>>because he was a conservative icon<<
He was a SPORTS icon. He was meaningless to conservatives.
How can anyone believe that Joe Paterno did not know what was going on with Sandusky. Who sees a guy take little boys on trips and not wonder? Not only Paterno, but a lot of people, including players had to have been suspicious, but Penn State football was above everything else. It’s sickening. How anyone in the Paterno family can show his or her face in public is beyond me.
Then last football season, ESPN showed more Penn State games than ever, and even talked about how sad it was for the players. How about the boys who were raped? If there were any justice in this world, there would be no Penn State football program now.