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Originally Posted by NastyEllEssWon
what more is the guy going to do. he heard a story. reported it. there was an investigation which came up inconclusive with lack of evidence. paterno said he didnt catch the guy or see it first hand....whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty. the cops couldnt build a case against him which paterno probably took as the lack of evidence = false claims. what more do you want him to do, launch a personal investigation???
paterno will always be a legend in my book. i in no way shape or form condone pedophiles or think they should be allowed to carry on with what they do, but paterno is not a pedophile. he might have dropped the ball on this and let down those 20 or so kids, but what a bout the thousands of others lives he changed...no credit for that????
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He was part of a ring of guys who didn't do the right thing. That's it. He's not going to prison, or is even being charged with anything. He got fired, which is appropriate for misconduct like this. He did a quarter-ass job of handling a serious situation. Who knows if he knew about the other incendents, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say no. I'm not saying he should have loaded a rifle and shot Sandusky from a clock tower but I will say that he did as ****** a job of reporting it (according to the court documents) as one can do while still saying SOMETHING. The athletic director is being brought up on charges.
Regarding the 2002 incident, there are zero records of any type of investigation by the "real authorities", i.e. the state police. None. Just by "higher ups" in the administration and the local university police, who ultimately report to Spanier, the guy who just got fired as well. That reeks of buck passing and sweeping things under the carpet.