Paterno Won Sweeter Deal Even as Scandal Played Out

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"In January 2011, Joe Paterno learned prosecutors were investigating his longtime assistant coach Jerry Sandusky for sexually assaulting young boys. Soon, Mr. Paterno had testified before a grand jury, and the rough outlines of what would become a giant scandal had been published in a local newspaper.

That same month, Mr. Paterno, the football coach at Penn State, began negotiating with his superiors to amend his contract, with the timing something of a surprise because the contract was not set to expire until the end of 2012, according to university documents and people with knowledge of the discussions. By August, Mr. Paterno and the university’s president, both of whom were by then embroiled in the Sandusky investigation, had reached an agreement.

Mr. Paterno was to be paid $3 million at the end of the 2011 season if he agreed it would be his last. Interest-free loans totaling $350,000 that the university had made to Mr. Paterno over the years would be forgiven as part of the retirement package. He would also have the use of the university’s private plane and a luxury box at Beaver Stadium for him and his family to use over the next 25 years."


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/14/s...-amid-jerry-sandusky-inquiry.html?_r=1&emc=na
 
I hadn't read that before either. It was probably for tax purposes but Paterno also moved the house to his wife's name before he died. Some have suggested this was an attempt to protect assets from the civil trials to come.
 
A guilty coscience will make a person take desperate actions.
 

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