Mass College Admission Cheating Scandal

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1 hour ago, JimmyHoffa said:

Aunt Becky dunking hard on Arizona State-

 

HA! 

Well fuck her then

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If the parents are known by the public, I assume we will know the names of their children next.  And since I assume the children at 18+, they're names don't need to be protected. I' m predicting some good comments from them in the near future. Some TMZ cameraman will get in their face, and then we get to learn their views on privilege.  Should be good.

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it will be interesting if we ever find out who narked or who fucked up and let it slip

my money is on ties to USC (well they have the most participants so not a tough bet), but either one of their coaches or administrators got pissed off they were not in the free cash express and narked or one of the total bumble fucks they admitted bragged to their friends and fellow students and someone got pissed and called the feds

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18 minutes ago, MirrOlure said:

Meanwhile, the SEC scratches their collective head.... “PLAYERS pay the COACH?”

 

you don't go to the SEC to play school

[Bert Orange 1120]

Huffman was one desperate housewife. It’s a reverse Get Shorty. She’s abandoning movies in favor of a life of crime. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

"Your honor, I honestly had no idea this was a crime. I just didn't want my friends to know that my kid couldn't get into __________."

[Katfid54 8635]

Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

"Your honor, I honestly had no idea this was a crime. I just didn't want my friends to know that my kid couldn't get into __________."

Ignorantia legis non excusat.

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7 minutes ago, ButtFumble said:

it will be interesting if we ever find out who narked or who fucked up and let it slip

my money is on ties to USC (well they have the most participants so not a tough bet), but either one of their coaches or administrators got pissed off they were not in the free cash express and narked or one of the total bumble fucks they admitted bragged to their friends and fellow students and someone got pissed and called the feds

Someone on deadspin quotes some language that said the Yale coach went to a parent directly to shake him down, and the FBI recorded that conversation.  The implication being that must have been an early part of this.

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5 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Don't have much opinion on Huffman.  People liked her in Sports Night, I think, but:

He's fleeing the interview!  He's fleeing the interview!!

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1 minute ago, Machinator said:

 

kudos for USC in handling it correctly. Everyone else is following the lawyer approved process of suspending the people involved.

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3 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

"Nice. When will they fire the AD?" --USC fans

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Elisabeth Kimmel of Las Vegas, possibly a relative of Jimmy by blood or marriage, since he grew up there. Also Gordon Caplan, the Co-chair of one of the biggest lawfirms in the country. This is fantastic schadenfreude.

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The Deadspin transcript with that McGlashan, a solid Yale and Stanford grad, makes you sick.

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36 minutes ago, slorch said:

I heard this part in particular on the radio and it somewhat precipitated my academics vs athletics post earlier in this thread.  It still goes back to Tark's Cleveland State comments years ago.  The elephants of Bigtime NCAA football and hoops are running roughshod over integrity/ competition/ and education while Stanford sailing takes a mighty hit.

So typical.  This bust smacks of a the same backslapping as a marijuana raid while heroin and coke are everywhere.

you sound sympathetic to the bribers.  Did you do some dirty deal to get into Texas Tech? 

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4 minutes ago, msbesq said:

Elisabeth Kimmel of Las Vegas, possibly a relative of Jimmy by blood or marriage, since he grew up there. Also Gordon Caplan, the Co-chair of one of the biggest lawfirms in the country. This is fantastic schadenfreude.

The best part of the Elisabeth Kimmel bit is that she looks like this:

And created a fake pole vaulting profile for her son, including using this photo of an apparently African-America kid:

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1 minute ago, NowThis said:

you sound sympathetic to the bribers.  Did you do some dirty deal to get into Texas Tech? 

IT took top dollar to get in back in the early 90's  lol.  

Not sympathetic at all to the bribers.  I just get a kick out of the fucking parade these guys are throwing for their bust.  they haven't scratched the fucking surface yet, but they'll call it good.

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Have you ever seen an African American person?

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This thread belongs in Lulz.

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17 minutes ago, Machinator said:

 

I had no idea there were such things as "legendary water polo" coaches.

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29 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

If the parents are known by the public, I assume we will know the names of their children next.  And since I assume the children at 18+, they're names don't need to be protected. I' m predicting some good comments from them in the near future. Some TMZ cameraman will get in their face, and then we get to learn their views on privilege.  Should be good.

Loughlins daughters are all over social media, fairly large following

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1 hour ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

As a private school, I think Stanford has fewer concerns about giving someone due process on termination than does Texas. 

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24 minutes ago, Katfid54 said:

Ignorantia legis non excusat.

I don't understand.

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I have not enjoyed reading Surly this much since the Sugar Bowl

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9 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

I don't understand.

That's no excuse.

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12 minutes ago, pacman said:

Loughlins daughters are all over social media, fairly large following

I dunno about y'all, but they look like first class pole vaulters to me.

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1 minute ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

Sounds like he found the right lawyer.

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2 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

It takes eight agents to arrest a tennis coach?

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At least they weren’t in full SWAT gear (that we know of)

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I am absolutely stunned that his lawyer professes his innocence.

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Has everyone in the media started making jokes about "from the tennis court to a court of law" yet?  I'm sure it will be hilarious every time.

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3 minutes ago, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

 

 

Lmao

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13 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

That's a very definitive statement.  No lawyer would make such a claim if it weren't true

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6 hours ago, bigup2dahorns said:

Adios
 

Just losing his job and career is the least of Center's problems.

Dude be fucked.

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1 hour ago, SquishMitten said:

If they were buying scholarships at private schools (which I assume aren’t supported by tax dollars) I don’t guess I care too much. Even more so when considering these smaller sports probably don’t max out their scholarship numbers anyway and no other kid is getting screwed out of a spot. BUT a lot of these are public universities, and the scholarships are public funds. And maybe more importantly for the FBI, you’re also dealing with tens of millions in untaxed income (unless these coaches and whatnot were declaring the additional income, which would be hilarious if true).

Fair point. Didn't think of that angle. Assumed the pay for play was to simply get them in the door and the scholarship was yanked after they quit the team. 

The tax angle is a big one if they really were writing off these bribes as charitable deductions. That's a whole other level of stupid. 

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32 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

I had no idea there were such things as "legendary water polo" coaches.

If you can float a keg, you can float your teammate...wait wut?

 

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I wonder if people will see the difference between the obvious "privilege" here and "white privilege" which are two different things, and already mixed up all over social media.

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18 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

 

Jussie's lawyer says he'll be found "not guilty" too.

Not sure I'd put a buncha money on that one.

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1 minute ago, pops said:

Fair point. Didn't think of that angle. Assumed the pay for play was to simply get them in the door and the scholarship was yanked after they quit the team. 

The tax angle is a big one if they really were writing off these bribes as charitable deductions. That's a whole other level of stupid. 

look at the indictment or Hayden's post.  all these entities -- public and private -- get federal funds.  tax isn't really the issue.  it is fraudy fraud fraud of various stripes.  

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Video of Q & A with the lawyer:

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14 minutes ago, Kiss said:

I was in Varsity Blues.

And I was in your mom last night. 

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4 minutes ago, bigup2dahorns said:

Video of Q & A with the lawyer:
 

To be fair, "You're fucked" is a two word verdict.