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3 Pac-12 Programs Dismiss Top Coaches Amid Admissions Bribery Scandal; NCAA Investigating
KTLA ^ | 3/12/19 | Associated Press

Posted on 03/12/2019 8:07:01 PM PDT by jeannineinsd

Athletic coaches at USC, UCLA and Stanford got the boot Tuesday after federal prosecutors announced more than 50 people have been indicted in a college admissions bribery scandal.

Coaches were among those charged with racketeering conspiracy for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for admitting students as athletes, regardless of their ability.

UCLA says its soccer coach Jorge Salcedo has been placed on leave pending a review and will have no involvement with the team.

The university said in a statement Tuesday it’s a “potential victim of a fraudulent scheme” but that it’s not aware of any student-athletes who are under suspicion.

Court documents say Salcedo, who was the head coach for the men’s team, helped get two applicants who did not play competitive soccer into UCLA in exchange for $100,000 in 2016 and 2018. Authorities say nine coaches at elite schools were part of the scheme.

USC fired its legendary men’s and women’s water polo coach Jovan Vavic and Donna Heinel, the senior associate athletic director, after the allegations were made public.

Two former USC athletics staffers — women’s soccer coach Ali Khosroshahin and his assistant coach, Laura Janke — were also named in the federal indictment, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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Most NCAA rules that regulate recruiting are aimed at preventing schools and coaches from giving improper benefits and enticements to athletes.

In this case, parents were paying coaches to help students gain entry to college by falsifying athletic credentials and claiming that the students were being recruited to plays sports.

The NCAA says it is reviewing the allegations “to determine the extent to which NCAA rules maybe have been violated.”

Prosecutors say the investigation is ongoing but that it appears schools were not involved in the scheme.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: admission; college; ncaa; scandal

1 posted on 03/12/2019 8:07:01 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
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To: jeannineinsd
In this case, parents were paying coaches to help students gain entry to college by falsifying athletic credentials and claiming that the students were being recruited to plays sports.

They saw all the people who work in the DMV selling drivers licenses and fake IDs, and they said to themselves "why them and not me?"

2 posted on 03/12/2019 8:09:54 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: jeannineinsd

How sweet it is! —Jackie Gleason. (Especially at USC)


3 posted on 03/12/2019 8:11:01 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: jeannineinsd
Or, in the case of Jorge Salcedo, he said ¿Por qué no yo?
4 posted on 03/12/2019 8:11:28 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: jeannineinsd

Well, if they ‘identified’ as athletes, who is to question this?


5 posted on 03/12/2019 8:12:21 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup
Well, if they ‘identified’ as athletes, who is to question this?

Killer point!

6 posted on 03/12/2019 8:15:02 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: jeannineinsd

..... Damn .... A buddy of mine used to be the assistant coach of the USC Womens and Mens Water Polo teams ..... Heck .... Maybe he will end up at the Helm once again .....


7 posted on 03/12/2019 8:30:56 PM PDT by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: jeannineinsd

why not fraudulent admissions? The schools are total frauds anyway.


8 posted on 03/12/2019 8:50:29 PM PDT by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man.)
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To: jeannineinsd

Tip of the college corruption iceberg.


9 posted on 03/12/2019 9:38:59 PM PDT by lurk
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I think the fake athletes business is probably the biggest joke of the year. You could have had some dimwit kid...signed up with a scholarship to play water polo for some college, and the kid would admit up front....he can’t swim.

Course, maybe this is the victim deal....you self-identify as a athlete...even if you aren’t one. Maybe I could self-identify as a NFL quarterback.


10 posted on 03/12/2019 10:59:56 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: lurk

You knew ncaa would get involved asap.


11 posted on 03/12/2019 11:03:29 PM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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I'm trying to figure out how any of this is a crime. I can see why the NCAA would crack down on this sort of thing, but violating NCAA recruiting rules is not a crime.

Didn't anyone see the movie "Rudy?" LOL.

12 posted on 03/13/2019 12:59:27 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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Hi Alberta. My husband said same thing last night. But then he was too lazy to read the 200 pages of docs like I did. These parents wrote very large checks to the same charitable org to pay for this. Only it really wasn’t. Then they sent it thru mail.


13 posted on 03/13/2019 4:21:09 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Alberta's Child

Btw the way love movie Rudy. Rudy worked his butt off for those grades to transfer to Notre Dame.

The best one getting arrested is the cheap CA dentist. He is the only one who lied to Singer and paid on installment plan. Lol


14 posted on 03/13/2019 4:24:19 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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Making a large donation to a fake charity isn't a crime, as far as I know.

Now if the people who did this then turned around and took a tax deduction for a charitable contribution, then that's a different story. I understand that the tax fraud and money laundering charges may be legitimate in those cases, but I'm trying to figure out how the underlying "crime" (i.e., rigging an applicant's way through a college admissions process) is really a crime at all.

15 posted on 03/13/2019 4:36:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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Rudy worked his butt off for those grades to transfer to Notre Dame.

I agree. But, come on -- he had no business taking a roster spot on that football team. LOL.

16 posted on 03/13/2019 4:41:01 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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They received letters that no goods or services were received in exchange for this donation. It’s honest services fraud. Some probably took the deduction. Rudy walked on the team. In the scrubs he was getting hit daily. You dont see a difference.


17 posted on 03/13/2019 5:15:39 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Alberta's Child

They received letters that no goods or services were received in exchange for this donation. It’s honest services fraud. Some probably took the deduction. Rudy walked on the team. In the scrubs he was getting hit daily. You dont see a difference.


18 posted on 03/13/2019 5:15:54 AM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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