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I continue to be amazed at how UNC is totally "skating" on the the issue of major academic fraud and cheating that led to many athletes remaining eligible to play and contribute to championship teams. First the NCAA accepts the university's position that there was no benefit received by athletics because non-athletes were also involved. Then UNC commissions a study that reviews the fraud in detail and finds that it was a massive academic fraud but limited to one department two administrators and didn't involve wrong-doing by the athletic department or athletes. It seems quite obvious that the crown jewels of athletic participation are being protected here since apparently no research dollars or accreditations hinge on these findings but certainly cheating to keep athletes from failing or maintaining academic progress could have dramatic impacts on tournament dollars, bowl participation etc. After seeing UCONN get slammed with the APR sanctions and tournament ban I have been waiting for the NCAA to do the right thing with UNC, but it has looked the other way. I disagree with the premise that if non-athletes benefitted from the fradulent courses somehow this is not an athletic issue and was not done for the benefit of keeping athletes eligible. If athletes were the main beneficiaries or if the university felt it could not graduate a high percentage of minority students who were athletes without resorting to giveaway grades in a particular department, I find it hard to believe that no other parties at the school were aware of this, involved in setting this up, etc. The "study" didn't get into why this occurred but moreso what happened. Apparently none of the principal parties involoved agreed to share any info so the study used mostly record reviews to base their conclusions on.
Reporters at the Raleigh News and Observer have mostly led the press inquiries about this and they don't believe this report is complete or clears UNC athletics in this matter. The link below offers some insights about what the study looked at.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/21/2558292/decock-martin-report-narrow-in.html
I am not an investigator or a lawyer but I feel this matter is far from being fully explored and blame properly placed or sanctions correctly administered. I wonder how many basketball tournament wins were accomplished using players who should have been ineligible and never graduated or deemed to be making acceptable academic progress? Where's the outrage? Maybe we're just numb from the s***storm of bad news that keeps coming our way but somehow in UNC land everything is beautiful!! I'm really tired of the bias against us.
Reporters at the Raleigh News and Observer have mostly led the press inquiries about this and they don't believe this report is complete or clears UNC athletics in this matter. The link below offers some insights about what the study looked at.
http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/21/2558292/decock-martin-report-narrow-in.html
I am not an investigator or a lawyer but I feel this matter is far from being fully explored and blame properly placed or sanctions correctly administered. I wonder how many basketball tournament wins were accomplished using players who should have been ineligible and never graduated or deemed to be making acceptable academic progress? Where's the outrage? Maybe we're just numb from the s***storm of bad news that keeps coming our way but somehow in UNC land everything is beautiful!! I'm really tired of the bias against us.