Bill Plaschke: Dan Guerrero and UCLA need to stop playing favorites with athletics admissions
by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times
Jul 25, 2019
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - In the wake of this spring's college admissions bribery scandal, one local administrator rushed to the altar of outrage and shook his fist.
It was UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero, who issued a strong statement espousing his department's ideals.
He preached so loudly, one barely noticed the pulpit slowly crumbling beneath him.
"As an athletic department, we pride ourselves on conducting our business with the utmost integrity."
His venerable former soccer coach, Jorge Salcedo, has been indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy after allegedly accepting $200,000 in bribes to help enroll two students using fake
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