You’re right. Paterno should have announced the real reason Sandusky was kicked off the coaching staff back in ‘99. I wonder how that would have went over.
Paterno denies knowing anything about the 1998 incident which happened in his locker room’s showers. Even though the episode was investigated by campus police, State College city police, and the PA Child Welfare Bureau, Paterno and his attorney son claim JoePa never knew about it. Even though Sandusky suddenly decided to retire a few months later at the peak of his career and only age 55, never to coach a college team again, Paterno says he never knew.