By Gregory Moore

DALLAS, Texas — I’m not going to front…I liked watching Full House.

Then again, I was a Growing Pains, James at !5, etc kind of dude too.

Yeah I was a little “weird” but who didn’t like shows that kind of gravitated to them.

But just like I have said about Bill Cosby a while back, I can say the following about Laurie Loughlin aka “Aunt Becky” now.

See I can admire the work of an artist without issue. I loved I Spy, Fat Albert and the Cosby Show and I still watch them on occasion. That does not equate me to co-signing what Cosby has done to women. It was wrong. It was criminal. He deserves jail time.

And so, I can sit down and watch episodes of Full House and even Fuller House but that does not mean I am down with how Loughlin and her designer husband cheated to get their two daughters into a prestigious university to the tune of $500,000.

It was wrong. It was criminal. She and her husband deserves jail time.

Now some are going to say that my thoughts are a little harsh for this type of activity.

Are they?

Let’s really break this down and I’m going to compare what Aunt Becky did to what “Josephine” did in getting her son to play for a stellar football team in another school district.

See, BOTH WOMEN are wrong and here’s where the similarities lie.

In the case of “Josephine”, she’s using the address of her friend, co-worker or family member and saying that she and her son live at the address so that he can play an elite position on the grid iron, in a school district that is known for winning almost every year.

Damn the ramifications if the UIL gets wind of the scam…it’s all about her baby.

Right?

The same set of criteria can be held here.

In order for Loughlin to get her way and her two girls admitted into USC, she had to concoct a gargantuan lie; both her girls were crew members on an “elite” rowing team in South California. Oh and we’re going to pay a half a million dollars into some fund to ensure that they get in.

The bottom line is that cheating….is cheating.

Doesn’t matter the economic class or the reason.

Whether it’s to make sure you kid has a shot at a scholarship OR to ensure your kid gets hand picked despite earning a scholarship, if you are willing to pay for that access in some shape, form or fashion, you’re guilty of cheating.

In the example given…BOTH are guilty.

So let’s get back to reality and Aunt Becky and her brood.

Why am I advocating jail time like a decade or so?

Because it’s $500,000.

See what Loughlin and her husband did is so far beyond the Josephine example it actually makes the example look like a dang saint.

And why is it different than what St. Francis Academy’s Biff Poggi. Is doing.

Oh there’s a big difference: Boggi is actually bankrolling the football team from soup to nuts to getting kids to college.

See that’s not someone who is paying a school via bribe to let his kids play.

He’s the bank that’s putting the money into a program to make it available to kids who want to be there.

Yes that’s a HUGE difference and is not an illegal ponzi scheme or whatever it is that these parents were doing.

If “Josephine” wanted her kid to play for Poggi, guess what? If he was good enough, he would be playing there and Coach Poggi may be bankrolling that tuition cost.

But that’s not Loughlin or her hubby.

They tried to cheat the system and got caught.

And as enjoyable as it may be to watch Aunt Becky do her thang on Netflix or Hallmark, she’s a cheater.

Her husband’s a cheater.

Her kids are cheaters.

End of story.

Somebody needs to own this mess and take the consequences.

So let’s go Aunt Becky……trade in the trendy clothes for the jumpsuit.

Do your two years per $100k spent.

It’s only fair since you tried to take scholarships away from deserving kids.

Gregory Moore is a former sports and opinion writer who now makes his bones in the IT world. From time to time, he remembers his password and still writes about social issues that bother him. Tweet at him @nbascribectx. He may actually tweet back at you.