Applicants who get admitted due to a (very) large donation are a tiny pool, and unrelated to the legacy admission question.

Their benefit is also much clearer, the $10M donation you mentioned can clearly and directly help a lot of students.

> Their benefit is also much clearer, the $10M donation you mentioned can clearly and directly help a lot of students.

The benefit is clear, I would argue the detriment is also clear: Stanford is arguing that bribery is an acceptable method of doing business, not something that deserves opprobrium.