{"product_id":"rigged-justice-paperback","title":"Rigged Justice: How the College Admissions Scandal Ruined an Innocent Man's Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Vandemoer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eformer Stanford University sailing coach sentenced in the Varsity Blues college\u003cbr\u003eadmissions scandal tells the riveting true story of how he was drawn\u003cbr\u003eunwittingly into a web of deceit in this eye-opening memoir that offers a\u003cbr\u003edamning portrait of modern college administration and the ways in which justice\u003cbr\u003eand fairness do not always intersect.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e For\u003cbr\u003eeleven years, John Vandemoer ran the prestigious Stanford University sailing\u003cbr\u003eprogram in which he coached Olympians and All-Americans. Though the hours were\u003cbr\u003elong and the program struggled for funding, sailing gave Vandemoer's life shape\u003cbr\u003eand meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut early\u003cbr\u003eone morning, everything came crashing down when Vandemoer, still in his\u003cbr\u003epajamas, opened the door to find FBI and IRS agents on his doorstep. He quickly\u003cbr\u003elearned that a recruiter named Rick Singer had used him as a stooge in a\u003cbr\u003esophisticated scheme designed to take advantage of college coaches and play to\u003cbr\u003ethe endless appetite for university fundraising--and wealthy parents looking for\u003cbr\u003ean edge for their college-bound children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVandemoer\u003cbr\u003ewas summarily fired, kicked out of campus housing, his children booted from\u003cbr\u003ecampus daycare. The next year of his life was a Kafkaesque hellscape, and\u003cbr\u003ethough he was an innocent man who never received a dime was the first person to\u003cbr\u003ebe convicted in what became known as the Varsity Blues scandal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA true\u003cbr\u003estory that reads like a suspense novel, \u003cem\u003eRigged Justice\u003c\/em\u003e lays bare how a\u003cbr\u003esophisticated scheme could take advantage of college coaches and university\u003cbr\u003emoney--and how one family became collateral damage in a large government\u003cbr\u003einvestigation that dominated national headlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.03 x 5.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283561230584,"sku":"9780063020115","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/Wbze4pqpQf9780063020115.webp?v=1783711651","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/rigged-justice-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}