[EVO X]

Playing Sgt. Schultz gave him a competitive advantage and allowed him to to keep his job. He was 5-7 in 2000 and 5-6 in 2001. If the story would have broke back then, it is likely he would of been forced to retire.

[GJones2]

You mean Paterno himself. It didn’t give his school’s team a competitive advantage. (In fact, from what you’ve said it appears the team would have been better off without him.)