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Going to be thinking about getting your kid into college. if the stanford sailing coach calls you and offers you an opportunity to get your kid in for a $100,000 donation for the sailing program, you are going to hang up the phone because you saw aunt becky do a perp walk. until -- until a tech executive does a perp walk, its more the same in my view. >> you think that could happen? >> thats a correct question. most lawyers say itd be very sketchy legal foundation. but you have a cartel pricing ...

Whatever. i mean, any parent knows to try -- i mean, you know this, you are a parent. to try to take away social media from your kid is, from what i hear, not an easy thing to do. i mean, you have talked about this concept called the algorithm of deterrence. what does that mean in relation to these revelations? >> so the greatest cop in the world is deterrence. simply put, its the probability you are going to get something caught or illegal times the penalty should be greater than the relative u...

>> well, one thing we know, fred, is that one of the coaches involved in the cheating scandal that was a coach at stanford university at his sentencing, during his sentencing process the prosecutors recommended he receive 13 months in jail. now, ultimately the judge decided that he would only serve a day in jail because the money, the bribes he received went to the sailing program at stanford and a determination that he didnt get any of the money. he didnt benefit personally from any of the mone...

Dont want to be a moralist by any means, theres other people who can judge you, but part of a factor in sentencing someone is not only punishment but its deterrents. you have to send a message that certain conduct is not appropriate, it will not be tolerable, it is just unacceptable. >> were going to stop contributions to sailing programs at other schools? most of them dont even have any boats, joey. >> its not about the sailing program, its about the administrator who exercises authority over a...

He took the $700,000 put it back into the program and he has a spotless prior record. so the judge is looking at him compared to who else is usually on her docket, terrorists, drug dealers, kidnappers, murderers and then who walks into court, the stanford sailing coach. >> but -- >> what are we going to do, send him to the slammer? >> i dont know. but using that logic a mom like felicity huffman shouldnt get any prison time, either, because she has no prior record, she has served the community, ...

For accepting $610,000 in bribe money for the universitys sailing program in return for falsely qualifying three students for admission. my god. he did not directly pocket the cash himself. his alleged role in the plan ultimately failed when the students did not attend stanford. prosecutors will ask for 13 months behind bars at his sentencing hearing this afternoon. thats according to the "boston globe." as for actual athletes, the defending u.s. womens team made a statement in france, defeati...

Prosecutors called for 13 months behind bars. they argued that probation would be a slap on the wrist. this sentence should be one to send a message. the defense attorneys had argued probation would be adequate for this particular defendant. they said that vandemore was unlike other coaches that he didnt pocket a dime. all of the money they argued went to the sailing program at stanford. worth noting, vandemore spoke here as part of this proceeding acknowledging that he said he made a terrible m...

Makes the argument that students pay $500,000, ultimately, for the stanford sailing program through this mechanism. the judge doesnt have to follow the prosecutions recommendation though. how closely do you think the lawyers, the clients, the parents, the other coaches and administrators that are charged whether they chose to plead at this point in time and are going forward, how close toly will these people be watching this for sentencing? >> i think its going to be very close. what were waitin...

Work. my goodness. its stanford and the piece of the story thats also coming out its the sailing coach has been fired for his involvement in this whole scandal. school officials say it doesnt have any evidence that other employees were part of this. you described the mood on campus as students being disappointed, but you personally, just take your journalist hat off for one minute, and as a hard working stanford student, how do you feel? >> i mean, personally i definitely think that the accounta...

Say okay im going to recruit this kid. the media is not really following the sailing program all that aptly so what they do is sneak the kid through the back door. the kid has never sailed before but still gets into stanford and does whatever. you also involve in other schools some soccer programs. kids who admittedly came out and said have never played soccer before got admitted into some schools because they played soccer. the other part of this whole conspiracy was the fact this was kind of r...