[Cyber Wolf]

All blame for all of the fallout should ultimately rest on the shoulders of Sandusky himself. He made the choice to do what he did. Even when he was found out, he didn't decide to stop and continued for years.

After him, blame should rest on all those who saw, heard about, knew about what the pedo was doing - the janitors, Paterno, his wife, anyone else who walked in on him, talked to him about it, somehow knew about it and eventually chose self-preservation over stopping a known pedo.

All who are angry about the fine (whomever it affects), the loss of a (generally) good thing, the loss of local/small business economy, the sticky, tar black smear on the reputation, the sundering of hopes, dreams and ideals... they should not blame NCAA, they should not blame the media coverage, they should not blame the victims, they should not blame the trustees (unless they knew about it... I'm not quite clear on that). All of that is reaction, brought about by Sandusky's original actions.

They should directly blame Jerry "Uncle Touchy" Sandusky this and all those who knew and did nothing for the sake of keeping their job (janitors), keeping the stars in their eyes (authorities who knew but did not fully investigate), keeping the marketability and reputation of the football program profitable (Paterno), keeping themselves from being The One Who Exposed A Flaw At LEGENDARY PENN STATE (everyone else who knew).

Because without Sandusky's wandering hands and other bits, without the hushing and cover-ups and quiet deals, the institution of Penn State, its athletic program, faculty, alumni and fans would not be going through this now. If the authorities and the school had pursued this after the first child, Penn State could have held him up by the proverbial collar, gave a 'We found this rat in our midst and now we're kicking him out.' statement and threw him out with no parachute, and the aftermath image would have been 'They had this problem but they took care of it so it's all good.', instead of 'They had this problem, but they let it fester and grow like a cancer because they were afraid of the social implications and that's no good.'