“I hear a rumor that there will be a shocking development from the Second Miles Foundation ... That Jerry Sandusky and Second Mile were pimping out young boys to rich donors.”
And why didn’t he go to authorities? Isn’t that what they thought Joe should do? Arrest this guy IMMEDIATELY and send him to the pound.
Now you have to call the police to turn yourself in.
Joe Paterno didn't hear an unsubstantiated rumor about somebody he never met.
He heard a first-person eye-witness account from a subordinate about the rape of a child in the workplace he was in charge of.
Slightly different scenario.