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Steve Miller
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posted 23 October 2019 02:42 AMHide Post
The college employees who took the bribes - are any of them going to jail?


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posted 23 October 2019 10:28 AMHide Post
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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.Evil
 
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posted 25 November 2019 09:06 PMHide Post
The other people who got hurt:

https://www.propublica.org/art...-billionaires-family
 
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posted 25 November 2019 09:50 PMHide Post
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.


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posted 25 November 2019 11:30 PMHide Post
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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_scandal

According 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-2019-9
 
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posted 26 November 2019 12:18 AMHide Post
One day in prison?

This whole college worship thing is not healthy.


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posted 26 November 2019 01:17 AMHide Post
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One day in prison?

This whole college worship thing is not healthy.


Drawing conclusions based on one sentencing might not be warranted.
 
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posted 26 November 2019 01:36 AMHide Post
OTOH, drawing conclusions based on a be lack of action on 50 other cases might bear examination.


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posted 21 May 2020 09:58 AMHide Post
Lori 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.html
 
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posted 21 May 2020 11:58 AMHide Post
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.
 
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posted 21 May 2020 08:57 PMHide Post
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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.
 
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posted 22 May 2020 12:06 PMHide Post
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).
 
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posted 22 May 2020 12:40 PMHide Post
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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_scandal
 
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posted 31 October 2020 12:39 AMHide Post
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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.html
 
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posted 31 October 2020 08:14 AMHide Post
I don't consider 60 days to be hard time.

I think these people got a slap on the wrist.
 
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