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Tom Oates: All campuses have lesson to learn from Penn State scandal

Penn State got exactly what it deserved. The tattered image of the Big Ten Conference suffered yet another blow. And, after years of bowing to the lords of college football, the NCAA finally found religion. Well, hopefully, anyway….As for the Big Ten, which has taken image hits due to its failures on the field and NCAA scandals off it, the disgrace of consorting with Penn State will extend to the other 11 schools, including the University of Wisconsin. That will make the conference’s climb back to respectability that much tougher. There could be short-term benefits for UW, though.