[ETCM]

In the linked article:

...paid millions in bribes to coaches at Ivy League schools like Georgetown University, Stanford University, UCLA, Yale and USC so their children could gain admission as recruited athletes – even if they weren’t actually athletes."

In the indictment, I see seven Athletic Coaches at four schools indicted.

[Steely Tom]

Wow, that’s heavyweight. Puts the value of the schools’ degrees in question for its alumni. Very serious.

I wonder how they’ll make this go away.

[Steely Tom]

Of course, it’s also well known that a nice contribution to the Harvard Capital Fund will get your kid in no matter what his grades are.

I recall (a long time ago) being told that the typical Arab Oil Sheikh could get a son of his choice in for a contribution of $15 mil. That was like 35 years ago. Price probably quite a bit higher now.