I've been under the impression that Paterno, while he didn't continue to pursue beyond the legal minimum, did push it up to the people who were supposed to handle such things (head of security/college president) and they were the ones who actively covered it up. Is that incorrect?

> The stars play for two years, abandon their degree, and join the NFL. You'd have to be very naive to think that the athletes at top div 1 programs are true "student-athletes" [..] So they can't read? Play calling cards are images anyway. That's the attitude at these schools.

This is what I was responding to, and at least at Penn State, it's measurably false.

> I was actually referring to the Sandusky scandal and how Paterno knew Sandusky was sexually abusing children and let the legal process die with minimally plausibly deniable effort.

I don't disagree with you on that point, football culture can absolutely be toxic, and Penn State is a perfect example of how it can go wrong.