More UNC Mess

[Dooley]

Just more proof of what we all know: UNC is a mess and can't possibly make a CR move any time soon. Perhaps they should hire Pernetti to sweep this under the rug until after they have a B1G invite in hand?

All I know is that if UConn got a postseason ban for poor scores from 100 years ago, then UNC's punishment should be quite interesting!

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebas...ils-indicate-academically-corrupt-environment

(Tongue firmly planted in cheek over UNC's "punishment"...I know they are NCAA darlings)

 

[huskymedic]

... and the tab keeps growing.

UNC spent $500,000+ on PR guidance for academic fraud scandal:

"The Fleishman-Hillard firm received $367,000 for 22 months of work; Doug Sosnik, a political consultant who is also a National Basketball Association official, received $144,000 for 10 months work; and Sheehan Associates of Washington, D.C., received nearly $20,000 for work performed on “two occasions,” a university official said. "

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Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...pent-more-than-500k-for-pr.html#storylink=cpy​

 

[Dann]

I wish uconn had or guidance....

 

[TRest]

The ACC has officially de-emphasized academics so no worries.

 

[specialisthusky]

Just in time for the next round of APR bans to be released tomorrow. Way to take a stance Emmert.

 

[sportsart]

The last sentence in the article is mind boggling. It basically says because athletes and regular students had the same access to the cheating the NCAA is less likely to wade in.

Simply amazing....

 

[Santini35]

Despite his certainty that violations occurred, Mr. Gurney does not expect the NCAA to hand down penalties in Chapel Hill.
“I can assure you that the enforcement staff and Mark Emmert want the problem to go away,” he said on Sunday, referring to the NCAA’s president. “They want this to be an isolated academic issue within the institution and not a violation.”
http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/...grapple-with-effects-of-unc-controversy/33189

 

[upstater]

The undergraduate adviser from back then is now a Dean: https://advising.unc.edu/person/alice-dawson/

She called one of the kids trying to take a faux class a "goober." To say this is thoroughly unprofessional and a disgrace is to put it mildly. She is a staff person, not a faculty member. Who is her boss? Did he foster this attitude? Or was it all her own?

Well, this person who was never a part of the faculty is now a Dean down there. It doesn't matter. someone promoted her.

Then, this Reynolds person creates a fill-in-the-dots template for student papers.

If a student did the same thing, it would be considered plagiary, and that student would risk expulsion.

Why do I mention this when it's clear the Afr. Am. Studies chair set up fake courses?

Because Reynolds was a sports academic counselor. She only created those templates for athletes.

That's a smoking gun right there.

 

[Dooley]

Despite his certainty that violations occurred, Mr. Gurney does not expect the NCAA to hand down penalties in Chapel Hill.
“I can assure you that the enforcement staff and Mark Emmert want the problem to go away,” he said on Sunday, referring to the NCAA’s president. “They want this to be an isolated academic issue within the institution and not a violation.”
http://chronicle.com/blogs/players/...grapple-with-effects-of-unc-controversy/33189

It really is unbelievable, isn't it? Our powerhouse program is banned from postseason and, subsequently, labeled as a dirty and corrupt program because of what? APR scores from 2007?? Meanwhile, UNC is running an absolute sham operation and nothing from the NCAA?? Yet another kick in the noots reminder of where UConn stands in the CR landscape.

 

[itgoeslike]

There is such a level of inconsistency when it comes to applying NCAA penalties. One could argue that UCONN's APR penalties were levied as payback after Mark Emmert (UCONN's former Chancellor) was publicly criticized by Connecticut officials for lack of competence and oversight regarding large scale construction projects, costing taxpayers $100M. It's hard not to come to that conclusion when you look at the lack of substantive action taken against UNC, Duke, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Oregon, etc.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...dent-emmert-previous-cases-uconn-lsu/2047607/

 

[Dooley]

There is such a level of inconsistency when it comes to applying NCAA penalties. One could argue that UCONN's APR penalties were levied as payback after Mark Emmert (UCONN's former Chancellor) was publicly criticized by Connecticut officials for lack of competence and oversight regarding large scale construction projects, costing taxpayers $100M. It's hard not to come to that conclusion when you look at the lack of substantive action taken against UNC, Duke, Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, Oregon, etc.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...dent-emmert-previous-cases-uconn-lsu/2047607/

It is impossible not to come to that conclusion. UConn sits in CR purgatory largely in part due to a grudge from this .

 

[CTMike]

I don't know if I hate UNC or the NCAA more. Just kidding, I hate the NCAA more. What a worthless, spineless organization for not taking action.