The proposed agreement would restore late Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, pictured in 2005, as the winningest coach in major college football history. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Former FBI Director Louis Freeh speaks during a news conference in 2012. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
Eric Barron, Penn State's next president. Patrick Mansell/PSU.edu hide caption
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves court in handcuffs after being convicted in his child sex abuse trial on June 22, 2012. Mark Wilson/Getty Images hide caption
Penn State football players run onto the field earlier this month in State College, Pa. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky leaves the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., after being sentenced in his child sex abuse case in October of last year. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
The site in where a statue of former Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno once stood sits empty after it was removed last summer. The late coach's family is suing the NCAA to overturn sanctions against the school. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky as he walked into his sentencing hearing in October. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier speaks during a news conference. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky as he walked to the courthouse this morning in Bellefonte, Pa. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary. Chris Gardner/Getty Images hide caption
Signs on display around town are designed to show support for Penn State's football team as a new season begins. Jeff Brady/NPR hide caption
Then-Penn State President Graham Spanier and then-head football coach Joe Paterno last fall, before the Jerry Sandusky scandal cost them both their jobs. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption
Joe Paterno on Nov. 8, 2011, the day before his firing. Rob Carr/Getty Images hide caption