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Mead posted...

streamofthesky posted...

Too harsh, all he did was lie about his kids being high school athletes.

Felicity Huffman had some dude take the SAT/ACT for her daughter, and only get 11 days in prison, and that's a far worse crime.

But this country values sports over academic achievement, and then cries and wonders why we're falling behind others in the technical fields.

The problem with these people cheating to get their kids into the schools though is that other kids would have rightfully been admitted on their actual merits but missed the opportunity because of other folks being corrupt

Yeah...that's what I'm saying.

Someone smart didn't get into said college and may end up on a different course in life just b/c some rich asshole's dumb dumb kid couldn't pass the entrance exam.
Way bigger issue than some marginally talented high school athlete missing out on a college opportunity.

Also, the whole scandal *should* be leading to a conversation about sports scholarships being too abundant and how much sports is valued over other areas. Considering these colleges that supposedly "needed" to save these spots for athletes to fill out their teams...apparently didn't suffer at all from not getting them since no one even noticed or cared they were short some recruits.