Rigged Justice - by John Vandemoer (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"From the former Stanford University sailing coach, the first person sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal, the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit, about the sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising, and about the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>The former Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college admissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn unwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a damning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice and fairness do not always intersect.</strong></p> <p> For eleven years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing program in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Though the hours were long and the program struggled for funding, sailing gave Vandemoer's life shape and meaning.</p> <p>But early one morning, everything came crashing down when Vandemoer, still in his pajamas, opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep. He quickly learned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a sophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to the endless appetite for university fundraising--and wealthy parents looking for an edge for their college-bound children.</p> <p>Vandemoer was summarily fired, kicked out of campus housing, his children booted from campus daycare. The next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape, and though he was an innocent man who never received a dime was the first person to be convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.</p> <p>A true story that reads like a suspense novel, <em>Rigged Justice</em> lays bare how a sophisticated scheme could take advantage of college coaches and university money--and how one family became collateral damage in a large government investigation that dominated national headlines.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Detailed and compelling." <br/>--LIBRARY JOURNAL<br><br>"Expertly told, this powerful story will have readers riveted."--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STARRED REVIEW<br><br>An effective mea culpa that reveals much about the economics and politics of college sports along the way. <br/>--KIRKUS<br>
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