Scandals will benefit your career... IF you are popular enough. Examples:
- Hirajima Natsumi: gained enough support to rank in the election and re-claim a spot on stage during the dome tour
- Oba Mina: became Team Captain again and got a transfer position and entered SKE48 senbatsu
- Minegishi Minami: also became Team Captain
- Sashihara Rino: became Theater Manager and won the election
and also the other side of the medal featuring girls like Yonezawa Rumi who weren't popular and had to go.