Scandals have tarnished all college sports for decades, despite what is being developed at Penn State is difficult to compare with any of them.
It's just another level, both in terms of office - the former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky Nittany Lions is accused of serial sexual abuse, which he denies - and the other person that the case could bring down, Joe Paterno.
"That would be painful if it ends well," said Miami coach and former Penn State player to gold on Tuesday.
Paterno is the winningest coach in the history of football Division, less than two weeks removed from beating the late Eddie Robinson of Grambling with victory No. 409, and the incarnation of a program that has been generally considered honored.
"This is like having a scandal in the White House. That's how big it is," said Beano Cook, a historian and college football analyst for ESPN.
Paterno has been one of the most famous sports figures in this country for more than half a century and generally regarded as one of the top leaders in college sports.
"There is no doubt that this will affect his legacy, but how much?" Said Cook, who was a sports director for a long time the information in Pittsburgh. "I hope not much."
Dan Jenkins, the award-winning author, historian and sportswriter National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame, said the nature of the scandal of the Penn State will not necessarily long-term harm to the college sports as a whole because it doesn 't into question the legitimacy of the parties.
"History of Penn State is another part of the document, not the sports section," he said in an email. "However, it draws attention to all the other evils."
Over the years, some of these other evils have found their way to the front of the newspapers, too.
_ An academic fraud scandal at West Point in 1951 led to the dismissal of 90 cadets, including about three dozen members of the Army football team. The Black Knights were a national power at the time, led by Colonel Earl "Red" Blaik, one of the most revered sports figures of his time.
Players from six teams _ college basketball, including NCAA and NIT 1950 champion City College of New York, and 33 players are involved and the manipulation of game results for punters in 1951. The schools involved were Manhattan College, Long Island, New York University, Bradley University, University of Kentucky and the University of Toledo. Kentucky canceled its 1952-1953 season because of the scandal.
_ SMU Reinforcements were found by the NCAA in 1986 and have been paying football players for years. High school officials and the state, including former Texas Gov. Bill Clements, the head of the SMU board, knew of the payment arrangements for play. The NCAA gave SMU's football death penalty call, the cancellation of the 1987 season. The school also canceled the `88 season.
_ Baylor basketball player Patrick Dennehy was found dead on July 25, 2003, after being gone for a month. His teammate Carlton Dotson was charged time and pleaded guilty to killing Dennehy. The subsequent investigation found drug use by players and illegal payments to players. Said coach Dave was fired and banned from training essentially another NCAA school.
Deception at West Point and the point-shaving in college basketball, which comes in a period of 12 months, devastated public confidence in college sports
"I remember as a narcotic," Jenkins said point shaving in particular.
The SMU scandal was also a turning point in college athletics at large.
A few years later, the Knight Commission proposed reforms in intercollegiate athletics in the sport university at large, putting the responsibility for implementing cleanup programs at the foot of the presidents of the universities.
The Baylor scandal could be similar to what is happening at Penn State because it was a felony. The NCAA violations were discovered as part of the investigation and the reputation of the university was marked.
The chaos at Penn State has certainly done so already. But at least so far, the school has been affected in the field.
Sandusky has retired since 1999. Paterno has not been accused of misconduct by law enforcement, but Penn State athletic director Tim Curley and another official of the university is facing charges of perjury and failed to alert police about allegations of abuse.
NCAA, Mark Emmert weighed only to say: "This is a criminal matter investigated by the police and I will not comment on the details. However, I read the report of the grand jury and find the heinous attacks of course."
But after high-profile investigations in the last year NCAA schools such as Ohio State and Auburn, legal problems represent the state of Pennsylvania for another black college sports.
"Of course," said Sports Director and former Nebraska coach Tom Osborne, "everything that affects a school in intercollegiate athletics in some way affects us all."
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