The charges against Curley and Shultz (who, among other things supervised the campus police) are shocking. If this gets to Paterno, it will destroy the program and damage the university in a way that I didn’t think would be possible.

He reported a suspected charge of abuse to Curley. It would certainly explain the cool relations between them towards the end of Sandusky’s career.

http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7192563/penn-state-nittany-lions-athletic-director-tim-curley-charged-perjury-sex-case

Already the haters have labeled us “Pedophile State University” and are trying their best to ignore that Joe reported the suspected abuse situation to Curley. If Joe was planning to retire at the end of this year, he may try to hold on rather than face the criticisms such as “He is retiring to avoid being indicted/accused of covering up/etc.”

Guys, don’t misinterpret my concern as throwing Sandusky/Curley/Shultz under the bus. I am a strong believer in due process. BUT, I am also not naive, and can foresee this being used against us in everything from recruiting to schools who cheat pointing at us and saying, “Well, we may have football players selling unis for tats, but we don’t condone a pedophile coach.” Be prepared for the ignorant, cruel haters to come after us.

…because he will be the only credible person PSU has left. If what the indictment says is true, he did EVERYTHING that Pa. law requires when presented with a reasonable suspicion of child abuse – report it timmediately to his immediate superior, who has responsibility for either passing it to his superior or if it is his responsibility, to report it to the authorities. Again, IF the charges are true, not only did Curley, Sandusky, et al. fail the children, they failed him and his honesty.

And I think had there been one whiff that JoePa had done something wrong, he would not have failed to be indicted. There are people in high places that have resented him for years. It would have been a major coup for the Attorney General to bring down Joe Paterno.