It looks as though Paterno is not going to take the blame for the cover up, alone. I just heard on FOX news that others, including Spainer, had information about what was going on.
FOX just reported that there could be other victims coming forward and other people, who knew of the abuse being held accountable.
Welcome to the threads.
Good. I sure hope so. ANYBODY who knew what this monster Sandusky was - - a predatory homosexual pedophile - - and failed to go after him with everything they had should end up in a cell next to his. That includes Paterno, but I am not yet willing to throw Paterno under the bus until I know more about what he knew and when he knew it.
All I know so far is that Paterno was aware of ONE incident that he claims was reported to him in an unclear manner. Paterno passed the report along to people who were supposed to investigate. Whether Paterno did or did not follow up or gain any further information about Sandusky is not known. Gee, ain't 20/20 hindsight grand? I know the prosecutor did clear Paterno of criminal culpability, but was there moral and ethical culpability? I'm not as clever and psychic as the mob here, so I guess I'll wait and see what shakes out.
It is easy for everybody to sit at their keyboards without a clue and speculate about what Paterno did or didn't know, and what Paterno SHOULD have done based on what he did or didn't know, but as for me, I'll wait until I know more. If Paterno truly knew (and understood) what Sandusky was then he deserves to be thrown under the bus and I'll gladly put that bus in gear and run him over, back and forth.
Until then, I will give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Sorry. I know that's not the mob mentality, but there you go. One thing I am sure of - - you don't publicly point a finger at somebody and holler, "gay pedophile rapist!" unless you are 100% positive about it. The issue is: There was a serious and troubling report. What did the people who were supposed to investigate do about it? From here, it looks like they let a monster roam the campus for nine more years.