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No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team
LA Times ^ | 3/20/19 | MATTHEW ORMSETH, RICHARD WINTON

Posted on 03/20/2019 5:39:27 PM PDT by Libloather

Lauren Isackson’s athletic credentials were dwarfed by those of her teammates. She joined the vaunted UCLA women’s soccer program in 2017 alongside members of the U.S. and Canadian national teams — elite athletes accustomed to dominating the high school and club circuits, being the best in their leagues, their states, even their entire home countries.

Isackson’s biography on the UCLA roster, meanwhile, lists her as an honorable mention all-league selection in 2014 for the West Bay Athletic League in Northern California.

But even that was false, according to federal prosecutors who have implicated Isackson’s parents in a broad conspiracy to sneak the children of wealthy and powerful families into top-flight universities they may not have been qualified to attend.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


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Full title - No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team in college admissions scandal

1 posted on 03/20/2019 5:39:27 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

I told my daughters, whose kids are all in elementary grades, that they need to start developing their faux sports profiles now


2 posted on 03/20/2019 5:42:07 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Libloather

She’s GUILTY as sin ( not to mention FUGLY! ), you need eyeglasses, and a morality check.


4 posted on 03/20/2019 5:47:29 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Libloather

Democrats: “it’s true if WE say it is!!!!”


5 posted on 03/20/2019 5:47:51 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (I am Henry Bowman. You should be, too.)
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To: nascarnation

Music schools now accepting scholarships for air-guitar, air-drums, and playing the stereo.


6 posted on 03/20/2019 5:48:10 PM PDT by BradyLS (ODO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: nopardons

she looks okay. Closer to cute than ugly


7 posted on 03/20/2019 5:50:05 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: Libloather

One mostly ignored asepct of this story is Title IX, specifically the ‘halo effect’ that scares off any criticism or scrutiny of women’s programs...as well as the chancers who operate these programs with impunity and who are even praised for non-achievements ie merely for being female.

The USC coach, in particular, was being eyed up as a mover and shaker and clearly being groomed for PC token stardom.


8 posted on 03/20/2019 5:51:20 PM PDT by relictele
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To: SMGFan

Not even “cute”; at least a 2 bagger.


9 posted on 03/20/2019 5:51:20 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: Libloather

Just think of it as Affirmative Action for rich people...


10 posted on 03/20/2019 5:52:55 PM PDT by 2banana (Were you)
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To: nopardons

better picture here

https://heavy.com/news/2019/03/lauren-isackson/


11 posted on 03/20/2019 5:57:29 PM PDT by SMGFan
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That's not really all that much better a picture of her and obviously you have a VERY low threshold ( beergoggles ? ) of what constitutes pretty or even just "cute".

And even IF she were beautiful, she took part in outright bribery and fraud! Ergo she's VERY ugly within.

12 posted on 03/20/2019 6:03:13 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: 2banana

No, actually it’s worse than that.


13 posted on 03/20/2019 6:03:43 PM PDT by nopardons
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“No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team “

Universities got scammed by their employees who took bribes.


15 posted on 03/20/2019 6:11:46 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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I wonder what her teammates (who apparently were legitimate high level soccer players) said behind her back?


16 posted on 03/20/2019 6:13:16 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Libloather

Not guilty under the auspices of a 12 pack.


17 posted on 03/20/2019 6:13:30 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Libloather

There are about 400 links to articles on the Communist News Network homepage, not one on this major scandal.

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18 posted on 03/20/2019 6:14:58 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: nascarnation

Never knew her, probably.

But, an interesting question given she was listed in a booklet.

Lori Loughlan’s daughter was supposedly a rower and on the row team, but I don’t think there was even a ruse of it after she was admitted.


19 posted on 03/20/2019 6:17:18 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Libloather

Soccer is not a sport where you can fake it. I wonder if the plan was for her to come down with an “injury” before practice started and to sit out the season when the dang stubborn muscle pull refused to heal.


20 posted on 03/20/2019 6:18:20 PM PDT by sphinx
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