That has to be one of the worst things I have heard in a long time.
I don't follow college sports, but I know that in the past championships and awards have been retroactively taken away from schools and players.
Is there any chance any awards given to this guy specifically can be taken away?
It's terrible that everyone involved in this isn't facing the possibility of jail time. Covering something like this up is nearly as bad as committing this crime yourself.
Actually, scratch that. It's worse, in a way. You are a person who would never do something like this, (hopefully), mainly because like most people you find it disgusting and despicable.
Instead of doing the legally and ethically correct thing and reporting this guy to the police (or even the slightly incorrect thing by beating this person to within an inch of death with the nearest blunt object), you assist in 'making it go away' for the safety of...what? Your school? Your sports program? Your own reputation?
College sports programs get away with a lot in this country, it's one of the many reasons why I don't follow them on an entertainment level.
Every single individual who has the unmitigated gall to call themselves a person involved in this cover up deserves to be vilified every second of every day for the rest of their lives.
Arguably the only thing as bad as a crime like the one that occured is endorsing it, whether by action or indifference.