Maybe I missed it but where is penn state cool with ncaa penalties? You can't just disregard policies and process. The ncaa has no basis whatsoever to investgate penn state. Still haven't seen the rule they violated or the precedent for an investigation.
The obvious 'rule' that has been violated is a complete & total lack of institutional control. Hell, this may be the new benchmark in lack of IC, when you literally had a FB coach tell the Prez & AD NOT to take evidence to the authorities that his DC was rough ridin' little kids. This isn't the Prez looking the other way when a booster wires a kid $$, this is a prez looking the other way on (short of murder) probably the worst crime a human being can commit. The NCAA can clearly come in and say that if the culture is to allow THAT to happen, who knows if the players even went to class (clearly if JoPa could call out the Prez, he could get a Psych 101 teacher to pass the QB so he is eligible even though he didn't show up for class all semester), what ELSE the College Cops covered up at the behest of the program or any other litany of reaches you can get to.
I get that your point is everything except Sandusky rough ridin' kids in the paragraph is circumstantial at best and the NCAA is moving without proof...but that would take a LOT of time. Since PSU covered up the worst crime ever, there is NO doubt that they would/could/have covered up any minor infractions and since they already have then dead to rights covering up the worst of the worst, I think they have every reason to sanction the crap out of PSU.
The obvious precedent that has been set was the Dave Bliss situation @ Baylor. That was just one coach (or maybe he had an assistant help) that covered up a criminal act for the sole purpose of 'protecting the program'. I'm sure there was a lengthy NCAA investigation into that, BUT that wasn't something that took place over decades with high up school officials knowledge...that was a renegade, stupid coach that made a really, really stupid decision that was removed from the situation. Hell if memory serves, he was turned in by another assistant coach, so the 'culture' that is on trial at PSU wasn't nearly the issue @ Baylor...