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.
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Full title - No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team in college admissions scandal
I told my daughters, whose kids are all in elementary grades, that they need to start developing their faux sports profiles now
She’s GUILTY as sin ( not to mention FUGLY! ), you need eyeglasses, and a morality check.
Democrats: “it’s true if WE say it is!!!!”
Music schools now accepting scholarships for air-guitar, air-drums, and playing the stereo.
she looks okay. Closer to cute than ugly
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.
Not even “cute”; at least a 2 bagger.
Just think of it as Affirmative Action for rich people...
And even IF she were beautiful, she took part in outright bribery and fraud! Ergo she's VERY ugly within.
No, actually it’s worse than that.
“No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team “
Universities got scammed by their employees who took bribes.
I wonder what her teammates (who apparently were legitimate high level soccer players) said behind her back?
Not guilty under the auspices of a 12 pack.
There are about 400 links to articles on the Communist News Network homepage, not one on this major scandal.
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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.
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.
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