If you read US national news is was hard to miss the story about the bribery scandal to get students into elite schools by buying their way in. This has been going on a long time. I just had no idea they were getting paid so much per student. When my daughter was going through the recruiting process I saw that being an athlete gave you a HUGE advantage in getting in to Ivy League schools. Especially if you had the ability to pay full tuition. Ivy Leagues don’t offer scholarships and are purely based on need. If you have a student that is good but not great and tests well but maybe not high enough that would normally get it, you combine the two and you have a big advantage over other students. It presents a big opportunity for a coach to use the final 2 or 3 team spots to fill with pay to play parents. Because a coach’s recommendation can dramatically improve the chances of getting in Ivy league schools. They aren’t on scholarship so nobody really checks on the progress of the players. All the coach has to do is say they quit after one season and start it all over. What you are reading about will absolutely run deeper than just this one person.
Of course, having someone else take the ACT and SAT test are taking it to a whole new level. As well as faking the athletic ability of an athlete. The schools pretty much assume that the coach has done the research on the athlete and never checks all the fake info in their file. There is already so much playing around with athletes, especially in female athletics, because there are limited scholarships. Many schools are forced to find a student athlete that can either afford to pay the full tuition or is smart enough that they can come on an academic scholarship and play the sport. They use the scholarships for the star players. Give half away to them, and divide the others to entice other athletes. When those run out it goes to the players mentioned above. But there is often a few spots available that aren’t needed or they can’t fill. So they’ve been selling them.
I knew it was happening. Fortunately my daughter was just fast enough and just smart enough to get the combo package. I also felt that 75K wasn’t worth an Ivy league education for undergraduate. Maybe graduate school. But I could see how the Ivy Leagues coveted her because she could fill roster spots and would have to pay full tuition. At first I thought it was because she was a good, smart, runner but I saw her friend and she was faster and had a 35 ACT but didn’t get in. I can’t prove it, but I think it was because she came from a single parent household and would get a lot of aid.
In short, the system was ripe for picking and I’m glad that its been exposed. Let the kids that worked hard get in. Not the parents that worked hard. Here are today’s names. Make sure to click on the names to see the current price and to help DSAD keep on keeping on.
Quote of the Day: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” ― Mark Twain
Domain of the Day: Gank.com Like my wife, loved it from the moment I first saw it
Namejet, Sedo, and other Names Up for Auction
BitcoinPlus.com Closes early in the morning. Bitcoin names still live
Portfolio of 25 Domains: Reserve met at $35. VideoStreamLive.com, BestNetwork.org and more
PointsUp.com Closes today so last chance. This name already sold once for $5,600 and much less than that right now
TheBelief.com Met reserve at $80. Believing is most of the battle
Seweg.com No bidders on this 5L.com that is a family name
CompleteLandscape.com You know this is in my wheelhouse. Landscape and lawn care names have been good to me
ClickHERE.net I like this one. Just doesn’t look real
SalonX.com 1996 name. No reserve and no bidders
RunningWear.com I would rather have RunWear but this isn’t bad. Only two bidders
GenomeInstitute.com There are hundreds of Something Genome Institute
Godaddy Domains With Multiple Bids
Brandables.co We use this word every day in our industry. Not dot co though
LEEDCertified.com 100% this ends up over $1000 when its done. Too big of a category LEED Certification
AeroSun.com As good of an alternative energy names as I’ve seen. Covers wind and solar
WildnFree.com A great way to live your life. But not all the time
XN1.com LLN.com are way down but still has some value
FormSpace.com Sounds like a production app right out of the box
CTR.org and OWC.org Some super strong LLL.orgs
j0k.com The middle is a zero. I see Joke when I see it. Not sure it won’t just confuse everyone else
000087.com The Chinese generally like these with the zeros at the front. A four figures at press time
YPAA.com and AYSL.com Two nice LLLL.com if that’s your thing
SnapScore.com Snap is a pretty popular naming convention. Used way before SnapChat came around
CompeteToWin.com You always should. Don’t expect to
GingerBear.com Cute brand. Red haired bear
Yadox.com Nice 5L.com for under $40 at press time
Supporti.com I is you and we supporti
SocialGenomics.com I think this name and area of study is going to be big
TopRap.com I’m still partial to Drake and Beastie Boys
Godaddy Domains With One Or No Bids
SoundPa.com The Brandpa of music.
iAdventurer.com Video games, outdoor sport
Animeline.com Stands for Anime Line art. Japan is the target market for this one
RajWap.com Godaddy values it high so I searched why……Porn. Lots and lots of porn
LittleStitches.com Sounds like a kids brand
IntelligentSkin.com Billions of dollars in skin care
NaturalPlastic.com We are going to need a more biodegradable plastic and this is as good of a name as any
GreenerGreen.com One upping you on the green
RedParachute.com Easy logo
GameDraft.com Perfect fantasy sports name. Would be a steal under $50 IMO. But I type out this list every day and start losing my sense of reality. Happens when you look at 100,000 domains a week
TheRibCrib.com I would definitely eat a rack here
ShoeHunters.com Because they don’t have anything on StockX and GOAT. We need shoe hunters
FlightBuster.com The newest low price flight finder
The Rest of the Godaddy Names With Bids
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3soomobile.com
4th-screen.com
54fuwu.com
57947.com
597hr.com
ABCMarineBonaire.com
Aixinpaihuo.com
AlcoholAndDrugAbuse.org
ArrayInc.com
Blackheartbar.com
BlockchainFT.com
bridgitMendlerMusic.com
BuffaloTrades.com
CADHost.com
Caesararts.com
ChorHair.com
Chuza.org
Cinereal.com
Continiartuk.com
CWire.org
Darshe.com
DataHosts.com
Demonoid.co
Dermabit.net
DNTechnologies.com
DownloadChicagoTours.com
Downloadmobdroapk.com
Ecasite.com
Eduvee.com
Fixaustin.org
FluFighters.com
Forex4ar.com
FreemasonInn.com
Gemmaredux.com
Habcc.com
HDWork.com
HealthyWisconsin.org
hencaidecor.com
HLJWorld.com
Iett.org
InArchive.com
Ions-Project.org
IOProgram.com
IsMyManInLove.com
iSocialReviews.com
IsTopOver.com
KJHV.com
Kutes.com
LawrenceHammondMusic.com
LisaOdwyer.com
Mai2.com
MiamiPG.com
Mryyy.com
NobleGaming.com
ntgongxi.com
Oasm.info
Oceans8.com
Okurrr.com
OPSZone.com
OrlandoLotto.com
PacificHelm.com
PhotogRapheMariage.com
Pilose.com
ReceiptLocker.com
robbiehanson.com
rrzhl.com
SBMSystems.com
Spotwiz.com
sqdashi.com
StockRanker.com
Stratabet.com
Tangziming.com
TeleRam.com
TheJackalOfJavaScript.com
TheLonelyDodo.com
TopVlog.com
TradiantCAD.com
WhyBuyUsedCars.com
Wildlife-Patrol.com
xCustoms.com
ZoeyRyder.com
If this was happening with the State Electrician License Exam, they’d get electrocuted.
Ha. easy headlines there
For them not a very merry way to enter the year 2020, they’ve ruined the future.
Shane, this is my first post, but have been a daily reader for over a year.
Looks like seweg.com also used to be a porn site (archivedotcom results). First registered in 2016…unusual for a family name I think. Unfortunate legacy for them perhaps….
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the info and the comment