College Entrance Scam includes former Yale Women's Soccer Coach
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Maybe she can be a trailblazer at UCSB and get a dance/pom team out on game days. Doesn't have to be American Football, why not do it for a girl's soccer or something else.
Don't they already perform at basketball games?
Wait what? Salcedo arranged for the fake profile and took the bribe money. How is he a scapegoat. He set this whole charade in motion, and he committed a crime. I do not know the women's coach's involvment, but to say Salcedo is a scapegoat when he is the one who set it in motion and benefitted from it, is absurd. What did the women's coach or program gain here? Looks more like they did Salcedo a favor (likely not knowing he was being paid handsomely for it).He was the fall guy for AC
"Isackson did not play competitive soccer before matriculating at UCLA, prosecutors say, and yet for an entire season she was listed as a midfielder on the roster of a team that finished the 2017 season as runner-up to national champion Stanford. Her profile on a Pac-12 website says she made no appearances and played no minutes during the season"
When she was admitted as a recruited soccer player in June 2016, a UCLA student-athlete admissions committee required she play on the team for at least one year, the indictment says.
Salcedo sent the girl’s transcript and test scores to an unnamed UCLA women’s soccer coach, according to the indictment. About a month later, the “UCLA Student-Athlete Admissions Committee” approved Isackson for admittance as a recruited non-scholarship athlete, the indictment says.
No soccer experience, but she still got a spot on elite UCLA team in college admissions scandal
Lauren Isackson’s athletic credentials were dwarfed by those of her teammates.www.latimes.com
The unnamed womens soccer coach is AC's responsibility and they recommend she be admitted, she did not play one year as required but was listed on the roster for the entire season.
Tamberg blamed Jorge Salcedo, UCLA’s men’s soccer coach, for allegedly submitting a “falsified soccer profile”. If that's not scapegoating don't know what is?
Jorge Salcedo, the former UCLA soccer coach charged with endorsing the fraudulent admission of two students for $200,000 in bribes
Yeah your vainly attempting to put all the blame on JS which everyone knows is not the case.
Yes he was part of the scheme and was convicted but that doesn't excuse the women's program or the the head coach for what they permitted to happen, you can't blame or scape goat somebody else for what you allowed to happen and approved a ghost player that never saw the field for 1 year.
"UCLA’s own internal documents reveal that, for many years, its Athletic Department has facilitated the admission of unqualified applicants — students who do not meet UCLA’s rigorous academic or athletics standards — through the student-athlete admissions process in exchange for huge ‘donations’ by the students’ wealthy parents,” the motion said.
Ex-coach charged in admissions scandal accuses UCLA of admitting unqualified athletes
Ex-UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo, charged in the college admissions scandal, accused the school of using athlete admissions “as a vehicle to raise funds.”
www.latimes.com
Do you have any idea what it takes to get a player NCCA approved, put on a roster, given a uniform, appear in the team photos,. About 50 different things, waviers, sign-offs, compliance review all of which have to happen with the approval of the head coach and others.
Don't be navie in thinking creating a fake programs that is vastly underwhelming compared to any other UCLA player is anything but 1 step in 50 that's required to roster a player. Any body that read that profile knew it didn't qualify that player to be on the UCLA squad, doesn't take much too due diligence to figure that out which obviously didn't happen not to mention all the other things this player was approved for by the women's coaching staff and head coach.
Nothing excuses what JC did but at least he admitted what he did was wrong and accepted punishment for taking the bribes due to what he called being in debt from a 2m house that he couldn't afford.
This is deep stuff man. I tell everyone I know to confess if a confession is warranted. You will feel so much better and only then can true healing take place. I do appreciate JC for coming clean and shedding light on all this. Mr. Wilson still thinks his boy was a stud water polo player at SC and is on trial as we speak."UCLA’s own internal documents reveal that, for many years, its Athletic Department has facilitated the admission of unqualified applicants — students who do not meet UCLA’s rigorous academic or athletics standards — through the student-athlete admissions process in exchange for huge ‘donations’ by the students’ wealthy parents,” the motion said.
Ex-coach charged in admissions scandal accuses UCLA of admitting unqualified athletes
Ex-UCLA soccer coach Jorge Salcedo, charged in the college admissions scandal, accused the school of using athlete admissions “as a vehicle to raise funds.”
Do you have any idea what it takes to get a player NCCA approved, put on a roster, given a uniform, appear in the team photos,. About 50 different things, waviers, sign-offs, compliance review all of which have to happen with the approval of the head coach and others.
Don't be navie in thinking creating a fake programs that is vastly underwhelming compared to any other UCLA player is anything but 1 step in 50 that's required to roster a player. Any body that read that profile knew it didn't qualify that player to be on the UCLA squad, doesn't take much too due diligence to figure that out which obviously didn't happen or not to mention all the other things this player was approved for by the women's coaching staff and head coach.
