You mean Paterno himself. It didn’t give his school’s team a competitive advantage. (In fact, from what you’ve said it appears the team would have been better off without him.)
If the story would have broke, it is likely that it would have huert his recruiting and general donations to the school..
“You mean Paterno himself. It didn’t give his school’s team a competitive advantage. (In fact, from what you’ve said it appears the team would have been better off without him.)”
The scandal would have put the team at a disadvantage when it was time for them to recruit. They would have moved from being a first choice to a second choice at best and possibly even an “anywhere but” choice. Paterno may or may not have had saving his job as his first priority but the others clearly acted to protect their cash cow.
Nothing any other team did to help their program is 1/1,000th as contemptable as what Penn State did. The comments by Penn State supporters and officals show clearly that they still don’t understand just how vile the actions of Paterno and the other pedo protectors are. Perhaps if it is quiet in Happy Valley for a decade or so, they will have some time to reflect on why there is so much outrage. And they will stop trying to defend the indefensible. When that day comes, and they rip down the Paterno statues and rip his name off all the buildings. When Penn State students spit on the ground when they here his name, then and only then should they be allowed to field a team.