Succinct and honest assessment of the UNC scandal posted yesterday via JD King of the "Duke Basketball Report." Got to love those Blue Devils, who seem to approach collegiate athletics the "right" way--and win. Of course, the ascension of Duke and NC State's BB programs in the early '80s seems to be what sparked the creation of the UNC "system" for keeping athletes eligible. The Ram's Club just could not tolerate their beloved Heels taking a back seat to rivals in Durham and Raleigh. No sir.
See below or online at: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com...-leadership-devastates-unc-and-north-carolina
Massive Failure Of Leadership Devastates UNC - And North Carolina
By JD King
@DBRTweetz on Jun 12, 2015, 8:13a
When it's all said and done, whenever that may be, you can look back on the UNC scandal and remember that, the obvious aside, it's their own fault.
People at UNC caused this problem, which is one thing, but the people in charge at UNC have made it far worse.
Just think back. Remember the Michael McAdoo case and how easily his plagiarism was exposed. Think back to Marvin Austin, who started his academic career with advanced courses.Remember what was learned when the Julius Peppers transcript was accidentally posted.
Remember that Julius Nyang'oro took money for nothing. Remember that AFAM offered 200 courses that never even met. Remember that someone (we're not sure if this person was ever identified) forged professor's signatures. Remember that hundreds of grades were altered.
Remember that when Mary Willingham called attention to this, she was called on the carpet by Chancellor Carol Folt and essentially forced out.
Remember that UNC had chances to stand up and address this. Understand that this scandal went on for at least 18 years (although as we have said before, we heard rumor of it as early as 2001) and was public by July of 2011.
And at every turn, rather than standing up in the great tradition of William C. Friday, instead of taking a hard lesson and reclaiming its honor, UNC on every occasion possible chose to obfuscate. And now the school has been placed on probation not by the NCAA but by SACs, the accreditation agency.
As the Daily Tar Heel puts it, "...UNC should own up to its misdeeds and lead conversations about institutional change on a national level. So far, that has not happened."
If it had happened, UNC could have assumed a leadership role. Look at what that choice cost them.
First, the "Carolina Way" is done. No one will believe that ever again. Second, and more importantly, every one who graduated from UNC since 1993 and everyone on campus currently has seen their degree, or their prospective degree tarnished.
UNC chose to cover up to try to preserve its reputation; instead they destroyed it. And now thousands of people who believed in the school, who love it passionately, are paying the price and will pay a price into the future.
That's the ultimate cost and it will affect the state at large, too. It's a terrible and ongoing failure of leadership.
See below or online at: http://www.dukebasketballreport.com...-leadership-devastates-unc-and-north-carolina
Massive Failure Of Leadership Devastates UNC - And North Carolina
By JD King
@DBRTweetz on Jun 12, 2015, 8:13a
When it's all said and done, whenever that may be, you can look back on the UNC scandal and remember that, the obvious aside, it's their own fault.
People at UNC caused this problem, which is one thing, but the people in charge at UNC have made it far worse.
Just think back. Remember the Michael McAdoo case and how easily his plagiarism was exposed. Think back to Marvin Austin, who started his academic career with advanced courses.Remember what was learned when the Julius Peppers transcript was accidentally posted.
Remember that Julius Nyang'oro took money for nothing. Remember that AFAM offered 200 courses that never even met. Remember that someone (we're not sure if this person was ever identified) forged professor's signatures. Remember that hundreds of grades were altered.
Remember that when Mary Willingham called attention to this, she was called on the carpet by Chancellor Carol Folt and essentially forced out.
Remember that UNC had chances to stand up and address this. Understand that this scandal went on for at least 18 years (although as we have said before, we heard rumor of it as early as 2001) and was public by July of 2011.
And at every turn, rather than standing up in the great tradition of William C. Friday, instead of taking a hard lesson and reclaiming its honor, UNC on every occasion possible chose to obfuscate. And now the school has been placed on probation not by the NCAA but by SACs, the accreditation agency.
As the Daily Tar Heel puts it, "...UNC should own up to its misdeeds and lead conversations about institutional change on a national level. So far, that has not happened."
If it had happened, UNC could have assumed a leadership role. Look at what that choice cost them.
First, the "Carolina Way" is done. No one will believe that ever again. Second, and more importantly, every one who graduated from UNC since 1993 and everyone on campus currently has seen their degree, or their prospective degree tarnished.
UNC chose to cover up to try to preserve its reputation; instead they destroyed it. And now thousands of people who believed in the school, who love it passionately, are paying the price and will pay a price into the future.
That's the ultimate cost and it will affect the state at large, too. It's a terrible and ongoing failure of leadership.
