I don’t understand vacating wins. The games happened. They were played, and someone won. They didn’t cheat. Passes were thrown, caught or dropped, etc - it all happened.
Paterno will face the Great Judge at the end of time. Had he lived, he would be facing the loss of everything that he cared about. No one is looking at what happened and saying, “I’d like to follow his example!” His reputation will forever be in the gutter.
I confess I don’t see where any of this involves football or the NCAA. An assistant coach working there today - why should he be penalized for something he had no involvement with? Why couldn’t the NCAA simply say, “It seems crimes were committed, and we trust the courts to handle these crimes” - and then let them do so?
How many games would they have won if the truth about Sandusky came out earlier? The bottom line is the primary motivation for covering up Sandusky was to protect the program and to win games.....why do teams cheat at recruiting? To win games....it's cheating just the same.