Penn State deserves each and every penalty imposed by NCAA, and more. They failed to act but the real failure was they put football and the reputation of the university before the victims. Now look where they are.
But this is, I am afraid of, the tip of the iceberg. I am sure there are many more universities doing just that. Most of the major colleges put football & basketball, to mention the two biggest monsters, before dreams and aspirations of students that just want a chance to study and be a productive citizen. They cover up things as bad or maybe worst than the Sanduski crimes. The name of their institution is more important than any other thing.
In the name of entertainment colleges will tweak the requirements for students that can throw the ball 50 yards in the air, or run 40 yards faster than a speeding bullet. I remember when my son was a high school senior and denied admission to a major school in FL. Given, his GPA was not good enough for that but then we saw the football recruiting class for the same year SAT scores and GPAs and it was ridiculous. But that is the system we have. Now deal with it.
Finally I think that there is another guilty party here. The one responsible for the stupidity that makes a university like Auburn, pay a thief like Cam Newton thousands of dollars to play for them(do not make that face...it happened). It is the media; The ESPN, Fox, NBC, ABC and whatever letters you want to put there. They should pay a penalty too since they are as responsible for this chaos as Penn State and many others like them.
