The FBI report on any potential Penn State coverup came out today. You can take 'potential' off now. Forever.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/8159195/report-says-penn-state-senior-officials-disregarded-children-welfare
I'm about to download and read the full report (267 pages, so this may take a while), but these words stood out to me in the article: "Penn State changed its plan and did not alert authorities of Sandusky's alleged actions after consulting with Paterno." Because they were afraid of bad publicity. Better to allow a dozen more children to be raped than for one story stopping it to made the air. And so it went for an extra thirteen years. Reputation intact, lives destroyed. An equation they were happy to work with, because they didn't get hurt.
I've been calling him JoePope since this story broke. And now I'm remembering his asking the locals on his lawn to pray for the victims. Give the request for mercy on them to a higher authority, because there's nothing he would do -- except close his eyes. And he almost managed to keep doing it for a lifetime.
As long as the institution survives untainted, let its members do whatever they want. Sound familiar?