Not sure how much this relates to the Sandusky scandal, which is why it’s getting published. Maybe it’s a tad related, but the “football players at a big football U get special favors” thing isn’t exactly a phenomenon limited to PSU.
It’s just more evidence that JoePa was the biggest hypocrite in college athletics. The whole “Success with Honor” meme was just a slogan. He only cared about one thing his reputation nothing else mattered it was all about him and his fairytale kingdom he built on sand.