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For accepting $610,000 in bribe money for the university's 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. that's according to the "boston globe." as for actual athletes, the defending u.s. women's team made a statement in france, defeating thailand with a tournament record 13-0 victory. seven u.s. women found the back of the net, in...

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 didn't 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 mistake and vowing i never again lose sight of my values. once again, the judge saying just that one...

Makes the argument that students pay $500,000, ultimately, for the stanford sailing program through this mechanism. the judge doesn't have to follow the prosecution's 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 it's going to be very close. what we're waiting to see is the baseline for sentencing. which is why the sailing coach, i think they -- the pro...

Work. my goodness. it's stanford and the piece of the story that's also coming out it's the sailing coach has been fired for his involvement in this whole scandal. school officials say it doesn't 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 accountability and the athletic process in the college admissions process is -- should be up for greater...

Say okay i'm 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 run out of a college recruiting center down in newport beach and what they would do is they would co...