Seems like every year now, we hear more college scandals. This time now, it's an admissions one. It's stunning to read that it's an almost year long investigation from the FBI with estimates of 25 million in bribes. In the ensuing part to find those people, at least 50 have been indicted in "Operation Varsity Blues," and the list is crazy. You got coaches on it from very prestigious schools and a couple actresses involved.
From what I understand from reading it, people are posed as the students to take tests or said students would be considered athletes. Some of the colleges include Texas, USC and UCLA, Yale, and Georgetown. As a result, a number of coaches have been let go or fired if they haven't been arrested yet. This is coming at the worst time as the NCAA March Madness tournaments begin very soon. It puts the schools reputations in jeopardy.
The schools reputations are not the only thing. Those actresses mentioned are very well known. They are Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Huffman may not have the biggest roles, but she is married to William H. Macy and had a big show in Desperate Housewives. Loughlin is known primarily for Full House and doing stuff aimed primarily for families. Both her and her husband are indicted. It puts a dent on their reputations, especially Loughlin considering being Aunt Becky for a long time. If they did pull these stunts, they deserve to be mocked as they are right now.
Seems like a tradition now these days to hear one controversy after another with colleges. All the shit that is going on on these campuses, I understand going after parties and drugs and all that. But to stoop that low. It doesn't matter if you are famous like Huffman and Loughlin, or the blue collar adult who has a child with godly talent at something. You not only hurt yourself, but you hurt tons of things and people that go beyond the college of choice. There is no escaping this disaster.
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