re: #205 Targetpractice

And that really is one of the big questions, what was Paterno afraid of such that he’d cover for Sandusky to begin with? Once the cover-up had happened, there was plenty of reason to keep a lid on it, but why start it? Was Penn State up to something that, by turning Sandusky in to the police, would get the NCAA sniffing around? Or was he really so vain that he thought that anything that might tarnish his reputation simply couldn’t be allowed to see the light of day?

The last, I think. Don’t interpret this as a defense of Paterno’s actions re: Sandusky, but I’m not aware of even a hint of any other impropriety. His program really was in most ways a shining beacon of how things ought to be done.

You know, except for that one really, really, really, really, really, really, really, really big way.