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College admissions scheme
Mar 12, 2019, 1:02 PM
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That is a crazy story. What do you guys think about that?
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it's not right
Mar 12, 2019, 1:06 PM
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but i really don't see the big deal.
don't rich people use money to get what they want in millions of ways?
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Re: it's not right
Mar 12, 2019, 1:27 PM
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True. It's a real reminder how the country really works. There are the haves and the have nots. It's crazy how deep it all ran though. I always thought it was just about donations to the school and alumni connections to get a kid in over another. This scheme went pretty deep.
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I think it’s a getting more attention because
Mar 12, 2019, 2:32 PM
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Of the prestige of the schools and the celebrity status of the families
Who is the victim in this crime?
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They popped Curios George's wife.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:43 PM
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Well, not really....William H Macy was the narrator...but still!
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Re: I think it’s a getting more attention because
Mar 13, 2019, 6:56 AM
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The victims are the people who didn't get in who worked their butts off and who weren't rich and who were more qualified. The victims are everyone in America who isn't rich. It makes people question America. We're supposed to be above these situations as a nation.
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i agree. I've been following this closely
Mar 13, 2019, 12:58 AM
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Because being a college tennis fan, a pretty big name (#3 Texas men's head coach Michael Center) was indicted.
I read that 8 armed FBI agents arrested him at his house in Austin at 6am. I mean really? He accepted $90,000 to get a kid on the team and into Texas. The kid from California wasn't even rated by tennis recruiting services and according to other UT players at the time in 2015, he never even met the team. He appeared on the roster for like a week and then was taken off.
I also wonder who this crime really hurt. The university of Texas? Not really. The players on the team? No, they never even met the guy and didn't affect their season one bit.
So a lower salary athletics coach (comparatively to coaches in other UT sports) makes an extra $90,000 from someone who was dumb enough to want to pay it for their kid to get into Texas. Who's losing sleep over that?
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Uhhh, the tread is 6 or 8 posts below....***
Mar 12, 2019, 1:30 PM
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Re: Uhhh, the tread is 6 or 8 posts below....***
Mar 12, 2019, 1:31 PM
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I don't believe you.
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Buddy o' Crass donated to Clemson Foundation
Mar 12, 2019, 2:09 PM
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to get both his daughters in without the Bridge program....dont know why these others didnt just do that
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bigger players involved
Mar 12, 2019, 2:35 PM
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Ivy League schools probably have these offers all of the time from people with really deep pockets.
I know rich people attend and attended and donate to Clemson, but I’d guess there aren’t as many political/celebrity status folks trying to get their kids into little ole Clemson
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Mrs Old Slac was just telling me about this over lunch.
Mar 12, 2019, 2:40 PM
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How fuggin' rich, dumb, and entitled do you have to be to pay some unaffiliated shmo over a million dollars to get your kid in a school of their choice? The fact that this dude who owned the consultancy had D1 head coaches on his payroll is astounding, thats some serious racketeering.
Make a donation, buy the naming rights to a building, give'em a hefty scholarship endowment...bribe them legally for less.
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Re: Mrs Old Slac was just telling me about this over lunch.
Mar 12, 2019, 5:37 PM
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it would require a very generous donation. for example a score of 800 - new football jerseys, a score of 400 a new dormitory, and in larry's case... we would need an international airport
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I am fine with this.
Mar 12, 2019, 10:41 PM
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As long as they do not have to pay taxes later in life, and their career success is also based on who owes their parents favors.
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Privaledged, Affluent Criminals
Mar 13, 2019, 7:19 PM
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Svcks when you find out you’re mortal and the laws that apply to the little guy...also apply to you. This never would have seen the light of day under the prior govt regime.
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