<p>Rocketman,</p>
<p>Can you provide us all with your “source” regarding “pressure on those they select to accept the offer” because frankly it flies right in the face of the experience of the rhodes winners I’ve known. </p>
<p>And if you think the Marshall selection process has “nothing to do with the Rhodes” then you are living under a rock. 
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<p>And to “hurt the prospects of future applicants from that school”? You mean to say they run a blacklist? You seem to have forgotten that Rhodes are awarded by 16 districts, so to do as you say DOES imply a blacklist. Just the thought of a “Rhodes” blacklist is hilarious. </p>
<p>So if you tell us all that you are a former Rhodes or Marshall Scholar that has served on the selection panel for either (or, better yet, a member of the Rhodes Trust or Marshall Commission) and therefore have insider information, then I might attach some credibility to your statements. But otherwise, not.</p>