Nothing excuses what JC did but at least he admitted what he did was wrong and accepted punishment for taking the bribes due to what he called being in debt from a 2m house that he couldn't afford.
Yes, I am aware of what it takes for a freshman to be eligible to compete. But, there is zero indication that she was truly rostered beyond showing up on the media guide and website. She never entered a game. I highly doubt they even ran her through compliance. Only the SID would have had to list her on those two sites. You act like she played a game for christ sake.
I am not excusing the women's staff. But I am also not judging them for what we do not know.
What we do know is that Salcedo took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. So he is a scumbag and a criminal. I really doubt that UCLA is covering up crimes from the Fed's for their womens soccer coach. Use a bit of common sense here.
I am not excusing the women's staff. But I am also not judging them for what we do not know.
What we do know is that Salcedo took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. So he is a scumbag and a criminal. I really doubt that UCLA is covering up crimes from the Fed's for their womens soccer coach. Use a bit of common sense here.
Oh and part of a plea deal is usually giving up goods on others to lessen your sentence. Are you saying that Salcedo fell on a sword for the women's staff or admin, and did not try to lessen his sentence? He is a husband and father. If he had the goods, he would have given them up.
You might want to research a bit more before you continue your speculation.
Investigations of College Admissions and Testing Bribery Scheme
No he was one part of a much wider problem, he admitted to his crime and pleaded guilty.
His lawyers filed that motion separately that details the systemstic problems as described in the LA times regarding UCLA.
He was a convenient scapegoat for the 50 other things that went down to place that player on the women's roster. One of these days your figure out that one wrong doesn't justify the other 50 things that where done, approved, and perpetuated by the women's program for a year supporting a fake ghost player.
Your obviously haven't been following through with any sense. The condition of that players accepted was that she remained on the roster for one year. They claimed she was just a practice player.
Any player that practices had to be cleared and approved by the NCAA and about 50 others things must be done, approved, waivers signed, etc. All this was done by the women's program, she was given a uniform, appeared in the team photos, etc. This went on for a year before the charade was exposed by the LA times.
What JS did is a seperate issue and your continuing confusing and justifying his one action for the other 50 done and perpetuated by the women's program.
Highly doubt your speculation will change the facts of what happen.
I have paid a lot of attention to this. There is zero indication she ever practiced. UCLA's internal policies are not the same as the NCAA. So UCLA can say she has to remain on the roster for a year, UCLA SID is told to put her on the roster on the website and media guide, but she is never submitted through compliance. It is not hard to see that this is a plausible scenario.
Criminals who accept bribes in the hundreds of thousands of dollars are not scapegoats. They are felons, prisoners.
A scapegoat is "a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency." He was blamed and pled guilty to his own wrongdoings. That is not a scapegoat.
As for the women's program, you are convicting them without knowledge. Are you aware of any conversations they may have had with their boss on this issue? Were they instructed to do this? Unlike you, I do not judge unless I know. I know the men's coach is guilty because he admitted to it.
He deflects and says UCLA has systematic issues, but he put $200,000 in his own damn pocket! Maybe UCLA unethically admits rich folks who donate to the school, but this is on him. He cashed bribery checks for personal gain.
Criminals who accept bribes in the hundreds of thousands of dollars are not scapegoats. They are felons, prisoners.
A scapegoat is "a person who is blamed for the wrongdoings, mistakes, or faults of others, especially for reasons of expediency." He was blamed and pled guilty to his own wrongdoings. That is not a scapegoat.
As for the women's program, you are convicting them without knowledge. Are you aware of any conversations they may have had with their boss on this issue? Were they instructed to do this? Unlike you, I do not judge unless I know. I know the men's coach is guilty because he admitted to it.
He deflects and says UCLA has systematic issues, but he put $200,000 in his own damn pocket! Maybe UCLA unethically admits rich folks who donate to the school, but this is on him. He cashed bribery checks for personal gain.
Again your speculating but the LA times and the women's program already are on record saying she was on the roster, practiced, received her jersey, was in the team pictures, those are the facts any no matter how much you want to paint a different picture the facts don't back up your speculation. There are players quoted that in fact this player did attend practice several times.
Simple you have zero facts and have presented nothing to back up any of your speculation.
Yeah your right the women's program in not guilty of anything but perpetuating a fraudulent player for year, gave her a jesery, put her on the roster and knew she had to remain there for year to be accepted. Those things are well documented.
You like most deflectors just keep using JS as a scapegoat and just keep beating that drum. Making up stuff doesn't make them pausable.
