UNC Ruling: No NCAA Academic Rules Violation

[JS]

Received by the school earlier this morning.

Public release at 10:00 a.m.

On edit: Full release

 

[bags27]

joke of the day, or this time do we dare take them seriously? we'll know in 10 minutes.....

 

[Orangutan]

The NCAA - forever spineless and ineffectual. They wouldn't want to lose ground to FIFA and the IOC in the race for the worst organization in sports.

 

[Orangutan]

The actually bought UNC's "Sure athletes received credit for phony, no-show classes but technically those classes were open to everyone!" defense

El. Oh. El.

 

[HoopsFan21]

"While the situation at UNC is regrettable, the NCAA stands firm on its commitment to academics, and to that end we're here today to announce sanctions against the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team for doing the unthinkable and not maintaining a 1000 APR for 20 consecutive years retroactive to today."

 

[dogged1]

tick-tock

 

[oldude]

Well, the good news is that the NCAA did not sanction UConn for any of the violations committed at UNC.....

 

[CocoHusky]

This is unbelievable:
The (UNC's own )Wainstein Report:
Crowder and Nyang’oro were primarily motivated to offer these classes by a desire to help struggling students and student-athletes. Both felt sympathy for under-prepared students who struggled with the demanding Chapel Hill curriculum. Crowder felt a strong affinity for student-athletes in particular, and she gave them ready access to these watered-down classes to help them manage their competing athletic and academic time demands.

Many of these student-athletes were referred to these classes by academic counselors in the Academic Support Program for Student-Athletes (“ASPSA”) who were always under pressure to maintain student-athlete eligibility and saw these classes – and their artificially high grades – as key to helping academically-challenged student-athletes remain eligible and on the playing field.

The NCAA:
The record did not establish that the University created and offered the courses of part of a systematic to benefit only student athletes.

My Take:
Louisville, Adidas, and Pitino all screwed up. Instead of giving money to just the players that were heading to Louisville, they should just slip everyone a few bucks and since the money was available to everyone that makes it ok. Boosters should take this same approach, it's ok to give money to athletes as long as you give to non-Athlete.

 

[CamrnCrz1974]

So basically, the NCAA just allowed UNC to write the book on how to cheat and get away with it. For example, it's completely fine to funnel shitloads of money to athletes, as long as you also funnel money to non-athletes too.

 

[CocoHusky]

So basically, the NCAA just allowed UNC to write the book on how to cheat and get away with it. For example, it's completely fine to funnel shitloads of money to athletes, as long as you also funnel money to non-athletes too.

Yup that's my take also.

 

[huskeynut]

The NCAA is a joke.

UNC gets a pass for cheating for years and yet they slapped Geno for a phone call. Talk about biased and hypocritical.

 

[Charliebball]

I've been saying from the beginning that the NCAA would never be able to punish UNC based on their own guidelines regarding academic integrity..............like it or not the NCAA would have opened itself up to a UNC lawsuit if they had ruled any other way............

 

[RockyMTblue2]

They looked around the table, said why should we offend the money when everyone knows we are dirt bags anyway, and went with the can't pass the red face test draft. If you got rid of them, the replacement organization would look as bad in the blink of an eye.

 

[jcoton56]

I would hope that their sports teams would not be making appearances at UConn any more. D1 members do not have to allow participation outside their conference. Too big to punish is the real message here. The NCAA continues to victimize small schools in small conferences, but the old boys are untouchable.

 

[triaddukefan]

I don't care what the NCAA says.. They will always be UNC to me.

 

[Checkmate]

The NCAA - forever spineless and ineffectual. They wouldn't want to lose ground to FIFA and the IOC in the race for the worst organization in sports.

Money talks...........BS walks

 

[CL82]

Well someone needs to held accountable for allowing UNC to perpetuate a 2 decade long academic fraud.

If it isn't UNC well then...

#fireEmmert

 

[CocoHusky]

I've been saying from the beginning that the NCAA would never be able to punish UNC based on their own guidelines regarding academic integrity....like it or not the NCAA would have opened itself up to a UNC lawsuit if they had ruled any other way..

Academic integrity is not the issue here and you are correct "if" the NCAA had decided based on academic integrity it would have opened up itself for law suit. The Academic integrity has already been decided, (UNC has no integrity) and was placed on 1 year probation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in June of 2015. Athletics remains the issue (clearly NCAA) because players were given good grades for papers they did not write specifically so that athletes would meet the eligibility (GPA) requirements. Over 3, 000 athletes!

 

[CocoHusky]

Well someone needs to held accountable for allowing UNC to perpetuate a 2 decade long academic fraud.

If it isn't UNC well then...

#fireEmmert

Would be surprise if that other highly esteemed American institution (US congress) weighs in on this matter and threatens the NCAA non-profit status in the process.

 

[HoopsFan21]

So basically, the NCAA just allowed UNC to write the book on how to cheat and get away with it. For example, it's completely fine to funnel shitloads of money to athletes, as long as you also funnel money to non-athletes too.

Don't forget on the academic side we have a nice loop hole as well. It's not academic fraud if you did not know about or explicitly endorse it (wink wink). It shifts culpability from someone within reach of the NCAA (coaches), to someone who is not (professors).

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

"While the situation at UNC is regrettable, the NCAA stands firm on its commitment to academics, and to that end we're here today to announce sanctions against the University of Connecticut's men's basketball team for doing the unthinkable and not maintaining a 1000 APR for 20 consecutive years retroactive to today."

Bull mullarkey. If your name is UNC, Kentucky or Alabama you play by different rules.

 

[LasVegasYank]

You only need to understand that NCAA does not contain the word "Academic," only the word "Athletic" to understand what they're all about. Oh, and money too.

 

[mbr33ct]

With this news today, frankly I'm confused as to why UNC postponed this release from last Friday. I really believe UNC missed out on a great opportunity here. What better way to announce a multibillion-dollar fundraising campaign (from last Friday) with this news flash, NCAA Committee "could not conclude" academic violations....to me it would have been a win-win I think.

 

[Charliebball]

Bull mullarkey. If your name is UNC, Kentucky or Alabama you play by different rules.

don't worry Kentucky's day is coming........again..........oh and South Carolina's too if Martin's former assistant coach spills the beans............

 

[Charliebball]

Academic integrity is not the issue here and you are correct "if" the NCAA had decided based on academic integrity it would have opened up itself for law suit. The Academic integrity has already been decided, (UNC has no integrity) and was placed on 1 year probation by Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges in June of 2015. Athletics remains the issue (clearly NCAA) because players were given good grades for papers they did not write specifically so that athletes would meet the eligibility (GPA) requirements. Over 3, 000 athletes!

.................the students who took these classes did the work (minimal as it was) with assistance of the tutors and the majority of the students were non athletes............that was the out for UNC..............