1) If Sandusky was not part of the football program, why did the Grad Student feel the need to report the incident to Paterno?
2) I don’t think Paterno needed to be “told” anything.
It is clear he had a very good idea that this was much more than “horseplay”, and of a serial nature.
A bigger question is why didn't he report to police. As to why he reported it to Paterno it appears to be because his father told him to.
And, yes, Sandusky was not part of the football program. He was a emeritus professor with a right to access the training facilities.
2) I don’t think Paterno needed to be “told” anything. It is clear he had a very good idea that this was much more than “horseplay”, and of a serial nature.
I'm inclined to think he thought Sandusky was doing something he shouldn't be doing but that the authorities tasked with determining such things found that it didn't reach the level of being destructively traumatic and had it under control. I really don't think Paterno believed that Sandusky had raped a 10-year-old.
A bigger question is why didn't he report to police. As to why he reported it to Paterno it appears to be because his father told him to.
And, yes, Sandusky was not part of the football program. He was a emeritus professor with a right to access the training facilities.
2) I don’t think Paterno needed to be “told” anything. It is clear he had a very good idea that this was much more than “horseplay”, and of a serial nature.
I'm inclined to think he thought Sandusky was doing something he shouldn't be doing but that the authorities tasked with determining such things found that it didn't reach the level of being destructively traumatic and had it under control. I really don't think Paterno believed that Sandusky had raped a 10-year-old.