The NCAA letting Penn State wash the rest of their punishment for molesting children and covering it up is also a sign of another football institution failing ... and also the US public trying to win King of The Hill on moral low ground. because entertainment because economy because because
Let's face it: it's because Joe Paterno died for his assistant coach's sins. The players didn't screw up: the overtly-moral coach let his assistant molest boys. The criminal is gone, and his enabler died. The school will need a long time to heal. But yeah, it's about money. Penn State is also one of the few teams in NCAA football that gets Northeasteners to watch an otherwise South-dominated game. They can't make enough money from SU and BC games to maintain market penetration -- they need Penn State.