But should the schools have known? I think they should have had better controls over their admission rules and their employees. Maybe they shouldn’t let the coaches/AD have so much pull in admissions. Maybe the school should be watching budgets better and know where contributions are coming from.
USC was probably the worst. An assistant athletic director was involved and thus involved many teams. Women’s crew, lacrosse, men’s water polo, I think there were some soccer players, and the coaches weren’t benefiting, the athletic department was and the Asst AD personally. The school did get donations thru Singer’s 501c3. Lori Laughlin gave something like $500k, and that shouldn’t go unnoticed as her 2 kids, VERY active on social media, were accepted.
I think schools should get to admit anyone they want to, they just need to own it. If they want to admit rich kids, do it. If they want to admit athletes, do it.