CSteinhardt
Am I the only one that thinks this is a bit premature?
If Sandusky is guilty, everybody who enabled his conduct should burn in hell, and rightly so. But there's a good reason that we don't convict people and punish them on the basis of the prosecution's case alone. Sandusky is accused of these heinous acts, not convicted. Remember those Duke rape allegations?
The concept of innocent until proven guilty is never a popular one in cases that provoke this type of moral outrage, and I, too, will be outraged if the events the prosecution claims occurred actually did. But, it's also a real mistake for a university -- particularly a public university that's an arm of the government -- to be punishing people for covering up an illegal act before it's been proven that the illegal act (or coverup) actually happened.
In other words, if Paterno, the AD, etc. want to resign because they think it's in their best interest, the university's best interest, etc., that's their choice. If they would prefer to brazen it out, they'll look all that much worse when Sandusky is convicted. But until then, the board of a public university sends a horrible message if it forces them out, doesn't it?
It takes in many ways much greater courage to, upon sober reflection, presume innocence of a horrific crime than it does even to react properly to stop it. But, that's also part of what it means to be American, and I hope we don't forget that in our rush to attack everybody involved.