Large-scale college entrance exam cheating plot

[SpartanState]

NM. Thought it was more sports related. But not sure how sports related it really is except the indictment does claim some of the people involved were D-1 college coaches (and a few actresses). Will know more after press conference by FBI & US Attorney's office at 11:30.

"The plot involved students who attended or were seeking to attend Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, the University of San Diego, USC, University of Texas, Wake Forest, and Yale, according to federal prosecutors."

 

[SpamburgerHamburger_rivals101482]

This is kinda hilarious.

 

[wromanp7]

What’s hilarious? Is there a link?

 

[Lovebaskelball]

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/12/feds-uncover-large-scale-college-entrance-exam-cheating-plot.html

https://www.tmz.com/2019/03/12/feli...lin-arrested-college-admissions-bribery-scam/

 

[wromanp7]

“The alleged scheme focused on getting students admitted to elite universities as recruited athletes, regardless of their athletic abilities..”

 

[irishcat1965]

Yale????

 

[DelkBowl]

How does any basketball player make it into duke at the same requirements as the regular student population?

 

[TomTraubertsBlues]

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.

 

[DerekMcPwn]

“Cal needs to cheat like these other schools so we stop losing recruits.”

-Real people on this forum six months ago

 

[jrpross_rivals]

This is irony in full force [laughing]

 

[Blueblood410]

Well, we finally know how the Plumlees got into Duke.

 

[Kai Slater]

it happens everyday, everywhere......if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

 

[Glenn's Take]

They aren't cheating to make their sports teams better, they are cheating to make them worse. It's about bribing your way into some of the elite schools by getting an exemption for playing sports when they couldn't get in on their own.

 

[K_TIME]

So UK got multiple season postseason ban and scholarships pulled for mainly the Eric Manual ACT scores (1000 from Emory package was hardly evidence). So I'm expecting all those schools get the same?

 

[akaukswoosh]

it happens everyday, everywhere......if you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

A UNCheat or Dook fan

 

[slam212121]

So UK got multiple season postseason ban and scholarships pulled for mainly the Eric Manual ACT scores (1000 from Emory package was hardly evidence). So I'm expecting all those schools get the same?

Lol!!! The field of 64 about to go the 32 teams left standing.

 

[akaukswoosh]

Btw here's an actual link.

 

[GonzoCat90]

How does any basketball player make it into duke at the same requirements as the regular student population?

They don't. That's what the people in this story were trying to exploit.

 

[anon_9qtxg60vqzy0y]

Memphis and Cal vacated a Final Four and 38 wins for essentially the same offense. Wonder if the same will happen to the new offenders?

 

[Kai Slater]

A UNCheat or Dook fan

As for me, Nope on both of those. UK grad, class of 95, life-long UK fan....but, yes, many UNcheater and dook fans would concur.

 

[chroix]

Pitino to Wake Forest makes more sense now.

 

[sambowieshin_rivals]

The NCAA is still so angry at UNCheat for their academic fraud that Yale and Stanford are gonna pay a price.
"There is only so much room for dumb kids at smart schools and those spots are reserved for Duke and UNC players".....Mark Emmert

 

[slam212121]

The NCAA is still so angry at UNCheat for their academic fraud that Yale and Stanford are gonna pay a price.
"There is only so much room for dumb kids at smart schools and those spots are reserved for Duke and UNC players".....Mark Emmert

This is great!!!! I can’t stop laughing now.

 

[CatEye2010]

Some coaches kept money in the scheme. hmmmm

 

[mjj_2K]

This is frickin' hilarious. Can't think of a much better way to expose the hypocrisy of the NCAA's "Student/Athlete" sham. Rich kid can't get into his or her first choice school, so parents try to use bribes to make him or her a fake athlete.

Very good stuff. Comedy gold.

 

[hotelblue]

just shows that the universities themselves are as much to blame as anyone for keeping the “student athlete” myth alive.

 

[RoyKent]

Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin.

Say it ain't so Aunt Becky!!!!!

 

[ZaytovenCat]

Aunt Becky being caught up in this is sad. Everyone loves her.

 

[Canned Heat]

Rich people have been donating to university for years to get their kids preferential treatment. Cheating on exams.. a more serious issue.

 

[Lumpy 2]

This is 1 scandal where UL fans have nothing to worry about.

 

[numberonedad]

Rich people have been doing this for years, in one way or another. I went to high school with a total jack off guy who was as dumb as a rock. His father was a high profile attorney. Somehow he got into Yale.

 

[mrhotdice]

The entire process is criminal. Here you have coaches in obscure sports getting paid 1-3 million in bribes to fake SAT scores and profile these people as players because those standards are less. The University’s and Hollywood prove that as Orwell said, All men are equal but some are more equal than others.

 

[Lovebaskelball]

 

[St.PatterSoN-54-]

On the brighter side, your kid gets excellent seats for all the basketball or football games!!!!

 

[Poetax]

What’s hilarious? Is there a link?

To see what Ucheat started and everyone else tried it and got caught.

 

[GonzoCat90]

Just another generation of bootstrap pullers making their own way in life.

 

[John Henry]

How does any basketball player make it into duke at the same requirements as the regular student population?

They don't. They have special rules for the less privileged among us. They leave Duke just as illiterate as when they arrived. Same at UNC and many others. .

 

[Ugoff]

This is 1 scandal where UL fans have nothing to worry about.

Well done, Lumpy. Well done.

 

[ftp000]

Aunt Becky being caught up in this is sad. Everyone loves her.

Never cared for her, and one of those twin boys is suspect.

 

[Catfanlou_rivals54997]

So I wonder what happens to the students who attended and have graduated. Maybe they did the college work BUT they cheated to get in .
And what happens to those currently enrolled . Expelled? Credit or no credit for courses which they passed ? A real nightmare.