Agree. Arkansas Pine Bluff didn't create any fake classes. Looks like only the Athletic Dept. was culpable - they just faked eligibility certifications, and sometimes just played ineligible players without even bothering with the dummy paperwork. UNC's situation involved much more complex cooperation between the athletic and academic entities, which extended for for 18 years, rather than 5.Sure
UNC was far more egregious.
Thinner than a wedding night negligee.Plausible deniability...although the plausibility has worn so thin that the NCAA will have a hard time disappearing behind it...
NCAA's official line on UNC is that the fake classes were open to all. As long as you pass out worthless degrees to *everyone*, non-athletes included, it's ok.
Looks like Arkansas Pine-Bluff had the world's worst compliance office. It wasn't even academic stuff, mostly, it seems. Just not complying with all of the NCAA's byzantine bylaws.
UNC had an athlete's advisor naming the grade she needed for eligibility and actually helping some players write their papers. These were not benefits available to ordinary students and, given the scope of the academic fraud, weren't isolated occurrences. If they don't go down hard whatever shred of credibility the NCAA has left is gone.
Except that at the beginning the classes were started to benefit athletes and not designed for all.NCAA's official line on UNC is that the fake classes were open to all. As long as you pass out worthless degrees to *everyone*, non-athletes included, it's ok.
Looks like Arkansas Pine-Bluff had the world's worst compliance office. It wasn't even academic stuff, mostly, it seems. Just not complying with all of the NCAA's byzantine bylaws.
Icebear said:Thinner than a wedding night negligee.
Yep.Sure
UNC was far more egregious.
Except that at the beginning the classes were started to benefit athletes and not designed for all.
Seems to be a lot of that going around in that organization these days. I guess at the end of the day, if the NCAA wants to nail a program they can, and when they don't they won't. The only variable in the enforcement equation is the NCAA's motivation or predisposition towards certain schools. To me, it has a certain personal feel to the way punishment is doled out.Right but the NCAA doesn't care about intent. In this instance. They seem to make the rules up as they go.
wait, wait, since the school also provided books to non-athlete students, it is no longer an athletic department issue! They should not be punished..Whoop-de-doo! The NCAA captured a big fish! No need for the NCAA to go after anyone else. I guess UNC is home free.