UNC responds to third notice of allegations
The University of North Carolina’s response to the NCAA’s third notice of allegations was released today. What does it mean for North Carolina going forward?
So here is how the whole NCAA/UNC notice of allegations has gone down the past year.
Imagine a school yard fight.
The bully, lets call him Mr. NCAA, has pushed UNC to the ground.
UNC stands up and kicks the bully in the shin.
The bully not liking that punches UNC in the face as he lands in a pile of mud. The bully appears to have won.
UNC seems to just sit there. The bully has turned his head and is laughing with his schoolmates the SEC and the media, neither of whom are sure whether to laugh or feel sorry for UNC when the bully turns his head around.
Next thing anyone knows the bully’s face is covered in mud and UNC is standing there ready to defend himself.
Today was the day that UNC flung the mud.
Months after receiving a third new set of allegations, UNC responded. The response was released today and as reported by Inside Carolina, it did not agree with what the NCAA had to say.
This is the latest tactic UNC has taken in this case. They originally stated that the NCAA had no jurisdiction over what was clearly an academic issue. The NCAA didn’t appreciate that and threw out the third set of allegations.
So now, UNC has taken a different approach, the NCAA is just flat out wrong in their allegations.
Probably one of the biggest things is the UNC response that the Wainstein report is inaccurate, as Andrew Carter quickly identified in the following tweets:
Wainstein report asserted that athletes accounted for nearly half of enrollments in AFAM courses in question ...
— Andrew Carter (@_andrewcarter) May 25, 2017
UNC in this response says athletes "made up 29.4 percent of the enrollments" in the courses in question.
— Andrew Carter (@_andrewcarter) May 25, 2017
This is a huge assertion on the part of UNC as the Wainstein report is one of the major pieces of evidence the NCAA has used in determining what rules UNC broke. Without it, the NCAA’s case would be pretty thin.
Also, if these numbers are true it further takes away the NCAA’s claim that they have jurisdiction over this case as the athletic side of it would be lessened even further.
As UNC is stating it can no longer be a case of improper benefits when every student had a legitimate chance to take and were treated equally.
How the NCAA responds to this is another question. The last time UNC questioned their authority they came back and added in allegations that had previously been redacted. What’s next a firing squad?
The answer is who know. What is obvious though is once again this looks a long way from being resolved and that UNC is ready for a fight. That is not always the case when a Bully like the NCAA is involved.
To read the full response from UNC, click here.