**FILE** Penn State coach Joe Paterno smiles as he walks the field during warmups before their college football game against Purdue in State College, Pa., in this Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007, file photo. Penn State won 26-19. Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno is being paid about a half-million dollars a year, state officials said Thursday Nov. 29, 2007, ending one of the most closely guarded secrets of college sports in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)