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No, he did something. Jim Tressel did nothing (in a much more minor situation). Paterno did something and that something should have resulted in a the crime being reported. We don't know what happened with Paterno after he reported it to the AD and VP. The grand jury report doesn't say.

If that's true, fire everyone. But, I think we all know that message board rumors aren't always 100% true.

For me this isn't about legal obligation. It's beyond that. To steal a comment from the Washington Post story...

How about a little follow up? Something like "Hey Boss, you know that rape of a 10 year old boy that happened in the PSU showers last week? What's going on with that? Have you notified the police? I'm just asking because I haven't been contacted by authorities."

What about that comment is sick?

If Paterno was part of the cover-up, charge him with a crime. But right now, we don't know what involvement, if any, he had with it. Could he have done more? Yes. Did he have a legal duty to do more? Probably not. Did he have a moral duty to do more? Maybe, but we don't know what else he did.

I'm saying everyone should take a step back and wait to see what the full story is involving Paterno before going to Happy Valley with torches and pitchforks. I'm not sure what part of that makes me sick.

MAYBE a moral obligation?

You do realize thousands of parents have entrusted their children with these men, right?

MAYBE a moral obligation?

What the fuck dude? Are you thinking that mcquery and paterno were breaking guy code by going to the police?

Generally a code of ethics mandates you to inform government agencies, such as the police & child protective services.

Do u trust just telling one boss? I would really hope you would say no. In this world, especially a big-time program with $$ involved, doing the right thing would be informing other people. It's the right thing to do.
If not, how the hell do u even sleep at night???

Reread the law that PRStoetzer posted. It may not apply to him. It might, depending on his job functions, but I'm not sure if it does.

Also. Human being.

F'ing this.

There is no way to defend anyone who had even an inking of knowledge that this was going on. It's completely indefensible.

Seems like the only one supporting the cover up and these crimes is Spartan Boiler...

Thank god the B10 named it the Stagg-PATERNO Championship Trophy . Kind of embarrassing having his name associated with our championship trophy now.

I initially maintained JoePa had done what was required and followed protocol. After thinking about it a bit longer I think JoePa handled this the same way the middle of the Roman Catholic Church hierarcy did when they found child molesters in their midst. Paterno could have and should have done more than the by the book minimum. Like upon hearing hearing from the grad asst calling the PA state police where there would be no undue influence because it was PSU.

Mike McQueary is toast if it comes out he was the grad asst in 2002.

Maybe he wanted it dealt with internally, like they do with matters of the family in the old world... Maybe some old school italian shit?

I dunno, i'm graspin at straws now. It is so unbelievably bad i just cant begin to imagine what was going through their heads. In these situations i always say, the most obvious answer is probably correct, to me it is this :

They knew if it got out it could forever tarnish psu football. Protect the program and pray it never gets out. Mcquery, paterno, curley, and schultz were the only ones who knew and thats how it would stay...