23 October 2019, 02:42 AM
Steve MillerLargest College Admissions Cheating Scandal Ever
The college employees who took the bribes - are any of them going to jail?
23 October 2019, 10:28 AM
Danielquote:
Originally posted by QuirtEvans:
I guess I’m thinking about twenty years earlier.
If I’d said, I’m going to Case Western, people would have asked why. Cleveland? Good school, but no particular reason for me to be there as opposed to other places. Relatives in Cleveland, maybe?
If I’d said I was going to UC Irvine or UC Santa Barbara or UC Davis, jaws would have hit the floor. The reaction would have been “you’re kidding, right?”
I don’t mean to be dismissive or insulting, but that’s how I remember them.
If you’d have said you were going to UC Santa Cruz, heads would have exploded.
25 November 2019, 09:06 PM
QuirtEvansThe other people who got hurt:
https://www.propublica.org/art...-billionaires-family25 November 2019, 09:50 PM
Steve MillerIs there a single college employee who is going to jail for this? This whole thing is being treated like colleges and college employees are untouchable.
It’s bizarre.
25 November 2019, 11:30 PM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
Is there a single college employee who is going to jail for this? This whole thing is being treated like colleges and college employees are untouchable.
It’s bizarre.
The Wikipedia article I'm linking lists eleven college athletics personnel who have been indicted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ions_bribery_scandalAccording to an article a couple of weeks ago, only one has been sentenced so far. That guy got one day in prison (time served from the day he was arrested).
https://www.insider.com/colleg...ple-sentenced-2019-926 November 2019, 12:18 AM
Steve MillerOne day in prison?
This whole college worship thing is not healthy.
26 November 2019, 01:17 AM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Steve Miller:
One day in prison?
This whole college worship thing is not healthy.
Drawing conclusions based on one sentencing might not be warranted.
26 November 2019, 01:36 AM
Steve MillerOTOH, drawing conclusions based on a be lack of action on 50 other cases might bear examination.
21 May 2020, 09:58 AM
QuirtEvansLori Laughlin and her husband to plead guilty. Big fines (totaling $400K), two months in prison for her, five months in prison for him.
I am ok with that outcome.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/21...in-guilty/index.html21 May 2020, 11:58 AM
NinaI'm guessing house arrest or whatever it's called. No way will they actually go to the Big House, especially not now during COVID.
21 May 2020, 08:57 PM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Nina:
I'm guessing house arrest or whatever it's called. No way will they actually go to the Big House, especially not now during COVID.
Maybe. Or maybe their incarceration will be delayed.
In any event, Steve's earlier remark concerning "a lack of action in 50 other cases" might need re-examination.
22 May 2020, 12:06 PM
NinaAgreed. It reminds me a bit of the banking crisis in miniature. The worst crime ever, mind-boggling corruption, yada yada yada. And 3-4 people actually convicted of anything (in this case).
22 May 2020, 12:40 PM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Nina:
Agreed. It reminds me a bit of the banking crisis in miniature. The worst crime ever, mind-boggling corruption, yada yada yada. And 3-4 people actually convicted of anything (in this case).
Again, you might want to reconsider. According to the Wikipedia article, 22 people have either pleaded guilty, agreed to plead guilty, or been sentenced.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...ions_bribery_scandal31 October 2020, 12:39 AM
QuirtEvansquote:
Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
These people won't do hard time
I guess it depends on what you define as hard time, huh?
Felicity Huffman just got out of jail. Lori Loughlin reported to jail today.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/30...-sentence/index.html31 October 2020, 08:14 AM
CindysphinxI don't consider 60 days to be hard time.
I think these people got a slap on the wrist.