All I'm saying is I can imagine a scenario, a plausible one, where the GA doesn't say that he saw Sandusky having sex with the kid. If he said those words, then this is all out the window. In the grand jury report, if you read what Curley and Shultz said, you can see how it might not have appeared as serious at the time. If what they said was true, it's a much closer question about whether you want to get the police involved. Now, the grand jury found them not credible, and they may very well have perjured themselves.
The thing is, this does not appear to be a case where Paterno whitewashed the story to Curley and Shultz. They met with the GA and discussed the incident independently. Now, say it was one of your best friends of 40 years. Maybe you even have suspicions about him not being on the up and up. You report this incident, and a week later Curley and Shultz call you, tell you that they investigated it and found no wrongdoing. That it was a misunderstanding, just some horsing around that looked bad, or whatever. Are you really going to call the police and tell them that your friend is a child molester, based on that?
Like I have been saying, I am perfectly willing to accept that Paterno is an evil, child molesting, NAMBLA apologist. But the rush to judgment, fire him tomorrow, he should never coach again, tear down his statue and take his name off the Big 10 trophy idea is not one I can get behind just yet.
