Superior(s), plural? As in Curley and Schultz?
That's always bothered me, because if Paterno met with Schultz, or spoke with Schultz, or knew that Curley met with Schultz, then Joe Paterno committed perjury before the grand jury.
He reported it to Curley (his immediate superior) and asked that Curley set up a meeting with Curley/Schultz/McQueary.
Exactly as the PSU handbook said to do, and exactly as the new ncaa handbook on sexual assault on campuses says to do.
According to ESPN Magazine in April 2012, Spanier, Curley, and Schultz tried to retire Paterno in 2004. He told them “he wasn’t ready to go.” “Hey, fellas,” Paterno said, his voice rising, “I’ve raised more than $1 billion for this university — in this kitchen. I’m not going anywhere.”
...... Paterno could not help telling reporters how Spanier and others had tried to force him out, while sitting at his kitchen table. “I said, ‘Relax. Get off my backside,’” Paterno told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
...... For the university’s leaders, the incident in the kitchen was a powerful reminder of Paterno’s staying power. Every year after, he would flirt with retirement. Sometimes, he’d draw up a list of possible successors. (Urban Meyer topped it in 2011.) But after each season, Paterno changed his mind. The trustees resented Paterno’s insistence that he’d decide on his successor. “It’s not his decision,” one said last summer.
So, puhlease, enough with Paterno reporting it upstairs. He was in charge, not them.