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UNC academic scandal could get Congressional hearings
http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/us/unc-aca...index.html

Quote:A U.S. congressman is questioning whether the NCAA failed to hold the University of North Carolina accountable during a 2012 academic fraud investigation and is demanding answers from NCAA brass.

If he doesn't get them, he'll call for congressional hearings and subpoena NCAA President Mark Emmert, Rep. Tony Cardenas told CNN.

The California Democrat is referring to a probe in which the National Collegiate Athletic Association investigated UNC's system of "paper classes" -- independent studies requiring little work and no attendance. Athletes were able to get easy "A"s without actually going to class.

The NCAA declined to sanction the university, saying the scandal was academic in nature, not athletic.

Oh, and it gets better...

Quote:Meanwhile, the Student-Athletes Human Rights Project has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over UNC's paper classes. The student-athlete advocacy group, based in Durham, North Carolina, alleges the classes violated Title IX because the number of male students taking them was disproportionate, and Title VI because too many black students took them.

Quote:Two former college athletic officials-turned-reform advocates -- Gerald Gurney at the University of Oklahoma and David Ridpath at the University of Ohio -- also recently began reviewing academic fraud cases for which the NCAA handed down punishments, comparing them to UNC. They believe the data will demonstrate that the NCAA is ignoring the problem.

"They do pick and choose," Ridpath said. "The NCAA is abdicating their responsibility, and there is a clear and convincing case of academic fraud the NCAA is overlooking."

I would love to see Emmert squirm while being grilled by Congress on C-Span. Could be as epic as Rafael Palmiero or Mark McGwire.
04-09-2014 01:36 PM
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RE: UNC academic scandal could get Congressional hearings
Every time I see these mega conference
Mergers I just laugh.

The NCAA has said one auto bid
Per conference. That's why MWC and
CUSA did not merge.

So a 8 team conference = 1bid
A 20 team. Still = 1 bid

Also in all of the conference shuffle
Over the past 5 years not one
Merger of 2 conferences took place

Each school was invited individually
04-13-2014 02:25 PM
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RE: UNC academic scandal could get Congressional hearings
(04-09-2014 01:36 PM)CommuterBob Wrote:  I would love to see Emmert squirm while being grilled by Congress on C-Span. Could be as epic as Rafael Palmiero or Mark McGwire.
That would be nice.

Not sure if Cardenas (freshman member of the minority party) has the clout to make it happen, but I'm sure rooting for him on this one.
04-13-2014 02:38 PM
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RE: UNC academic scandal could get Congressional hearings
(04-13-2014 02:25 PM)David Krumudgen Wrote:  Every time I see these mega conference
Mergers I just laugh.

The NCAA has said one auto bid
Per conference. That's why MWC and
CUSA did not merge.

So a 8 team conference = 1bid
A 20 team. Still = 1 bid

Also in all of the conference shuffle
Over the past 5 years not one
Merger of 2 conferences took place

Each school was invited individually
D.K. if there are mega conference mergers they likely will occur outside the bounds of the NCAA so the issue would be moot. If they stay within the NCAA maybe they go to 16 each, but I doubt they get any larger than that.

Back to the thread, there is a great disparity in the way the NCAA investigates everything, not just academic issues. It's about time an outside source to a look at everything.
04-13-2014 09:01 PM
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RE: UNC academic scandal could get Congressional hearings
(04-09-2014 01:36 PM)CommuterBob Wrote:  http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/08/us/unc-aca...index.html

Quote:A U.S. congressman is questioning whether the NCAA failed to hold the University of North Carolina accountable during a 2012 academic fraud investigation and is demanding answers from NCAA brass.

If he doesn't get them, he'll call for congressional hearings and subpoena NCAA President Mark Emmert, Rep. Tony Cardenas told CNN.

The California Democrat is referring to a probe in which the National Collegiate Athletic Association investigated UNC's system of "paper classes" -- independent studies requiring little work and no attendance. Athletes were able to get easy "A"s without actually going to class.

The NCAA declined to sanction the university, saying the scandal was academic in nature, not athletic.

Oh, and it gets better...

Quote:Meanwhile, the Student-Athletes Human Rights Project has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education over UNC's paper classes. The student-athlete advocacy group, based in Durham, North Carolina, alleges the classes violated Title IX because the number of male students taking them was disproportionate, and Title VI because too many black students took them.

Quote:Two former college athletic officials-turned-reform advocates -- Gerald Gurney at the University of Oklahoma and David Ridpath at the University of Ohio -- also recently began reviewing academic fraud cases for which the NCAA handed down punishments, comparing them to UNC. They believe the data will demonstrate that the NCAA is ignoring the problem.

"They do pick and choose," Ridpath said. "The NCAA is abdicating their responsibility, and there is a clear and convincing case of academic fraud the NCAA is overlooking."

I would love to see Emmert squirm while being grilled by Congress on C-Span. Could be as epic as Rafael Palmiero or Mark McGwire.

You mean UNC got their knuckles tapped with a ruler whereas other universities actually got punished???!!? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked!
04-13-2014 10:49 PM
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