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"There's no indication that the schools were involved in any of the wrong-doing. In all, 44 people, some of them college coaches, have been charged."

Ahem. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/f…
A college is, strictly speaking, inanimate. To say a college is "involved in wrongdoing" is to say college officials are involved. How are coaches not college officials?
(BTW, I really want this story to turn out to be implying that Felicity Huffman took the SATs for a talented high school quarterback, but I suspect I'm going to be disappointed on that one.)
So the article linked above is pretty garbled, but other reporting makes it a lot clear what's being alleged. abc7news.com/actresses-ceos…
The claim is that parents were paying coaches and others to lie and say their kids were being recruited as athletes in order to boost their chances of admission, and ALSO faking entrance exam results.
So yeah, if a coach is taking bribes to accept unqualified students rather than paying bribes to improve his or her team, I'd say that fits with "the colleges aren't accused of wrongdoing."
A legitimately sad element of the story: "In many instances, the students taking the exams were unaware that their parents had arranged for this cheating." Sucks to be that kid today. buzzfeednews.com/article/juliar…
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