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Message: [QUOTE="Charliebball, post: 2155381, member: 6831"] I have no dog in this fight but I am keenly interested in college sports and the bad things that often unfold when dealing with student athletes.........I have followed the UNC story from the beginning and I have a pretty good handle on what took place there.........I have read many of the articles from the Raleigh N&O newspaper that claims to have broken the story and I have read much of the Wainstein report which was the second voluminous investigation prepared at UNC's (the taxpayer's) multi-million dollar cost about the scandal.............to the positive UNC has made some sweeping changes that were necessary to safeguard such issues from happening again and they were given a clean bill of health after earlier being threatened with loosing their accreditation.................contrary to popular belief there is another side to the story that you most likely have not heard .........if you are willing to consider that some of what took place there may not be quite as it seems, you might consider reading some of the articles by Bradley Bethel who was a UNC academic adviser at the time......he has never been accused of any wrong doing and gives a pretty interesting counter argument for some but not all of what took place.........feel free to google his name......... the following is a short article about a documentary that he produced about the entire story from his perspective [URL='http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2016/01/unveried-documentary-challenges-unc-academic-athletic-scandal-narratives']‘Unveriﬁed’ documentary challenges UNC academic-athletic scandal narratives :: The Daily Tar Heel[/URL] One of the reasons for the delay by the NCAA has been their inability to get any of those who are accused of wrong doing to testify...........Deborah Crowder who is one the lead characters has always maintained her innocence and it is my understanding that she has finally agreed to testify..... it will be interesting to hear her side of the story..........what you may fail to realize is that both UNC then and the NCAA now must tread lightly due to the racial component of this case.......they don't want to appear to be unfairly treating members of the specific department where the bulk of the "irregularities" took place.........additionally the NCAA has been snake bitten by the Penn State fiasco and there also appears to be a legal disagreement over just how much control they actually have over the academic policies of any university in their role as an intercollegiate athletic organization............there is no question that UNC needs to be called into account for whatever academic improprieties took place there over many years.........whether that means the "death penalty" will ultimately be up to the NCAA or maybe the courts but don't think for a second that other equally prestigious schools aren't doing similar things as we speak......they just haven't been caught yet.......... [/QUOTE]

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