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1. How did this start?
On the evening of Jan. 12, someone who identified themselves as Chris Bullock, “a lifelong UNC fan,” emailed a generic account for athletics director Bubba Cunningham with concerns that basketball players had sold their shoes to local sneaker boutiques after seeing several Instagram posts. Within an hour, his executive assistant, Molly Norton, had passed it along and Cunningham quickly reached out to Marielle vanGelder, who leads the compliance department. VanGelder replied that she was already in contact with the football equipment staff to determine who had received the shoes and that the basketball program had not received them.
In the email, Bullock alluded to “scrutiny” the program had faced in recent years and attached a photo of one of the Instagram posts, belonging to Greensboro’s Request Boutique, which advertised the Jordan 3 UNC Player Edition sneakers for $3,500.
2. What action did Carolina take?
The next day, UNC officials began requiring all athletes and staff who received exclusive shoes to return them to the equipment staff. By Jan. 16, 92 of 101 pairs of shoes were accounted for. Those whose shoes were not returned faced further questioning.
3. How were the shoes sold?
Fifteen players were found to have sold the shoes for cash. Three players sold them to commercial outlets for $1,300, $1,500 and $2,500 and were unable to get them back. Two players sold their shoes to commercial outlets for $2,300 and $2,500 but were able to retrieve the shoes and return the money they received. Six players sold their shoes to teammates for prices of $300 to $1,000 and were unable to get them back. Four players were able to retrieve the shoes after selling them to teammates. Nine pairs of the Jordan 3 PE remain unaccounted for.
Request Boutique in Four Seasons Mall in Greensboro was formally named in the documentation provided to the NCAA, as was Raleigh’s SirCastleTees.
As of Monday night, two pairs of the shoes were available on eBay for just more than $600 and $1,100.
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