The college admissions scandal bell tolls for thee, Harvard
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Anonymous
Perhaps, he is also 87 and wanted to hang on until his 50th anniversary as a coach. Maybe they just want to snag someone before the Harvard position opens up. |
Anonymous
The terminology used was “fired.” That’s usually for cause. |
Anonymous
He was on a one year contract that wasn't renewed. |
Anonymous
| I think we’re only seeing the tip of the iceberg. College sports is so corrupt at every level. |
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Anonymous
You think a Yale student doesn't know the difference between "fired" and "let go"? https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2019/04/01/yale-fires-fencing-coach-after-49-years/ |
Anonymous
| So, if you take him at his word that he became friendly with the fencing coach because his older son was on the team, and he felt sorry for the coach not being able to afford to live closer to the school, so he helped him out in a way that saved face... |
Anonymous
I think they used "fired" in sympathy for the coach, he wanted to stay 50 years, he had is best season in 17 years... nothing in the article hints at cause and the text of the article uses "contract not renewed." |
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Anonymous
So in this case, who’s laundering the money? Does the term “laundering” mean that you are taking money earned illegally and converting it to untraceable clean money or is that just the movie description? Because it doesn’t sound like the guy who bought the house did so with illegally earned money. |
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I found myself thinking about this article today:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/01/skin-care-secret-wealth/579337/ It basically talks about female celebrities lie and say that they have great skin because they "drink a lot of water and get a lot of sleep" when in reality they have plastic surgery and Botox and expensive skin resurfacing treatments. The author says that the lying is actually harmful because it encourages other people to feel like losers when they drink so much water they're going to float away and they still don't look like Jennifer Aniston does with her regime of drinking water and applying Aveeno skin lotion from the drugstore. The celebs found the side door, the easy way out -- and then lied about it. Realized that you can only follow 'the blessing of a skinned knee' and let your kids learn responsibility by getting a bad grade when you can afford someone to 'clean up' your kids transcript like Rick Singer did for these wealthy people. I believed the American dream, pull yourself up by your bootstraps lie -- that Ben Carson's mother took him to the library and that's why he became a world famous neurosurgeon. But it appears that for every Ben Carson there's a lot more shysters out there who said 'forget about the library, let's just lie and pretend she rows crew.' It's the equivalent of having your face laser resurfaced and pretending you got great skin from drinking water. |
Anonymous
I honestly think college sport recruiting OUTSIDE of the big money sports is more corrupt. I don't mind boosters sliding some kid from the hood a few racks to get him to come to Alabama, Kentucky, or wherever and ball out. The non-revenue recruiting for athletes who are not world class is scummy to the max. The new rule should be if you don't have the ability to go-pro in your sport or medal at an olympic level, your sport shouldn't be a hook. teams should be walk-on mostly, peppered with olympians and future pros. |
Anonymous
Yes, you don't have to get your perfect score on that particular sitting. |
Anonymous
And helped number two son to get into Harvard. |
Anonymous
The direct and indirect contributions to the coach’s “foundation” are very fishy as well. |