Operazione Varsity Blues: scandalo al college

Operation Varsity Blues - A- (Almost Perfect)

Operation Varsity Blues perfectly captures the menace Ivy Leagues collages have become in recent years. The reason, a person like Rick Singer can infiltrate the system is not because he is a genius but because the colleges have loopholes which allows it to be benefited with no questions asked.

All culprits should have been heavily fined for the greater good, and utilised that money for underprivileged as rightly said in the documentary. Instead, they got minimal few weeks and months sentence and that's about it. You want to make an example out of it as there is nothing worst than wealthy loosing their money. Reputation, I bet most of them are famous for being famous so it doesn't matter to them. The famous say or did something which offended someone, they apologise and then move on to the next thing. Then they do something again, then another apology. It is a cycle, which has made these people completely desensitized to their wrong doings.

Hundreds of young hopeful students must have lost their chance in these prestige colleges over multiple decades due to crooks like Rick but unfortunately it won't put a tend into their system. I honestly bet, that Rick will be watching this in his mansion and saying Oh, they got my gym shirt wrong; I don't wear that much Blue. America has truly become a land of opportunity for the evil.

This documentary sheds light on the system of getting into a top notch college and reveals how flawed and fraudulent the system actually is. The shocking reality is, it is actually not any different with other systems in our society. For example, in politics, large corporations donate millions of dollars to their representatives to buy influences and outcomes. So for me, the subject of this documentary isn't that shocking at all and all the players involved are just folks who used the flawed system in their advantage.

I just finished this documentary, and thought it was very well done. What is atrocious, however, is that the "back door" donations (parents donating multi-millions directly to colleges to get their kids in) is apparently a legal and accepted practice. This has to stop, as it's really no more ethical than the Operation Varsity Blues scandal. Colleges can make money from their sports teams, donors who are truly *donating* without expecting something in return, as well as any government grants. That's IT. Routine auditing needs to be conducted on the admissions process, and the bribe donations that are deemed legal need to be exposed and ended.

Before watching this, I, of course, was familiar with the scandal and who the big players were, but I didn't know the intricacies of the scam. The ONE person I feel sorry for is the former Stanford sailing coach (who agreed to take part in this documentary). Sure, what he did was technically wrong, but he didn't do it to financially benefit HIMSELF, he did it to benefit Stanford's sailing team. I can see the difference, and am glad he has overcome this and appears to be doing well. As far as the others (with the exception of the kids who had no knowledge of the scam), I think they got off way too easily. However, their reputations (as well as their kids') have been permanently damaged, and that might negatively affect them more than any fine or prison sentence. They have huge egos, so that likely hits them where it hurts the most.

I highly recommend this program to those who are interested in true crime and the exposure of injustice.

A story about a college fraud. There is a "back door" and a "side door" and who knows how many more doors available to get anything in life, not just education for your kids.

If you have the money, your options are limitless, yet it is never enough. They have enough money for the rest of their life but they always want more. Can you imagine the audacity to push illegaly for your kids to get into schools knowing they dont deserve it? knowing they will kick out someone who actually deserves it, paying money and in the end get a joke, literally a joke of a sentense for doing so (few weeks to a few months in jail)....give me a break please. With that kind of punishment they will do the same thing tomorrow if the opportunity arrives.

For those that might need a real knock into reality, the rich really have it good. Mobility, comfort, and most importantly...power. I laugh when low wage sycophants speak about how tough it is for rich people and that their problems are no different than the lower class schlub like me. No. No. No. When my car ultimately breaks down, that is going to be a stress in my life. When they have a car that breaks down, they can saunter over to the BMW dealer and get a new one, no problem. And most importantly, they can easily downsize their home living situation if they wanted to. My landlord doesn't care whether I can afford the 100 dollar hike in my rent I am consistently getting each year, provided they don't decide to just sell the house under me and really leave me up a creek. What I am saying is, rich people do not have the same problems I would have.

In turn, this is the moral of this story. Mikey Moneybags wants his average kid to go to a prestigious university but doesn't want to spend Dr. Dre money and spend upwards of 30 million at the problem. So he went to Rick Singer, who had figured out a perfect system that worked just like a huge donation but for pennies on the dollar. It was elaborate and requires a lot of people willing to risk their credibility and livelihoods on the promises of some good side scratch. Singer knew how to exploit pressure points, and man he was good at it.

The nice thing about the documentary, which was expertly played by Matthew Modine, was how Singer would assure his co-conspirators results. He never had a shred of doubt until the FBI met him at a hotel and basically gave him an ultimatum to comply or crumble. We all know how cowardly "entrepreneurs" will quickly fold to save themself.

Much of the aftermath was something I was well aware of, but like with any result...the punishment didn't fit the crime. People got off with light sentences and small fines, which is nothing for these people. A guy stealing a television gets more time. And this is where I wish the documentary had not pulled punches. Justice was not served. These people will get to move on, for they might have to sell a car or two or downgrade from a two million dollar home to a one million dollar home. Worst of all, their own greed kept deserving people from actually making it to college, some of them possibly not privileged. The documentary also skipped the biggest point...the American public was also subsidizing these schemes.

Yup, they conveniently forgot to mention that the "donations" they made were going to a 501c and technically they could write it off. They could probably even write off the main payments to Singer as well. So they were gaming the system and gettin taxpayer money to help with the sting of the price tag. Way to go for forgetting that detail documentary makers. Like I said, I could try to steal a few televisions from Walmart and could get a worse sentence. Let's not even talk about the fact the universities suffered no consequences, for I am sure they loved the fact so many rich people are cheating to get into their school.

Why do I keep watching these? It feels like justice is never served in these situations.