“...this scumbag’s mother had worked at the University for decades, and her work there enabled him to attend and be a football star.”
She might have been the one who started him on that path.
I kinda doubt it— she worked for a living; although I hear what you're saying that the atmosphere may have corrupted her point of view. But I saw an interview this cretin did from jail with Phil McGraw. Having shamed his mother was a tangible regret that he expressed, and he cried.
I feel very sorry for her.