Actually,
1. The state of PA investigated Sandusky in 1998.
2. Despite the state not charging him with a crime PSU and Paterno force him out at the end of the 1998 season. So they did in fact do something.
So what else exactly are you claiming that Paterno or PSU should have done?
A. Should they have executed Sandusky?
B. Should they have made up evidence so the state would charge him?
C. Should they have shamed him in addition to firing him and banned him from campus?
I am not exactly sure what one should do if a long time colleague/friend is investigated for a heinous crime, BUT NOT CHARGED.
This is a misconception. Joe and PSU did not force JS out after 1998. Joe told him he was spending too much time with the second mile and that he would never be the HC at PSU.
At the time, the state was offering a sweetheart retirement deal for state employees, and JS took it. With no defensive coordinator, PSU hired JS back for one year in 1999 as an independent contractor.
At that time, JS was in serious negotiations with UVA for their head coaching position. If the Jets hadn’t lost nearly every game in the last half of that season he would have had the job if he wanted it. Al Groh bailed on the Jets before he was fired and jumped JS for the UVA job.