Penn State Pedophilia Crisis Hits Hard Where Football Rules

Major football universities have become so dependent on athletic departments to raise money and keep alumni happy that scandals like the one at Penn State won’t be enough to change sports’ influence on most college campuses, school administrators said.

Penn State’s trustees last night fired university President Graham Spanier and football coach Joe Paterno amid a child sex-abuse scandal involving former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who was charged with the sexual assault of eight boys from 1994 to 2009. Athletic Director Tim Curley, 57, and Senior Vice President Gary Schultz, 62, were charged with perjury and failure to report the allegations. Paterno, 84, the coach with the most wins in major college football history, wasn’t charged.