Report: Paterno boosted deal amid scandal

The legacy of Joe Paterno absorbed another blow Saturday as the New York Times reported that the late Penn State coach sweetened his contract at the school amid the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal.

The Times’ Jo Becker writes that in January 2011, Paterno and his superiors began discussing a new contract for the coach that would pay Paterno $3 million if he retired following the 2011 season. These talks occurred during the same month Paterno testified before a grand jury about his former assistant Jerry Sandusky, convicted last month of sexually abusing children.

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