Conspiracy and Penn State

But, you might protest, could there really be that broad of a conspiracy?  Wouldn’t somebody spill the beans?

Consider Penn State University.  Over the course of a decade, a number of people in positions of power worked in conjunction to cover up something even more sordid than performance-enhancing drug abuse: the sexual assault of children.  An investigation into the incident determined that, for over ten years, the school President, vice President, athletic director, and head football coach had “failed to protect against a child sexual predator”.  A significant contributing factor in this awful debacle had to have been the desire to protect the school’s Big Football program.

If rooting for good ol’ PSU can cause men who knew better to cover up criminal sexual conduct, then do you think it would be much of a stretch for the football culture to cover up PED use?