[Superman]

Yes, perhaps. A number of folks have posted their assumptions that Paterno was looking to avoid tarnishing the program and that he let the matter pass because of this motivation. Without a doubt, that is a leap of conclusion that is not backed up by fact. Nobody here has reported a knowledge of Mr. Paterno's motivations. Guesses, yes. Knowledge....impossible.

It looks like nobody reported this to police, and that is indeed disturbing. And frankly I will admit that, regardless of what Joe did or didn't do, he had the option of reporting this to police regardless of whether the Athletic Director did or did not report it. Failure to take decisive action was uncharacteristic for him, according to my observations. But again, if Paterno has changed his ethical code 180 degrees over the years and somebody can illustrate that for me, then great. I like to read.

BTW, his guy raping the young boy.....was NOT Paterno's defensive coordinator. Former, yes. Current, no. And I continue to wonder about what conversations might have taken place between Paterno and Sandusky immediately prior to Sandusky's resignation in 1999. Again, according to my understanding of Paterno's fairly consistent modus operandi, I would be not surprised at all to learn that Sandusky's choices were resignation or dismissal, and he chose resignation. The Joe Paterno I know would not have tolerated this sort of man within the program. And maybe he didn't. Still, I will once again admit, that it looks as though Paterno missed an important duty. Unusual.