Reply #97: This is tricky, because the police were involved in 1998...

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Paterno knew in 1998 that Sandusky was showering with boys. And the reported sodomy occurred in 2002. How much rope do folks want give Paterno?

Let me put it like this. We have to suspend disbelief and assume that Paterno is *not* involved in a cover-up.

So in 2002 someone on his staff reports that they witnessed Sandusky raping a 10 y/o boy in the PSU Football Men's locker room. Paterno says he takes this information to his superiors. OK, now what? He should expect an investigation and, he should expect to be questioned. But there is no investigation. No one questions him. Not in 2002, and here it is, 2003. So he's wondering, "Gee, that poor child of God was raped. Where are the police? Where's the investigation? Why hasn't anyone questioned me? This can't be. This is wrong. I've got a duty to this boy to see that there's an investigation and justice is done."

That never happened. There never was an investigation. The house of cards finally came crashing down in 2011.