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Yale University announced last week that a former women's soccer coach, Rudy Meredith, accepted bribes to provide fraudulent endorsements of the athletics abilities of applicants, and that only two applicants (previously identified) had received his endorsement. Meredith has pleaded guilty.
Yale announced that a four-month investigation by the law firm WilmerHale, conducted at Yale's request, found no other employees involved. And the university announced new protocols for athletic recruiting and admissions generally.
Under the new procedures, Yale coaches "will meet regularly with their sport supervisors -- administrators assigned to oversee Yale’s athletic teams and provide closer supervision in all aspects of a team’s program, including recruiting. Coaches have been informed that fundraising is not a criterion for their evaluations."
In addition, "sports administrators not associated with the team will verify the athletic credentials of every recruit, using publicly available sources. When supporting a prospective student-athlete, a coach will include three external references to confirm a recruit’s athletic status. Further precautions will be taken to ensure that Yale monitors and understands cases where a given recruited athlete does not end up joining, or joins but later departs, the team for which they were recruited."
