bigley22 wrote:
I read the grand jury papers yesterday on my plane and from what the grand jury found, Paterno did what he was supposed to do. Graduate assistant went to Paterno immediately and Paterno went to his direct report,Curley, who said hed take care of it all. And all he did was end up taking locker room keys away. Paterno is a prosecution witness.

Paterno may have done what he was "supposed" to do initially but he could have done far more. He has plenty of power at that university. He could have demanded they call the police, find out who the kid was that got raped in the shower and made sure he got some help, etc. The athletic director and President of the university would have listened to him. Then maybe it wouldn't have been swept under the rug and essentially ignored.


   I agree.  Paterno did what the NCAA might have required of him, but on the order of doing something in the name of compassion and decency, he really DIDN'T.  He did what he thought he had to, but he wanted to make sure that he tried to keep it on the DL, so it didn't mess up the University and the Athletics Program there.  I'm disappointed he handled it that way.