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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the Onion piece on this scandal was perfect. [b]Basically makes fun of all the obnoxious folks who point to this scandal as the reason for why they (or their kids) got rejected from a fancy school. The Onion jokes was basically sure, go ahead and claim you would have a Columbia degree were it not for the Full House mom.[/b]..[/quote]

^ that's dumb. When there is voter fraud it calls into question the legitimacy of the election and its outcome.  When a juror engages in misconduct it will result in a mistrial lest there be a miscarriage of justice or perception thereof.  If the dealer is caught dealing from the bottom of the deck there is a misdeal.  Things need to be done properly so the participants in the process have confidence in its legitimacy of the outcome. [/quote]

Actually, I think that Onion piece makes a great observation (via its satire) that the mainstream media hasn’t done a very good job of explaining: to the extent that anyone had a college spot taken away from them or their kids, it was a legitimate rowing, tennis or other athletic recruit. Those spots were NEVER going to the general population of applicants, which is why the “side door” used in the fraud actually worked in the first place until the scheme was exposed. The mainstream media has made it sound like “you or your kid” could have gotten into Yale, Georgetown or USC if it wasn’t for the Full House Mom and other nefarious rich people, but the reality is that these spots were always reserved specifically for athletic recruits (and no one else). The mainstream media has rightly stated that these people cheated, but it has done a poor job of explaining the rules of the game in which they cheated. Many posters here understand the massive “hook” of being an athletic recruit at elite schools, but much of the public legitimately thinks that only the generally less elite power conference schools care about sports.[/quote]

Actually the opposite - obviously the coaches didn’t need these recruits for the teams as they were fake athletes so then these spots could have gone to the general population.  Most non helmet sports and basketball get only 4-6 recruited spots - the majority on the team are walk ons.[/quote]

Meant except for basketball [/quote]

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