I did not read up all that much on this situation.
Some bought their way into athletics as part of the bribe??
wow. If that was the case, it had to be really obvious to the other players who made it on merit.
Big misconceptions about what happened in the comments here. The applicants weren’t getting scholarships, nor getting on athletic teams. They were being flagged for preferential admissions as non-scholarship athletes. If there were scholarships there would be a whole other level of NCAA involvement, and it never could have worked. I doubt Swann knew anything, or cares much about non scholarship rowing recruits. He probably should be fired though, because the scandal makes USC look terrible, and more importantly their football team sucks.