http://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/medi...olina-case

Key quotes from Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports

the NCAA COI "could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated NCAA academic rules"

"The panel also did not conclude, based on the record before it, that extra benefits were provided to student athletes."

"While student-athletes likely benefited from the courses, so did the general student body"

(10-13-2017 09:08 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Key quotes from Pete Thamel, Yahoo Sports

the NCAA COI "could not conclude that the University of North Carolina violated NCAA academic rules"

"The panel also did not conclude, based on the record before it, that extra benefits were provided to student athletes."

"While student-athletes likely benefited from the courses, so did the general student body"

I'm shocked...SHOCKED!!! #NotShocked

Congrats to UNC...

lol....the NCAA just admitted that they're full of crap.

Congrats UNC, you can cheat again.

Too big to fail, NCAA style

https://scout.com/college/north-carolina...-108822244

BREAKING: NCAA Announces No UNC Violations

Sickening. I'm close to leaving college sports fandom. They should have gotten the death penalty. Hell, their accreditation as an actual university should be in jeopardy.

(10-13-2017 09:17 AM)XLance Wrote:  https://scout.com/college/north-carolina...-108822244

BREAKING: NCAA Announces No UNC Violations

Totally predictable.

"Hello Adidas, pay normal students too."

Seriously, this an admission of total corruption at the NCAA.

I hope UNC at least took the NCAA out to dinner first.

(10-13-2017 09:20 AM)CliftonAve Wrote:  "Hello Adidas, pay normal students too."

That is freaking hilarious

This is a lack of institutional control, and I'm talking about the NCAA.

(10-13-2017 09:24 AM)rokamortis Wrote:  This is a lack of institutional control, and I'm talking about the NCAA.

Follow the Benjamins....

What total horse crap the NCAA now has no authority to push any school ever again

They will be dancing in Chapel Hill tonight!

Now everyone make sure to add a meme creation class or whatever and invite a third of regular students

Attention Ole Miss: Make sure to pay at least 1 random non-athlete student during each recruiting period.

No violation here folks! We pay both athletes and non-athletes!

I think the problem the NCAA would run into if they ruled against UNC in this case, they'd have to do so on the argument that they're determining the worthiness of the coursework independently, whereas it's easier to determine that student-athletes are getting an unfair advantage because they're getting something different than that which is offered to the general student population.

In other words, if they're giving everyone the ability to get an easy A in a class, then the only way they could sanction the school is by saying "your coursework doesn't meet our standards" which is a Pandora's box of its own, because where do you draw the line? It gets them in a business that they don't want to (or shouldn't) be in. If they only give student-athletes the option for the easy A, then it's obvious that they're getting an unfair advantage.

Now if they could prove that regular students were only getting the option for the easy classes in theory (as in they technically can enroll in the class but the school made it more difficult for them to do so -- like they allowed the student-athletes to sign up first, or told them about it ahead of time, or had a prerequisite that tended to favor student-athletes), then they could still make the case. But I guess that was something they couldn't do.

From a fan-of-sports perspective, it sucks donkey parts. From a legal perspective, it's similar to a jury finding someone not guilty of murder even if they thought he might have done it, because they couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. A difficult and unpopular decision, but one that probably was right in the grander picture of justice.

How I'm interpreting the ruling from NCAA perspective

1. It's not our place to determine academic fraud

2. The athletes didn't get any special treatment because all students could take the courses that were offered