Recently released emails from 2001 from former Penn State president, Graham Spanier, official Gary Schultz and the former athletic director suggest that school officials were ready to report allegations of Sandusky's sexual abuse, but were persuaded not to do so by none other than Joe Paterno.

While Paterno did not use email, there are email references from Spanier that suggest the officials had been in agreement to report Sandusky, but a subsequent email indicated that after discussing the matter with Paterno, they would not pursue that course. Spanier event stated that not reporting this could put them in hot water down the road.

The bucks in the civil suits, which are getting ready to be filed, just got a lot bigger.