[Superman]

Okay......Joe Paterno reported this to his Athletic Director. Do we know for a fact that he did nothing whatsoever other than that? Although, having asked that, I admit I am disturbed that it appears nobody called police.

Chris, I guess I am waiting for someone to illustrate this supposed pattern of Joe Paterno doing the bare minimum in enforcing codes of behavior within his program. As I have said, my understanding of his approach is 180 degrees off from that. I recall one instance in which a small group of PS football players got inebriated (these are college boys, after all) and created a disturbance that was reported to Paterno. Paterno considered this for a few days and ultimately chose his response. Apparently, a civic group had been cleaning the stadium after each game and donating the proceeds (the university pays to get the stadium cleaned up after games) to charity. Coach Paterno had his players, not just the ones who had created the disturbance but rather the entire team, clean the stadium in their place, and of course donate the proceeds to the same charity. This kind of response is more than routine for Joe. His intolerance of irresponsible behavior has come to be legendary.

No, I can't explain his lack of action in this Sandusky thing. And maybe Joe Paterno has, over the years, become transformed from a model of decency and propriety into a demon of deceit. I am unfamiliar with this last part. Very familiar with the first part. That's what I'm sayin'. For decades, a player's decision to become a Nittany Lion was a decision to follow a strict and narrow code of behavior.