N.C.A.A.: No Penalties for North Carolina

[bathroommonkey76]

Source: NY Times

The N.C.A.A. on Friday morning announced that it “could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated N.C.A.A. academic rules” in what is widely considered the worst academic scandal in college sports history.

The organization, which governs the top tier of college sports in the United States, did not levy any penalties against North Carolina.

According to a university-commissioned investigation, North Carolina had for nearly two decades offered a “shadow curriculum” of fake classes into which athletes were steered. The university appeared guilty of subverting the N.C.A.A.’s central tenet that college athletics are a mere component of education.

U.N.C. was charged with a “lack of institutional control” resulting in violations of bylaws governing extra benefits to athletes and ethical conduct.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/sports/unc-north-carolina-ncaa.html

[lancelyons]

1. Shocking. the NCAA is one of the most corrupt organizations out there. Academic Fraud.. no problem

Shocking. the NCAA is one of the most corrupt organizations out there. Academic Fraud.. no problem.
Having a hooker in the dorm, major major violation.

[Va Lefty]

2. This is bullshit and the NCAA is worthless!

The "cash cows" have a different set of rules than everyone else. Reminds me of the joke Bobby Knight told years ago. He said the NCAA was so mad at Ohio State that they put Western Kentucky on probation for 3 years.

[rurallib]

3. Well those kids will learn something in college

money can buy damn near anything and can corrupt damn near any human. Just ask the NCAA

[christx30]

8. And as long as they can make jump shots,

who cares if they are prepared for life after college? Especially if they suffer some kind of career ending sports injury?

Sickening this is ok with some people.

[Botany]

4. Nicky Santoro in Casino: "Always the dollars, always the fuckin' dollars."

What only 20 years of running a phony college in order to keep people
eligible to play basketball and still nothing?

Nicky Santoro in Casino: "Always the dollars, always the fuckin' dollars."

[underpants]

5. Too big a name to lose in March Madne$$

And Tressel personally got 5 years for tattoos.

[bathroommonkey76]

6. Most of the sanctions talk started from rival schools

Their pitchforks were out to get UNC from Day 1.

Sorry, but the NCAA didn't have a case to begin with- If they had imposed sanctions UNC would have taken them to federal court and won.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[underpants]

7. F Bilas

says this VCU grad

[paleotn]

9. Why doesn't the NCAA finally admit the truth....

The idea of the scholar athlete is a myth and always has been in the power conferences. It's simply a farm system for professional athletics, under the guise of a major university. And like any minor league system, such as professional baseball, only a few ever make it to the top. At least professional baseball is honest about it, and not doling out worthless degrees to unqualified athletes. Most guys never make it out of the bus leagues and end up selling cars or going back to school.

An equally pernicious myth is held by a handful of usually more academically rigorous institutions who still believe they can actually educate their scholarship athletes AND compete in the power conferences, without cutting corners. They simply cannot. Period. End of story.

[unc70]

10. NYT article written before NCAA results

The article, like many, was written anticipating that the NCAA would find UNC guilty of further NCAA infractions. But that was not the case, but the article remains essentially unchanged.

The NCAA findings are the same as what various prior investigations have found: the chair of the AFAM department and his assistant ran a system of “slide” courses that only required term papers for credit. About 30% of the students who benefited were athletes. (There were a high percentage of AA students in those classes. No one wants to talk about that.)

There were problems found at the beginning of all this with sports agents providing benefits to several football players at UNC. UNC sanctioned itself and the NCAA added a ban on bowl games years ago. The N.C. SoS investigated the sports agents using subpoena powers, ultimately gaining convictions of several. One of those revealed back then, Marty Glazer, became a cooperating witness for the FBI and wore a wire leading to the recent charges against prominent college basketball programs.

I am glad this sordid mess is finally coming to an end.

[lancelyons]

11. i think your biased. LOL.. UNC academic fraud.

[unc70]

12. I am biased, but not necessarily wrong

The problems in the African American Studies department were real. As bad as it was, it only affected a very small corner of one department. The biggest scandal is that, because of the politically sensitive nature of that department and many of its students, norms for oversight were not maintained. Academic freedom cuts both ways.

BTW you’re