Please share where the "women's program already are on record saying she practiced and received a jersey." Also, show me the team photo she was in.
I have given you facts: The men's coach admitted he committed a crime. You made some things up (see my first sentence in this post) to support your assertions. Also, waiting on you to respond to whether or not they were directed to do this by their superiors? I suppose you do not know the answer though.
JS is a convicted felon serving time in prison for his crimes.
I have given you facts: The men's coach admitted he committed a crime. You made some things up (see my first sentence in this post) to support your assertions. Also, waiting on you to respond to whether or not they were directed to do this by their superiors? I suppose you do not know the answer though.
JS is a convicted felon serving time in prison for his crimes.
All ready been posted, reference the la times articles already linked in this post
Not going to rehash stuff that you didn't pay attention to.. you can search them if you want the truth but you had your mind made up before hand that the women's program was just doing some "favors". Yes the did and that's the problem.
JS took bribes in order to get LI on the women's soccer team roster. If she wasn't put on the roster she wouldn't have been accepted and her parents wouldn't have paid. She earned college credit for being in soccer for a year. The women's program was a enabler and did about 50 different things to make that happen including approvals, giving her a uniform, in the team photo, etc. That information remained on line even after the fact until the LA times exposed the charade and UCLA decided they better update that information.
Not going to speculate about some conversation that some people involved may or may not have had. There was a number of people involved besides JS and at least 3 from the women's staff that allowed this to happen for a year.
Just in case your memory continues to be selective read through the thread and pay closer attention. From post #40
These are the facts:
.. the players transcripts & test scores where forwarded to a UCLA women's soccer coach.
In 2016 player was accepted. on the condition she would participate on the women's team as a student athlete for a minimum of one year...
I could go on and on but no need to the documentation, articles, and shows the facts that the women's program was in on the charade from the beginning.
These are the facts:
.. the players transcripts & test scores where forwarded to a UCLA women's soccer coach.
In 2016 player was accepted. on the condition she would participate on the women's team as a student athlete for a minimum of one year...
I could go on and on but no need to the documentation, articles, and shows the facts that the women's program was in on the charade from the beginning.
Somebody just send this and yes they did run this player through compliance.
The NCAA compliance officer at the time was reluctant to approve because she wasn't sure the student ever played soccer according to NBC news. With that profile it's fairly obviously it was fake and there no validation available or reference backing it up in media or records so she accepted a "backstory" from staff instead. Not to mention that profile might get a player into a junior college but not even a stiff at anywhere close to D1 and pales in comparison to any other player they had.
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The NCAA compliance officer at the time was reluctant to approve because she wasn't sure the student ever played soccer according to NBC news. With that profile it's fairly obviously it was fake and there no validation available or reference backing it up in media or records so she accepted a "backstory" from staff instead. Not to mention that profile might get a player into a junior college but not even a stiff at anywhere close to D1 and pales in comparison to any other player they had.
Lauren Isackson - Women's Soccer - UCLA
Lauren Isackson (41) Midfielder - High School/Club Honorable mention All-WBAL selection in 2014 … Team captain for Woodside Soccer Club from 2012-16 … Select...
What does All-WBAL mean? I woukd think it would have said, "MVP of the WBAL League" not honorable mention of the WBAL.Somebody just send this and yes they did run this player through compliance.
The NCAA compliance officer at the time was reluctant to approve because she wasn't sure the student ever played soccer according to NBC news. With that profile it's fairly obviously it was fake and there no validation available or reference backing it up in media or records so she accepted a "backstory" from staff instead. Not to mention that profile might get a player into a junior college but not even a stiff at anywhere close to D1 and pales in comparison to any other player they had.
Lauren Isackson - Women's Soccer - UCLA
Lauren Isackson (41) Midfielder - High School/Club Honorable mention All-WBAL selection in 2014 … Team captain for Woodside Soccer Club from 2012-16 … Select...
Some made up stuff that's so obviously fake that anybody that took some time to research would question like the NCAA compliance officer did at UCLA.
There where around 6 categorizes of people that participated enabling all the stuff to happen and go on for a while. Ring leader (s), entitled wealthy parents, corrupt bribable coaches and some that didn't necessarily take bribes or $ but where enablers, did favors, or just went along with the charade that includes athletic department staff staff such as coaches, trainers, admins.
At least with JS he's taken responsibility for his transgressions, admitted he made a series of poor decisions, payed his fines, doing the time. Others not so much but case is still on going
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There are lots of little things you can find if you know where to look, not at the level of bribery to gain admission, but little ethical lapses even so. Coaches' biographies are often sanitized to remove any negative notes. Players sometimes claim honors they didn't really earn. Third-parties interfere with transfers, making deals in the shadows to get around NCAA regulations.
Et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
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