It is unfathomable and illogical to think … someone who experienced massive and persistent abuse as a child … would have knowingly turned a blind eye to a report of child abuse.

--Former PSU President Graham Spanier explaining, in a letter to Penn State trustees, that he was a child-abuse victim and wouldn’t have ‘turned a blind eye’ to others in response to Freeh report.

The end. NCAA hands out punishments for Penn State in the wake of the Sandusky scandal:

Serve four-year postseason ban
Pay $60 million fine
Cut 10 scholarships this season and 20 scholarships for the following four years
Vacate all wins from 1998-2011, a total of 112 victories

[Image: outside the stadium where Joe Paterno’s statue was removed.]

Takeaway From The Freeh Report: Everyone Is Guilty. BuzzFeed’s Nina Mandell breaks down the internal investigation on Penn State’s actions:

1. As seemed likely, Joe Paterno was implicated in the cover-up and lack of action in re: Jerry Sandusky. 
2. Joe Paterno possibly lied to a grand jury about a 1998 incident involving Sandusky.
3. Everyone from the executive director of The Second Mile to Joe Paterno was informed about the 2001 shower incident reported by grad assistant Mike McQueary. 
4. Penn State alumni seem to be disappointed in Paterno. 
5. The university and athletic department’s lack of structure are faulted. 
6. The NCAA’s response to the report was muted.