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What's *wrong* with people? Do you really think you can leave a money trail like this and not get caught? That no one will rat you out?

You think these people have more brainpower than the stone cold average American? Not bloody likely. Coupled with privilege, a lack of talent, motivation, and any sense of empathy, is an incendiary combination.

On another take...

How do you think D got into college?

This stuff is not new.

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Originally posted by LL:
On another take...

How do you think D got into college?

This stuff is not new.

It's totally legal to buy your way in through a contribution to the university. Or a promise to build a new building. Or funding a new chair. (Or just by being a friend of the chairman of the board of trustees.)

It's illegal to bribe your way in by getting a coach to say that they need you to row crew, when you don't even row crew. (And when the coach pockets the contribution.)

That's the difference.

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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
And while I'm rolling . . .

What's *wrong* with people? Do you really think you can leave a money trail like this and not get caught? That no one will rat you out?

In fairness, we should consider how long this scam and scams like it have been going on and how many people have gotten away with it free and clear, before these unlucky few finally got caught due to the right person from the FBI accidentally stumbling across their particular scam.

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Officials described Singer as a well-connected college admissions adviser and say he disguised the bribery scheme as a charity, enabling parents to deduct the bribes from their taxes.

Win-win!

Honestly, the greed is overwhelming.

It’s not greed. They’re not making money on it (except for the guy setting up the scam, and the coaches).

It’s privilege.

I’d bet money they and all their friends are talking about how “ridiculous” and “unfair” it is that the U.S. Attorney is charging them with mail and wire fraud. In fact, I’d bet that some of the conversations include the word “ridiculous”.

And I’ll bet precious little comes of this. Couple coaches fired, maybe.

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Originally posted by Steve Miller:
And I’ll bet precious little comes of this. Couple coaches fired, maybe.

One associate athletic director was fired already.

Edit: make that one associate athletic director and one coach.

https://dailytrojan.com/2019/0...n-of-admission-scam/

So we’ve already reached your skeptical over/under, Steve.

On the first day.

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Originally posted by Horace:

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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:
And while I'm rolling . . .

What's *wrong* with people? Do you really think you can leave a money trail like this and not get caught? That no one will rat you out?

In fairness, we should consider how long this scam and scams like it have been going on and how many people have gotten away with it free and clear, before these unlucky few finally got caught due to the right person from the FBI accidentally stumbling across their particular scam.

+1

And whoever blew the whistle has already lost his job. Best he watch his back, too. He’s playing out of his league.

Seriously, Quirt? An associate athletic director? Next up - a bat boy and the guy who washes jockstraps.

This is news?

By the way. Your $500,000 degree?

It probably impresses a lot of people.

But we know how you got it.

Full disclosure. We paid a fixer. You don’t need to know who or how much. I will say it was way less than $6 mil. We paid a fixer to get Greg a scholarship. It worked. He got a full ride to a prestigious school despite rank average grades. I don’t know how he did it and I don’t want to know. It was a huge financial commitment for us. I figured out how the game works and wanted him to play. Upside was that he really did want to play baseball.

As it happened, we didn’t use it. The big leagues trumped the scholarship. The signing bonus blew the scholarship out of the water. OTOH the signing bonus was based partially based on the scholarship so there is that.

This is how the system works and I find this clutching of pearls most amusing. It’s all about money and the education means nothing.

YMMV.

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Originally posted by Cindysphinx:

What's *wrong* with people? Do you really think you can leave a money trail like this and notconnected with the criminal enterprise, and everyone they trust.

Of course. Money gets you in to this and money will get you out if required.

You’re in really close to this. I’m surprised you’re surprised.