their average age was 12 and this was discovered after sandusky resigned from Penn State. The boys were from an outreach program he started and chaired along with Mat Millen who worked very closely with him, much closer than Paterno during that time period. not that I would blame Millen but did espn give him a pass cause he works there???

Well if it was discovered after sandusky had left and Paterno reported to the higher-ups just what was Joe supposed to do? Why was not Millen the responsible party more so the Joe? To me it sounds like Joe was made a scapgoat for the whole deal because he was in bad health and in no condition to fight it. He might of even said it is time for me to quit so I will take the blame. I don’t know to me there are a lot of people that are more to blame than Joe was. It was not Joe’s responsibility to determine guilt.

you are 100% correct, the person who saw it should have called the police, that was Mike Mcreary, who by the way was never fired nor called out in the media. it was Joe paterno who had it reported to the head of the university police as soon as he found out, which again is not like a bunch of overweight security guards, this is a police force larger than that of State College which surrounds it, and more than capable of handling first on the scene. the fans were so incensed over Paternos firing and the codling of mccreary that he needed police protection at the next game. noone their could understand why this guy was walking around still coaching after waht he failed to do. based on the reaction to Paterno by the media should not mccreary have been arrested for failing to stop or report a crime in progress, and then later lying to a grand jury?????

Penn state did joe paterno wrong
he didnt deserve to be fired

The only reason this was ever a big deal is because he was a football coach. Otherwise, what’s the problem. There was an incident and he told his superiors of the problem. It’s not like he ran from the situation. The public has made a mockery of the situation. It seems as though Paterno is getting more blame for everything that has happened than Sandusky. People need to wake up. If anyone should be blamed for not passing the word along to the right person, it’s the McQuerys. McQuery ran and told his father, who so brilliantly decided that the coach of the football team was the right person to go to. If anything, Joe Paterno was the only person who acted accordingly in the situation by making sure it was passed up the ladder to the head of the university.

He’s the only one that did anything. No one else with knowledge of the situation did anything remotely responsible. McQuery told his dad; nobody complained about that. His dad told ‘the football coach;’ nobody complained about that. Joe Paterno told the AD and the University president. They told no one; nobody complained about that. The only reason they got into trouble is because they lied about the situation.

Question? Why didn’t sanscumbags superior fire or suspended his employment? Who was sanscums direct employment superior? Head Coach?????
As for Joe P, I am sorry for his family, and yes he will go down in the history books as one of College footballs greats, but for me, I never really like him.

Joe was NOT his superior, sandusky was no longer employed at Penn State when the shower incident happened. he retired 3 years earlier although he still had privledges at the university and that was per the AD which IS whom Joe reported it to.