long tentacles wrote:
Although the stuff that has been reported is unlikely to directly affect prominent college athletes (there have been some coaches in niche sports fired), the guy who was taking/correcting tests for the "donors" is the director of college entrance exam preparation at IMG, Mark Riddell. IMG produces scores of high profile recruits every year in football, basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, etc. They have a track and field program, although I'm not sure how prominent it is.
Every single athlete who has come out of IMG academy has to be under suspicion as to the validity of their test scores.
IMG has their own scam going on. They recruit really good athletes and put them on “scholarship” while charging an exorbitant amount to everyone else claiming that the environment and coaching there will bring them to the elite level just like it did for all of the kids that they brought in.