Lindsay Graham
speaker
1,091 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2026
last heard 15 Sep
Lindsay Graham’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Over a four-year degree, a full ride can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the numbers are strictly limited.
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The National Collegiate Athletics Association regulates how many scholarships schools may offer in each sport.
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So to build a competitive team, coaches rely on a second pathway for talented athletes, walk-on.
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Recruits.
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Walk-ons receive no financial aid, but they are still formally approved by coaches and supported through admissions.
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Like scholarship athletes, these walk-ons must meet minimum academic standards, including acceptable transcripts and standardized test scores.
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But once those thresholds are met, admissions officers rarely reject an applicant with a coach's endorsement.
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As a former college basketball coach himself, Rick Singer understands this system.
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More importantly, he recognizes that it's vulnerable to abuse.
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There are few checks and balances.
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Coaches can recommend any student as a walk-on recruit, and for the right price, some might endorse an applicant even if they're not a deserving athlete.
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All Singer needs is a coach willing to participate, and in Georgetown tennis coach Gordon Ernst, he has exactly that.
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Singer assembles an impressive fictional tennis profile for Douglas Hodges' daughter.
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According to her application to Georgetown, she's a top-tier youth player who's won multiple tournaments sanctioned by the United States Tennis Association.
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In reality, she's never even entered a single competitive event.
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Nevertheless, her application moves forward.
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And in November 2008, Coach Ernst flags Hodges' daughter as a tennis walk-on recruit and recommends her admission.
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The following month, she receives a conditional acceptance letter.
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As long as her grades remain stable through the end of senior year, she will join Georgetown's incoming freshman class.
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And the following fall, after his daughter enrolls at Georgetown, Hodge mails two checks totaling seventy five thousand dollars directly to Gordon Ernst's home address.
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