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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The emphasis that Stanford places on athletics made it an easy mark for Rick Singer.

Stanford is always touting its triumphant wins of the all-inclusive Capital One Cup or the Directors Cup, which are based on order of finish in the broad array of sports programs.  Stanford’s more than 850 varsity student-athletes today represent 12% of its undergraduate population, a far higher percentage than exists at nearly all of its peer institutions.
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I would think it would be a lot easier to slip a fake athlete through admissions at a school that did not have the sort of extremely strong teams Stanford does across the board. It’s big news in the youth sports world and wherever a kid lives if he or she get recruited to play there or at any school that is a powerhouse in the sport in question. Almost all the kids who do get recruited have ridiculous athletic resumes. If someone who didn’t have that sort of athletic pedigree was listed as a recruit, there would be all kinds of gossip about it in the youth sports world. Schools and coaches with teams that never or rarely make playoffs receive far less scrutiny, so a rando could fly under the radar. [/quote]

College athletic recruiting is a hit-or-miss proposition.  Not all legitimate recruits pan out athletically to compete at the next level. The more slots there are, the more opportunities to hide the Singer frauds.   Stanford has 36 -- count'em 36 -- intercollegiate sports programs.  More sports, more chicanery.  [/quote]

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