UPDATE â€” Seattle Times prep recruiting scandal

Cosmo · Jul 26, 2006

Starman said:

JME said:

Well, from a practicality standpoint: MLB can test its players for steroids. Reporters can't test coaches for recruiting.

Even if you know it's going on, neither the coaches nor the rceruited players are going to admit it. Then you're on the slippery slope of trying to find out where kids live, if their listed addresses are actually those of relatives, etc. And lots of times the coaches use their school's special academic programs to legitimize bringing in kids.

There is just a ton of gray area.
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Well, the Times attacked the story the way you'd have to do it -- develop lots of sources, tail people, check addresses, lease information, vehicle registrations, etc etc., you know, just like a real investigative news story.

A lot of papers could do something very similar about a lot of schools, but it requires a lot of time and a lot of people, two things many papers don't seem inclined to devote to stories of this type these days.
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Yep. Yep. Yep. Even the bigger metros seem reticent to devote someone for one or two months to a story. If you're on staff, you better produce daily copy. That's the problem with bare-boning a staff (hi DMN).

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