Re: UK vs UNC

UK vs UNC

Re: UK vs UNC

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Dec 16, 2023, 11:25 PM [ in reply to Re: UK vs UNC ]

pelepolo® said:

As a Clemson fan, I've always pulled for other ACC games in OOC and Tourney games and don't understand the opposite of that.

You are talking about UNCheat, the team that used the most aggregious academic and athletic cheating for over 20 years. They setup a whole department (African-American Studies, AAS) that used academic cheating to keep their athletes eligible. Many of their athletes, in all (women's and men's) sports, majored in AAS.
Many of the AAS classes only once per semester and the student's (LOL) grade was based upon a paper submitted at the end of the semester. The UNCheat Athletic Dept paid staff members, and others, to write the papers.
One year (approx 2006) when UNCheat won the Mens' Natty, 4 of the 5 starters majored in AAS. The 5th starter took AAS classes for 3 of his required 4 classes.
There was a FB player (WR from Greensboro) that was widely recruited, nationally, that Dabo really wanted.
The player was a Clemson commit. The Clemson committee for academic admissions told Dabo there was no way the kid could do college work, and that Dabo had to pull his scholarship offer. (This was very sad for Dabo and the WR.) HE was admitted to UNCheat and was a starter for his freshman thru junior years and one of UNCheat's best WRs all 3 years.
When some former UNCheat athletes (former AAS majors) sued UNCheat b/c they graduated with diplomas that no one in the business would accept, the word about the depths of the scandal got out. Hunndreds and hundreds of UNCheat athletes had majored in AAS over the more than 20 years. For a year, or so, it appeared
that UNCheat would lose their certification as an academic institution.
Then the NCAA investigated. The investigation lasted for about 2 years and killing the UNCheat Athletic Dept was supported by some of the NCAA staff, per the rumors. The Nattys that UNCheat had won, while cheating, were embarrassing to the NCAA, and how would the NC trophies (Men's bktbl, women's soccer, and others) be handled.

Ultimately, per sources, UNCheat (and cheater Swoffie) suggested and paid the NCAA a bribe ($1.3 M or $1.6 M were thrown around), and UNCheat received a hard slap on the wrist.
The ACC did essentially nothing to the UNCheaters.
I wd pull for the Russians vs the UNCheaters.

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