“It was in support of Paterno remaining head coach.”
And that’s the problem. He is a moral failure. He should be shunned, not lauded.
That's what you think. Maybe you are right; maybe you are wrong. But to state it as an absolute fact is wrong.
How the mighty have fallen. For ten years or longer Sandusky was buggering young boys. JoPa was informed and just passed along the message but did not do anything else. Sandusky was his friend and heir apparent.
Whether Paterno compartmentalized this and put it out of his mind, or knowingly did what he could to cover it up, we may never know. But all he has done in his career with PSU since his first days beginning in the 1960’s has now been eclipsed by this terrible scandal. He now will retire to receive instead of accolades criminal and civil subpoenas, likely for the rest of his life. So, so sad.