Football, Rape, Cash: Idolatry
For it is the systematic idolatry of football at Penn State and beyond that is the true culprit—not merely Joe Paterno or the alleged multiple rapist, Jerry Sandusky, or the now dismissed president of the University and his indicted colleagues.
These people were merely the priests of that idolatrous cult. Football brought oceans of prosperity to Penn State, as to other colleges and businesses –- and like many ancient and modern idolatries, whoever / whatever can bring such abundance is a god and Its priesthood is too sacred to be doubted.
—Rabbi Arthur Waskow
