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With this whole thing. >> was it for personal gains or sometimes for athletic programs at the school? >> it was both. there is one coach who did not take any of the money for himself. the other coaches all took some money for themselves, some took all of it for themselves, but most, it appears, gave portions to the schools program and took some for their own use. >> was this case tied to the other case? was this the jerome allen case? >> no, it was not. >> you said there were victims of the admi...

Call with singer to discuss the scam. there was a pretty wide range of how parents tried to play this. singer i think attempted to accommodate what parents wanted to do. >> reporter: was it for personal gain or was it going for the athletic programs? >> it was both. so there is at least -- there is one coach who did not take any of the money for himself. the other coaches all took some money for themselves. some took all of it for themselves. but most, it appears, gave some portion to the school...

Across the country, they paid him and he in turn bribed the coaches at ucla, usd -- university of san diego, usc, stanford, georgetown, wake forrest, and yale, to get children into their programs using the dedicated slots they had for admission to athletic programs. these were, in some cases, the prosecutors say, the students were aware of what was going on. in some cases, they say, they didnt know. after they took the a.c.t. or s.a.t., somebody else was marking up their tests for them. in many ...

Among the 50 people charged including actresses felicity huffman and lori loughlin, both charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. nbc justice correspondent pete williams has been covering all of this. pete, this is extraordinary, were talking about some of the elite schools in the country. are they aware of all this or are they unwitting to it? >> it looks like theyre unwitting, according to federal prosecutors. elite schools, andrea, and elite parents. people with a lot of money, paying a ...

Legality for the last couple of years. >> once theyre cooperating, theyre going to find out if you decide to tip people off about the case. the thing that rank elled law enforcement here, they look at this and say these would be spots at these schools that other people that werent paying bribes, werent part of this racketeering conspiracy, that they would have otherwise been able to get into really terrific schools or really terrific athletic programs. you have the head coach of yales womens soc...

The hall on the slugger. sensitivity towards others social awareness and intervention when needed so far the formula has worked well. local officials have also realized that athletic programs help to keep young people on track. the girls and boys who train here renovated this gym themselves today is tight boxing and everyone regardless of where theyre from is welcome to join in is that even to let everyone is equal here we do the same. exercises we trained together that way we all get to know ea...

This larger. sensitivity towards others social awareness and intervention when needed so far the formula has worked well. local officials have also realized that athletic programs help to keep young people on track. the girls and boys who train here renovated this gym themselves today is tie boxing and everyone regardless of where theyre from is welcome to join in is that even collect everyone is equal here we do the same. exercises we train together that way we all get to know each other better...

And it actually became to fruition in the first ball game. its really heartwarming, and the stories are very moving. the kids are inspirational. and it just gives us a chance for 60 seconds to acknowledge some really worthy people. theres been a long-standing connection between our program and football, but all the athletic programs with the university with the childrens hospital. so weve gotten to know a lot of the people there. sometimes in the athletics, we think of ourselves as special becau...

And lots of other schools are doing this around the country. it makes it independent. it says, hey, if an athlete is sick or hurt, then you dont have the coach involved with making the decision. you have the trainers independently being able to say that something is wrong and it gives them more freedom to take care of the athletes properly and this is what wallace loh turned down and denied and i think obviously it puts now -- puts him in the spotlight in a way that he hadnt been before. >> and ...

Let me point out there were nine wrestling coaches, but he seems to be the one theyre aiming at. why is that? dr. strauss was a coach for hundreds of others. it wasnt just for the wrestling team. it was for all athletic programs. why arent their hundreds of accusers like there were at michigan state. >> we will see if there are more accusers. i have to wrap this up, jon. last world. do you think its a political smear or campaign sth. >> thats what that itre saying that. were seeing that -- >> on...