'Operation Varsity Blues' uncovered a nationwide scandal, but there's more to it than rich parents buying their kids a place at a prestigious university.
The admissions scandal that rocked top universities in the U.S. put the spotlight on one of college sports' most delicate and longest-standing issues: its relationship with race and money.
Launched by the Justice Department almost a year ago, the FBI investigation also found a number of wealthy parents paid hefty sums to an admission consultant, who in turn paid people to take tests for their children. William 'Rick' Singer leaves the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on March 12. Fifty people have been arrested nationwide in what authorities are calling the largest college admissions scam ever, including 33 parents and Singer, a California businessman who allegedly collected $25 million in bribes to get students into some of the natiions top colleges, federal prosecutors in Boston said.
UCLA men's soccer coach Jorge Salcedo, former Georgetown tennis coach Gordie Ernst and former Yale women’s soccer coach Rudy Meredith are among the coaches accused of taking bribes. If the process of recruiting students as athletes irrespective of their abilities is obviously morally dubios, its impact on those who generate the lion’s share of revenue for university teams is much more serious.
To put things into context, that accounted for 79 percent of the total revenue generated by the university’s teams. Aside from football and basketball, no other team generated any revenue over the financial year. From an athletic standpoint, the scandal also underlined the overall importance of athletics in the university, which is reflected in the overall degree of advantage accorded to recruited athletes. Moreover, it highlighted the power and autonomy of coaches in the overall admissions process.
Yet, a substantial share of college sports' revenue remains in the hands of a selected few and collegiate athletes remain unpaid.
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