From my understanding the cheating scandal at Harvard involved many athletes, not just lacrosse players. From what it looks like what the kids did was no different than other kids have been doing for years and the Professor involved all of a sudden took exception and made a complaint. Its not suprising given a good portion of academia's attitude towards athletics that athletes were singled out and punished in this case. At the very least the details of this case seem sketchy. Im going to give the kids the benefit of the doubt on this one.