Facts:
Joe Paterno was told, by his own testimony to the Grand Jury, that McQueary had witnessed fondling and touching of a sexual nature by Sandusky in the Penn State locker rooms.
That was in 2002. Paterno reacted to that by one time making one phone call to the administrator and doing nothing else.
Since that report, Sandusky has had access to the Penn State facilities including the weight room as recently as the week of 10-31-2011. Meaning that at no time did Paterno restrict Sandusky's access to the team or the facilities.
That is why Paterno got fired. He was told something terrible about Sandusky and didn't do enough to protect the kids or his players.
I don't understand how people defend that.