One last try at trying to reach you.
Assume Johnny Jones is a good baseball player, but nobody offers him an ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP. He's trying to figure out how he can afford to go to school without one.
Along comes Mr. Money, who hires the kid part time to work for his car dealership during his senior year in high school. Well, Mr. Money just happens to know, through the grapevine, that Coach Goodteam, at Cheating University, needs a second baseman, and doesn't have a scholarship to give. Since Mr. Money is a graduated of that school, and admires Coach Goodteam, he runs into Johnny Jones's Daddy, and tells him that he's going to be offering a scholarship to kids to go to Cheating University for at least one year, maybe two. Would Mr. Jones like Johnny to apply?
Of course Mr. Money says it's competitive. Anyone can apply. He'll choose the winner based on an essay written by each kid that applies. Let's say he collects a dozen applications.
Mr. Money selects Johnny as the winner based on his essay, which said, "I wana go to skool." It just tugged at Mr. Money's heart strings. He just had to help this genius advance his education.
So, Johnny matriculates to Cheating U, and lo and behold, tries out for the baseball team, and makes it, even though he doesn't have an athletic scholarship. In year two, at Cheating U, they see he's pretty good, and give him a half scholarship, so Mr. Money can now put aside part of what he was spending on Johnny's scholarship so he can find another kid in need, who can play center field, because that's now the team's weakness.
Now, if you go to Mr. Money, and accuse him of trying to cheat the system, he's going to sue you, because there's no way in hell you can prove it, even though he's a regular at Cheating U's games, and given treatment like royalty.
You've said it yourself, repeatedly, and it applies to kids going on to college. FOLLOW THE MONEY!