Yale women’s soccer involved in admission fraud

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  1. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    #301 Cliveworshipper, Nov 19, 2020
    Last edited: Nov 19, 2020
    Back in the news...

    Harvard’s long time fencing coach Peter Brand, who was fired after an investigation by Harvard, was just indicted for accepting $1.5 million in bribes to get kids into Harvard through athletic special admissions.

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/16/us/harvard-fencing-coach.html?referringSource=articleShare

    Also indicted is Potomac MD tech gajillionaire Jie ( Jack) Zhao, who paid for remodels on Brand’s Mass. house and eventually bought it at an inflated price to mask the bribe.
    Zhao is chairman and CEO of semiconductor firm Parade Technologies.

    https://www.scmp.com/news/world/uni...n-jie-jack-zhao-and-harvard-coach-peter-brand

    this is unrelated to previous busts tied to an agent.

    Zhao is apparently unrelated to a U of Maine professor of the same name who wrote a work entitled
    Temptations and Misgivings: The Collision of Power, Wealth, Indulgence, and Intellectual Pursuit
     
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  2. Cliveworshipper

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    Dec 3, 2006
    #302 Cliveworshipper, Nov 21, 2020
    Last edited: Nov 21, 2020
    While inmates no longer play tennis or golf in the afternoon, Lompoc is one of the cushier federal prisons and still gets called Club Fed (West). Former inmates include Ivan Boesky and HR Halderman.
     
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  3. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    Pardoning the swamp intersects with varsity blues.

    Bob Zangrillo, the Miami developer and venture capitalist charged in the USC Varsity Blues college admission scandal, received a Presidential pardon from Trump as he leaves office. None of the other parents caught up in the probe were pardoned.

    Zangrillo was a big Trump donor. He also received the backing of LA developer Geof Palmer and of USC alum Thomas J.Barrack, who is also a USC trustee even though USC was defrauded.

    Palmer and Barrack also contributed to Trump campaigns. No word on what the pardon cost.
     
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  4. 2233soccer

    2233soccer Member

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    Sep 13, 2020
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    When we look at sketchy recruits and call-ups, how many others are involved in activities like this but that just aren’t caught?
     
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  5. sockerdad06

    sockerdad06 Member

    Sep 12, 2004
    This is happening at quite a few places now. I wouldn't be shocked to see more coaches getting fired or worse for adding kids onto rosters as a favor or for a 'promise' of a big donation.
     
  6. ytrs

    ytrs Member+

    Jan 24, 2018
    Do you really think this is happening still after the scandal and prison time for some? I would think that would give people serious pause at doing it now.
     
  7. Cliveworshipper

    Cliveworshipper Member+

    Dec 3, 2006
    Special admissions for donors and legacy kids has been SOP since universities began. George W Bush wasn’t exactly the brightest bulb in the chandelier.
    more likely she was told to take the kid for the sake of the University Development office. Still, her sudden exit doesn’t look good.
     
  8. uncchamps2012

    uncchamps2012 Member

    Jul 9, 2011
    Wondering if there referee who made the no call on the game tying corner tonight may have a kid with hopes of getting into a school in Southern California. :)
     
  9. Enzo the Prince

    Sep 9, 2007
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    CA River Plate
    At least you don't have to update your username now.
     

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