Harrick Scandal in hindsight

Given the recent news with UNC ( LINK), I am now left thinking back to the Harrick situation and how badly it was mishandled.

Because it's been so long, does anyone remember all of the specifics on the situation? Specifically, on the academic side. I found the R&B and ESPN articles referring to the final exam that was a joke, but came across a couple of lines that stood out:

quote:

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The NCAA concluded Harrick Jr. "fraudulently awarded grades of
A to three men's basketball student-athletes" enrolled in the
course he taught in 2001, allowing them to miss class and tests.
Harrick Jr. also allegedly provided an extra benefit to student
athletes by the manner in which he conducted the course, the NCAA
found.

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quote:

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All the students in the class were given an A grade, according
to the documents.

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This would seem to be a single class with a very similar scenario, not exclusively student athletes, and if the second quoted portion is true, no extra benefit was technically provided to the student athletes.

Am I missing something, or is the NCAA directly contradicting themselves with the UNC ruling here?