And profit greatly from it by not acting.
Exactly. When you look at it, Paterno's entire program, and all of his accomplishments, were built on a foundation of child rape. He (and the administration) chose to keep reaping the benefits and protect what they had built over the lives of children. There's no lower scum on this earth.
To try and go back and smooth over history is despicable. They're basically saying now that this has all blown over, lets try not to forget all the wins and glory he brought us. While putting those victims through all the torture AGAIN of seeing the man, who facilitated their suffering, being honored by tens of thousands of people.