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Elizabeth Warren, United States Senator from Massachusetts (where all the criminal cases were filed), told news media that the scandal represented "just one more example of how the rich and powerful know how to take care of their own". [274] Much of the news coverage attempted to explain why anyone would have been tempted by Singer's scheme.
When the Varsity Blues scandal hit in 2019, it rocked American academia in unprecedented ways. Five years later, a Times investigation revisited the scandal with a trove of new documents that ...
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball corruption scandal was a corruption scandal, initially involving sportswear manufacturer Adidas as well as several college basketball programs associated with the brand [1] [2] [3] but now involving many programs not affiliated with Adidas.
The former college admissions consultant, 64, was convicted in January 2023 for his involvement in the “Operation Varsity Blues" scandal. He facilitated bribes between parents and universities ...
Code was arrested in 2017, when the FBI swept up 10 basketball coaches and recruiting middle men in an effort to clean up college basketball.
In a 2021 article about the scandal, journalist and UNC alum Andy Thomason concluded that no nefarious individuals could be blamed for the scandal, but instead the substandard classes were the result of a series of decisions by multiple people, mostly well-intentioned, operating for years under the powerful forces of money-making college athletics.
There has been a trial, guilty verdicts and prison sentences, but if the FBI investigation is to truly shake up college basketball, the worst of the corruption scandal must be on the horizon.
FBI surveillance video shows how college athletics is full of bribery and scheming, yet not a single NCAA official bothered to show up in court to witness the unveiling first hand.