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Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:22 pm
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Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:24 pm to Irons Puppet
that place is such a sham
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:24 pm to Irons Puppet
He took the exams for kids who couldn’t actually play sports so... nobody?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:24 pm to Irons Puppet
Article makes it sounds like he was doing it for wealthy parents who paid him, not for football players at IMG
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Riddell is accused of working with William “Rick” Singer to help wealthy parents get their children into elite colleges between 2011 and 2018.
During his time off, however, Riddell was filling out SAT and ACT bubble sheets for other prospective students in exchange for $10,000 for each person he helped, court documents unsealed Tuesday stated. Riddell worked as a key player to the two-part scam run by Singer, who described Riddell as the “best test-taker” who could “nail a score. He’s that good.”
“Singer agreed with parents whose children were scheduled to take the SAT or ACT exam as part of the college admissions process to secretly have Riddell either take the test in place of their children or to correct their children’s answers after the children had completed the test,” records showed.
Singer had parents take their children to therapists to obtain documents stating the teens suffered from learning disabilities and needed extra time to take the standardized tests, Lelling said.
Riddell would then allegedly bribe test administrators and sit in with the students during the exam to either help them or correct answers so they achieved a high score, but “not too impressive” to raise suspicions, prosecutors said.
In a June 2018 incident, Riddell agreed to fly to Houston, Texas, and sit in with a client’s son while he took the ACT exam, documents stated. He was then expected to correct the student’s answers to ensure the student “would receive a high score.”
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:25 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:25 pm to Irons Puppet
Some of us are very smart and deserve to get paid for our smartness. It's just smart
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:27 pm to Vecchio Cane
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Some of us are very smart and deserve to get paid for our smartness. It's just smart
Not gonna lie, I may have written a paper or two for some weed in college
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:30 pm to SummerOfGeorge
However, just because, here is a list of IMG kids at SEC schools since the 2016 class
- Shea Patterson (Ole Miss)
- Isaac Nauta (Georgia)
- Saivion Smith (LSU/Alabama)
- Drake Davis (LSU)
- Dylan Moses (Alabama)
- Grant Delpit (LSU)
- Jhamon Ausbon (Texas A&M)
- Kellen Mond (Texas A&M)
- Santino Marchiol (Texas A&M)
- Stephon Wynn (Alabama)
- Nolan Smith (Georgia)
- Trey Sanders (Alabama)
- Evan Neal (Alabama)
- Shamar Nash (Arkansas)
Bunch of kids at Ohio State, FSU, Michigan and Clemson
- Shea Patterson (Ole Miss)
- Isaac Nauta (Georgia)
- Saivion Smith (LSU/Alabama)
- Drake Davis (LSU)
- Dylan Moses (Alabama)
- Grant Delpit (LSU)
- Jhamon Ausbon (Texas A&M)
- Kellen Mond (Texas A&M)
- Santino Marchiol (Texas A&M)
- Stephon Wynn (Alabama)
- Nolan Smith (Georgia)
- Trey Sanders (Alabama)
- Evan Neal (Alabama)
- Shamar Nash (Arkansas)
Bunch of kids at Ohio State, FSU, Michigan and Clemson
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:30 pm to NYCAuburn
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I may written a paper or two for some weed in college
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:31 pm to Irons Puppet
The only ones on Tennessee's current roster are 2019 recruit Chris Akporoghene and Kingston Harris (RS-F from 2018 class).
I haven't seen any others on UT's roster for the last 5 seasons...
I haven't seen any others on UT's roster for the last 5 seasons...
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:33 pm to Irons Puppet
Shea Patterson was a twat
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:35 pm to Irons Puppet
Admission standards are pretty low for athletes. These wealthy people were paying coaches to recruit their kids to help their application to get in. They didn't even need to be on the team. Just being recruited gave them a boost in the application process.
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:37 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Article makes it sounds like he was doing it for wealthy parents who paid him, not for football players at IMG
Isn't IMG just a school for athletes?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:37 pm to NYCAuburn
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Not gonna lie, I may have written a paper or two for some weed in college
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:38 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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Article makes it sounds like he was doing it for wealthy parents who paid him, not for football players at IMG
I think this implies a lot about what was going on at IMG:
"Riddell was IMG Academy’s director of college entrance exam preparation, according to his since-deleted biography page on the school’s website. Along with recruiting SAT and ACT tutors, the school previously praised Riddell helping to assist “thousands of students in gaining admission to top American universities such as Stanford, Duke, Columbia, Dartmouth” and other elite colleges.
Part of the reason these kids left home and their home teams was for help getting grades and scores high enough to get in schools. Wasn't Bo Scarbough a student there for a while ?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:38 pm to TOFTR
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Shea Patterson was a twat
Did he die?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:39 pm to mckibaj
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Admission standards are pretty low for athletes. These wealthy people were paying coaches to recruit their kids to help their application to get in. They didn't even need to be on the team. Just being recruited gave them a boost in the application process.
You believe that was his only purpose while he was there ?
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:44 pm to Irons Puppet
I don’t think this has anything to do with IMG or it’s players beyond this guy being able to network with rich people and some of the coaches around the country on the take. Sounds like this was his side hustle and it was a very good one if it weren’t so illegal
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:46 pm to Irons Puppet
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Part of the reason these kids left home and their home teams was for help getting grades and scores high enough to get in schools. Wasn't Bo Scarbough a student there for a while ?
Yes he was - along with players from almost every school in the P5.
2017/2018/2019 IMG had at least 1 player sign with.......
- Georgia
- Alabama
- Penn State
- FSU
- Oregon
- Arkansas
- USC
- Michigan
- Syracuse
- Auburn
- LSU
- Wisconsin
- Tennessee
- Appalachian State
- Indiana
- Missouri
- USF
- Clemson
- UAB
- Washington State
- Ohio State
- Oklahoma
- Notre Dame
- Texas
- Miami
- Minnesota
- Illinois
- Rutgers
- Georgia Tech
- Northwestern
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
- UCF
- Michigan State
- Colorado
- Nebraska
- Kent State
- North Carolina
- Miami (OH)
- UMass
So that's 33 of the 63 P5 schools that have signed a IMG kid in the last 3 recruiting cycles.
This post was edited on 3/13/19 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:47 pm to Irons Puppet
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Part of the reason these kids left home and their home teams was for help getting grades and scores high enough to get in schools
Exactly, they helped a lot of kids become eligible
Posted on 3/13/19 at 3:49 pm to Irons Puppet
His position at IMG was to do enough for the actual athletes to be able to meet NCAA requirements and, therefore, qualify for a Presidential admit. Given the scrutiny those exam scores for legitimate athletes are under, I highly doubt he was fixing those scores.
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