re: Will the Chapel Hill academic fraud be the catalyst for the downfall

If someone runs with this to investigate other schools, it could be the beginning of the end as we know it....

This school is about as corrupt as it gets...
Butch Davis hired, Nov. 27, 2006; UNC holds "Agent Day," April 10, 2007; NCAA contacts UNC, June 21, 2010; July 12, 2010, NCAA conducts first on-campus interviews; Aug. 27, 2010, UNC "self-reports" academic infractions; Aug. 30, 2010,UNC omits roster and depth chart from mid-week game notes; Oct. 1, 2010, NCAA denies appeals of Deunta Williams and Kendric Burney. Oct. 9, 2010, Deunta Williams returns to the team after paying back monies and serving four-game suspension; Junior fullback Devon Ramsay sits out game against Clemson because of the ongoing NCAA investigation and senior safety Jonathan Smith will not play in 2010; Oct. 11, 2010, UNC kicks Marvin Austin off the team and rules Greg Little and Robert Quinn permanently ineligible because of gifts received from agents; Oct. 12, 2010, UNC's Little apologizes to teammates, coaches and community; Oct. 16, 2011, Junior safety Brian Gupton, who has yet to play a game, will miss the remainder of the season; Oct. 16, 2011, UNC gets apology from Qunin and fullback Ryan Houston cleared to play; Oct. 16, 2010, Brian Bosworth and another former Oklahoma player tell Yahoo! Sports former UNC assistant coach John Blake introduced them to agent Gary Wichard; Nov. 16, 2010, Devon Ramsay and Michael McAdoo are ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA; Feb. 9, 2011, McAdoo sees appeal denied; Feb. 17, 2011, Ramsey ruled eligible to play by NCAA; March 2, 2011 Wichard paid coach to buy UNC player's flight; March 12, 2011, Judge: UNC must release parking tickets, phone records; June 3, 2011, UNC files for a stay in release of football investigation documents; June 7, 2011, UNC issued formal Notice of Inquiry from NCAA; June 15, 2011, Judge denies UNC's request for stay; June 17, 2011, Reports: UNC football players racked up $13,000 in parking tickets; June 20, 2011, Player's license plates linked to incarcerated dealer; June 21, 2011, NCAA: Former UNC football coach, tutor and student-athletes violated NCAA bylaws; June 21, 2011, UNC receives letter of allegations; June 22, 2011, Even amidst what has been deemed to be major allegations from the NCAA, UNC has avoided being a top national story; July 5, 2011, Ex-UNC player files lawsuit against school, NCAA; July 25, 2011, ACC Kickoff: Butch Davis takes responsibility for UNC football probe; July 27, 2011, Butch Davis removed as UNC football coach; July 28, 2011, UNC AD Dick Baddour will step down; July 29, 2011, Davis could receive $2.7 million in buyout and Everett Withers is named interim head coach; Aug. 4, 2011, UNC Honor Court system to be reviewed in light of player's plagiarized paper; Aug. 5, 2011, Task force: UNC System must improve academic oversight of student-athletes and UNC self-reported a violation following a statement made by Chancellor Holden Thorp in an interview Aug. 4, 2011; Aug. 12, 2011, UNC president, Board of Governors throw support behind Chancellor Thorp; Sept. 15, 2011, Professor Julius Nyang'oro, chairman of the Department of African and Afro-American Studies, resigned after an assignment for Nyang'oro's class brought to light apparent plagiarism by Michael McAdoo, a former member of the UNC football team; Sept. 19, 2011, UNC proposes vacated wins, fewer scholarships; Sept. 27, 2011, Former player Deunta Williams, involved in the NCAA and university investigation into the football program, said he was treated unfairly by the NCAA; Oct. 12, 2011, Butch Davis' personal phone records subpoenaed; Oct. 13, 2011, The N.C. Secretary of State wants the NCAA to turn over records of interviews with UNC athletes and coaches and employees, including those with former assistant coach John Blake; Oct. 14, 2011, Bubba Cunningham named new AD; Oct 19, 2011, Butch Davis resists subpoena for personal cell phone records; Oct. 28, 2011, UNC officials in closed door hearing with NCAA; Nov. 14, 2011, McAdoo lawsuit against UNC, NCAA dismissed; Dec. 9, 2011, UNC names Larry Fedora head football coach; March 12, 2002, UNC gets one-year postseason ban, reduction of scholarships from NCAA; May 4, 2012, UNC report reveals widespread problems in Afro-Studies department' May 9, 2012: Former UNC player Christopher Hawkins arrested in Kinston on charges of discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling; July 12, 2002, UNC legal fees exceed $467K during NCAA investigation; Sept 2013, NCAA clears UNC, ends investigation of academic fraud...

https://www.wralsportsfan.com/athlete-advocate-group-files-civil-complaint-against-unc/13547718/

Here's an interesting twist on this academic fraud at unc.

quote:

---

DURHAM, N.C. — The Student Athletes Human Rights Project filed a complaint Friday with the federal Office for Civil Rights alleging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discriminated against male athletes, especially black, male athletes, in assigning more of them to so-called 'paper classes.' In directing athletes to those classes, the complaint says, the university deprived them of the same quality education available to other student-athletes.

"The data suggests black student-athletes are disproportionately enrolled in paper courses when compared to white student-athletes," the group wrote in its complaint to the United States Department of Education.

The group backed up the complaint with data from reports both internal and external as the university looks into allegations that courses in the Department of African and Afro-American Studies catered to student athletes, requiring only a paper and no classroom time. An inquiry conducted by former Gov. Jim Martin in 2012 found problems in more than 200 courses dating to at least 1997, including forged signatures on grade rolls, unauthorized grade changes and poor oversight.

---

This and the union thing... The NCAA is getting finger cuffed.

Foo... Seriously...what that part is about is people are getting rich off of kids they have no intention of educating under the guise of education, which makes the whole schtick work.

quote:

---

It's the responsibility of the students to get the most out of their opportunity.

---

Do you think Reuben Foster gets to sign up for his own classes at Bama? Just Reuben and the counselor, plot out an academic path, Reuben always liked watching documentaries about space on Discovery Channel, wants to major in physics or astronomy so he can learn more about that.

quote:

---

Do you think Reuben Foster gets to sign up for his own classes at Bama? Just Reuben and the counselor, plot out an academic path, Reuben always liked watching documentaries about space on Discovery Channel, wants to major in physics or astronomy so he can learn more about that

---

I've never heard of players being forced into a particular academic discipline. It is my understanding that they often follow the path of least resistance and choose a major that is easy and lets them focus on sports and partying.

Are you telling me that the kids are forced to choose one major over another? Or, are they simply "encouraged" to take an easier one, which they often do?

quote:

---

I've never heard of players being forced into a particular academic discipline. It is my understanding that they often follow the path of least resistance and choose a major that is easy and lets them focus on sports and partying.

---

Then I promise you, you are ill informed. Some do, but those are kids who could get in college without being super tall or fast. What you still are not understanding is that schools must graduate a certain % of these kids, else they lose millions. They will not let them become Biology Majors because they know they would likely flunk out and cost the school money.