It wasn’t just a student who told Paterno, he was a graduate assistant and now is the wide receivers coach at PSU. Paterno did tell the AD. None of them did the right thing, and they all are culpable. They are all fired, so Paterno isn’t a scapegoat, just the name people recognize.
McQuery is not fired, neither are the other two that lied to the Grand Jury.
correct me if I’m wrong.