Charlotte Observer Quote @ Academics at UNC(3-6-15)

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Mar 6, 2015, 2:40 PM

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It may seem counter intuitive that the National Collegiate Athletic Association would take no issue – formally, at least – with University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill athletes taking no-show classes whose illegitimate passing grades would ultimately count toward the students’ athletic eligibility. The NCAA requires that, in order to compete, athletes continue down a consistent academic path toward their degree, earning at least six credit hours each term and meeting minimum grade point averages, which vary depending on an institution's own standards for graduation.

Sports columnists expressed dismay with the NCAA's lack of action. "NCAA concludes no rules were broken in UNC's academic scandal," CBS's Bruce Feldman tweeted. "Huh?"

But the African and Afro-American Studies classes, in which students (not all of whom were athletes) received grades for work that was not actually reviewed and had little to no faculty supervision or contact, did not explicitly violate any NCAA rules. The only case of an athlete taking the classes and being declared ineligible had less to do with the class itself than with the academic tutor from whom he received special benefits. (The tutor apparently helped former football player Michael McAdoo plagiarize in a paper for the class.)

A subsequent investigation by UNC officials found no evidence that students who had taken any of the 54 classes from 2007-11 – including multiple athletes -- had received grades without submitting written work. Nor was there any indication that athletes received “more favorable treatment” than non-athletes. And the faculty members involved did not appear to have received any “tangible benefit” from their actions.

“If someone is not given something based upon their status as an athlete, the NCAA has no jurisdiction,” said Chuck Smart, president of the Compliance Group, which consults athletics departments and conferences on NCAA rules. “The extra benefit legislation is defined as, if it’s a benefit that’s not generally available to all students. Now, I think it’s very different to say that it’s not contrary to NCAA legislation. But it is a matter of jurisdiction.”

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Charlotte Observer Quote @ Academics at UNC(3-6-15)

man if this was clemson we would be on a two to three yr

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Re: man if this was clemson we would be on a two to three yr***

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Re: Charlotte Observer Quote @ Academics at UNC(3-6-15)

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