Who would have guessed that dropping admissions standards and making special exceptions for otherwise ineligible candidates based upon other considerations might lead to corruption and bribery for admissions?
Truth be known, though, this has been going on in plain sight for centuries with legacies. There have been Ivy League legacy dolts for a very long time, but their ancestors’ name was on something or other on campus, so there you go.
Not as tacky as an outright bribe I guess, and there at least was some plausible connection to the institution, but when you boil it down there’s little difference.