Mostly because the prosecutors and judges in these places are graduates of the accused universities, or close friends with the administrators and members of the BOT, or both. In the minds of these ultra-fans and boosters, nothing is worse than losing, because losing means loss of long-term revenue.
The Presidents and university officials who do more than pay lip-service to the concept of student-athlete are heavily outnumbered. These folks are much more likely to be found in much smaller schools where athletics play a much smaller role. Large, state-supported institutions live on dollars donated by alumni and fans who want winning teams, and dollars provided by boosters who serve in the state legislature, or who lobby the legislature. You think Mitch Daniels and his pals would not go to the ends of the earth to cover up allegations of wrong-doing at Purdue if it meant the loss of millions of athletic revenue ?
Indiana got hammered for the Sampson scandal only because of Myles Brand's personal vendetta. Had anybody else been sitting in that chair the Hoosiers would have gotten off lightly, especially if the university had been smart enough to deny, not cooperate, and not self-impose. IU made it easy for the NCAA, the others have learned to deny and resist and make sure the hammer falls on Cleveland State.
