cover up as deep as anyone!
He basically covered his ass legally and then went on to allow this predator to molest children for another 9 years!
He needs GONE, and frankly should be facing jail time for not reporting it to police.
Penn State will be financially bankrupt if Jo Pa isn’t gone and gone quickly, no alumni or endowment is going to send cash their way as long as he is still there. He put not risking destroying a friend over doing what was right.
Leaving the scandal aside for the moment -- something that's impossible to do -- there are officials who were trying to get Joe Paterno to retire when his last contract expired. I think Joe beares an enourmous responsibility for what happened, but I can see the university leveraging these events to force Joe out.