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[QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 308610, member: 96"]
I don't agree with that opinion at all.
 
Yes, it is very much a criminal case and individuals will be punished. But it isn't a coach committing DWI, or an assault, or rape, or molestation alone. Yes, Sandusky committed the crimes but when people in power such as the head coach, the AD, the President, the security official, etc, stepped in and chose not to contact the proper authorities, they very much made the school and the athletic department very much part of this whole thing. They chose to cover up and turn a blind eye to a systemic issue and deal with it on their own (which they did poorly). This is not a single coach alone committing a crime, it is an institution that chose to be part of the whole sordid thing. Sure, if Coach ABC, gets a DWI or attacks someone, it isn't the schools fault, but this is something totally different. It makes PedSt the university and the athletic department culpable. The NCAA manual discusses moral and ethics and in my opinion, this can very easily fall under that. The institution very much deserves not only individual criminal prosecutions but also NCAA penalties. The crimes PedSt committed aren't far less than what Sandusky committed. He did the shooting, they drove the get away car and then gave him an alibi.
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