No reason this would be bad on Joe Paterno. He reported what he knew when he knew it he is not the police he doesn't file charges. The AD and the guy over the police should be in jail allon with sandusky.

Guilt by association, justified or not,I'm guessing. Paterno will retire after the season.

Just because a coworker did something you are not guilty. Once you report something to proper people and they do not act on it you are not guilty. I am sure hundreds of crimes are reported daily that are not acted on that does not make the one that reported it guilty too.

If you read the article one of the guys was head of the univesity POLICE.

It was common knowledge that UVA interviewed Sandusky in 2001 before Groh was hired.  I remember the Second Mile program being discussed in terms of how much time he would spend with that organization in addition to coaching/recruiting.  As it turns out, it seems like he probably spent more time recruiting than any coach in the history of college football.

There was a moral imperative for all of the involved people to keep screaming until someone did something about this. This isn't about covering your ass in a court case. Allegedly, impresionable young people were being molested and raped. You don't stop at "telling your boss"...this isn't a guy stealing office supplies. This is rape of 10 year old boys, allegedly.

If I see a 10 year old being raped in a shower by a superior, I don't tell my boss and give up. I start screaming to anyone and everyone I can tell. JoePa knew of allegations in 1997. A former PSU linebacker has told a reporter "He isn't surprised" by the allegations.

Everyone needs cleared out at Penn State if these allegations hold up.

This is the worst scandal in college football history. This makes SMU and USC and Ohio State and Miami look like tiddlywinks.

I don't care if JoePa and everyone else is clean in the eyes of the law. This is beyond the law. If you know of these sort of allegations, you have an obligation as a human being to scream until you're heard.

How is JOPA to know if it is being investigated he is not in postion to have that information.  You are telling me that when you report a crime you keep checking back with them and that they would even tell you if something is going on or not be real guys.Just because he is a head coach of PSU he cannot be held acountable he reported what he knew. You can not hold anyone accountable for this other than the ones that did not act on what they knew.

This is really sick and outlines when Paterno told Sanduksy he would not be HC.  After all of this started, but before the incident that the student Manager reported to Paterno.

http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/uploadedFiles/Press/Sandusky-Grand-Jury-Presentment.pdf

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xpugp6DIb3I

Thanks for the link, Bobcat Grad 86.

If you read the grand jury report carefully, you can see that this scandal extends to the offices of the Penn State president, the University Police and the Centre County district attorney.

wellstoncat, I promise you that I had no real opinion about Paterno before this story broke yesterday.

I'm sorry, but you are just so wrong.

Brian and Putnam (our local law enforcement officer) are on point. When you see something CRAZY like an adult man raping a 10 year old boy in a shower, the first thing you do is CALL THE POLICE.

You don't tell your boss.

You don't tell your boss' boss.

You dial 911.

Ok, so the grad student went to Paterno. Fine. Paterno then should have called the police and then called the AD to notify him of an oncoming sh*t storm.

So he called the AD and some official that oversees the CAMPUS police. Ok, he gets about a 6 out of 10 for that. But then HE DOESN'T FOLLOW UP?! He doesn't call his boss THE NEXT DAY and say "Hey man, remember when our pal Jerry was raping a kid in the shower? Did you call the fuzz and report that?" It's been like TEN YEARS!

It wasn't important enough to JoePa to get this guy off the streets to make sure he doesn't continue to do this? That's completely crazy. If I were JoePa, I would have given those guys about 24 hours to do their thing before I took action.

Brian is right, this is perhaps the worst college football scandal yet. This REEKS of an old boys club, push it under the rug type situation. It's always awesome to see those types of dudes get busted.

Penn State is now paying for the legal counsel of Curley and Schultz. Agree with everyone about the severe nature of this and see no way that Paterno continues as coach. While Paterano and the grad assistant weren't charged criminally, you do wonder what type of civil liability they have.