I followed the Jerry Sandusky story pretty closely in 2012.  In that shameful instance people distanced themselves from the suffering of children for the sake of their own ambitions and heartless, intellectualized values.  

Good for Harvard for doing the right thing.  The prevalence of sexual crimes on college campuses won't be challenged until losing something means something important.  When young men are countered or confronted by other young men who don't want to lose participation in their sport, maybe it will make a difference.  It's hard to know for sure, given the money-is-everything culture of the country.  Harvard has done a turnaround on the normal cultural response, which is, "is the cost of doing the right thing worth it to everyone else - me, the fans, the innocent students, me, me, me . . ." (everyone but the victim), to,  "We're willing to make sacrifices to build a decent community with standards of decency."  

No one ever said being a good person was free or easy.