![]() ![]() Big Stick thumped his chest about Penn State-before and after delivering the sanctions-we haven’t heard squat from him about what will become the worst infractions case in the history of college sports. This is one of the most respected academic institutions in the world cheating to keep athletes eligible. Think about that: the athletic department and a department of academics conspiring to keep students eligible so they can play games. The university says two department heads were responsible for the academic fraud, but the News & Observer says evidence suggests athletes were steered to classes by academic counselors assigned to the athletic department. ![]() Or as my athletic director friend said, “Pandora’s Box.”įrom 2007-2011, an internal review at UNC revealed 54 no-show classes in the Department of African and Afro American Studies where student-athletes were given grades for fake classes. Meanwhile, in Chapel Hill, N.C., the entire university is complicit in a systemic charade of bogus, no-show classes for athletes a scheme that-you’re gonna love this part-the NCAA missed while investigating North Carolina over the past two years.įortunately, the man with the Big Stick has the Raleigh News & Observer doing the heavy lifting, exposing the real threat to the foundation of intercollegiate athletic sports. When he announced crippling sanctions against Penn State, when he stuck the governing body’s nose in a legal action, Emmert made it clear that he alone had been given power to ignore due process and NCAA bylaws to protect “the foundation of amateur sports.” ![]() “This,” one BCS athletic director told me Monday, “is Pandora’s Box.”Īnd an ironic kick in the rear for the man who talked tough while his kingdom was crumbling around him. When Mark Emmert made his grandiose statement last month, when he stood up and showed everyone at Penn State and intercollegiate athletics who was boss, you just knew this day was coming.Īs fate would have it, it’s worse than anything Mr. Published Monday, at 1:11 pm EDT Last updated 1 hour and 27 minutes ago As North Carolina academic scandal deepens, all eyes on Mark Emmert ![]()
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