North Carolina Forced to Prove Classes Exist to Keep Accreditation After Athlete Academic Scandal

All, College Athletics, College Basketball, College Football, UNC Academic Scandal Ty Duffy February 28th. 2013, 12:32pm

North Carolina’s football and basketball programs won’t be held accountable competitively for making up classes to keep athletes eligible competition. But the school itself faces the possibility of serious academic sanctions. The News & Observer is reporting the scandal has threatened UNC’s accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges.

UNC has been forced to enact draconian measures to prove it is an actual school. Administrators have been forced to scurry around the campus in person, ensuring that listed classes are in fact taking place. Professors have been forced to turn in syllabi. There have even been proposals to bring photographers around campus to supplement the documentation.

It’s fortunate North Carolina players were merely pretending to be students, not doing something nefarious like accepting a free dinner. Really shocking the NCAA, with a vested interest in a billion-dollar basketball tournament, saw nothing wrong with perhaps the nation’s biggest basketball program.

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66 Responses to “North Carolina Forced to Prove Classes Exist to Keep Accreditation After Athlete Academic Scandal”

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guinnessgirl13 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:35 PM
That picture looks like he is taking a very violent shit.
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:36 PM
This is pretty much what a school does any time its accreditation is up for renewal.
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guinnessgirl13 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:37 PM
It’s fortunate North Carolina players were merely pretending to be students, not doing something nefarious like accepting a free dinner.
So it is bad to accept free food, but okay to pretend to be a student. Doesn’t that kind of defeat the whole student-athlete notion?
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KC Resident Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:38 PM
I didn’t read it by I bet Ty turned this into a pay the players post.
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PurdueMatt Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:42 PM
Need more soccer posts
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
This is pretty much what a school does any time its accreditation is up for renewal.
Separate ways, worlds apart.
Is this a good time for a “shut it down”?
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
I didn’t read it by I bet Ty turned this into a pay the players post.
Nope, didn’t quite get that far. He alluded to it with the line that GG highlighted, but that’s about it.
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ButtersBC Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:44 PM
Doesn’t that kind of defeat the whole student-athlete notion?
That hasn’t really been a thing for a while now in the big money sports…the only people you hear trumpet that anymore are either the NCAA or the superfans who don’t think players should get extra compensation
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
UNC has been forced to enact draconian measures to prove it is an actual school.
I see nothing wrong with this.
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KC Resident Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Nope, didn’t quite get that far. He alluded to it with the line that GG highlighted, but that’s about it.
Our boy is expanding. Good to hear.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:46 PM
The News & Observer is reporting the scandal has threatened UNC’s accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges.
Will they even bother paying their $65 renewal for this once they’re in the B1G?
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Gritty Hombres Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:49 PM
Is it really a scholarship if the classes they are attending don’t exist?
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sousedbergin Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:49 PM
That picture looks like he is taking a very violent shit.
Well this thread was won in record time.
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Watsonian Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:50 PM
Will they even bother paying their $65 renewal for this once they’re in the B1G?
Probably not.
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Ty_Webb Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:51 PM
Need more soccer posts
This is NEVER the answer
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:56 PM
Will they even bother paying their $65 renewal for this once they’re in the B1G?
I can’t wait to hear the arguments between Mich/NC over who has the best state school in the B1G.
/could really wait
//would be preferable actually
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HtownHacker Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:58 PM
In light of Manziel taking all online courses, does any of this even matter going forward? Isn’t it simple just to have people take your online courses for you?
Not sure how the NCAA can prevent stuff like that, other than disallowing those classes for athletes, which wouldn’t seem fair.
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Tim Ryan Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 12:59 PM
That picture looks like he is taking a very violent shit.
He’s playing a violent game of leapfrog.
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KC Resident Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:00 PM
That picture looks like he is taking a very violent shit.
Little known fact is that Roy left KU over a dispute over the kind of toilet he wanted in his office.
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:03 PM
Not sure how the NCAA can prevent stuff like that, other than disallowing those classes for athletes, which wouldn’t seem fair.
Why wouldn’t it be fair? I question the validity of all online courses, regardless of who takes them.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:04 PM
Need more soccer posts
Ask and ye shall receive, ye of little protein sufficiency.
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Career High Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:04 PM

Little known fact is that Roy left KU over a dispute over the kind of toilet he wanted in his office.
He wanted a bidet didn’t he?
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VladimirCrouton Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:04 PM
What’s this about?
/ESPN’d
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:05 PM
I question the validity of all online courses, regardless of who takes them.
i hope that one day your boss is a Phoenix University grad
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HtownHacker Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:05 PM
Why wouldn’t it be fair? I question the validity of all online courses, regardless of who takes them.
I’m sure there will be hollering if they’re allowed for the general student body but not for the athletes. I agree with you on their validity, but I’m sure they’re a money saver for the universities. I honestly wasn’t aware that they were in great use at “real” universities before the Manziel story.
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Cowboy Mike's Old Original Red Hot Ricochet Barbeque Sauce Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:05 PM
i hope that one day your boss is a Phoenix University grad
Gunning for that fry cook position.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:07 PM
hockey!
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José Pippen Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:08 PM
He wanted a bidet didn’t he?
I’d have more respect for him if that is the case.
/really want a bidet.
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:09 PM
i hope that one day your boss is a Phoenix University grad
Highly unlikely.
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The Wayne Fontes Safari Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:10 PM
hockey!
And OHL hockey at that!
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:11 PM
I’m sure there will be hollering if they’re allowed for the general student body but not for the athletes. I agree with you on their validity, but I’m sure they’re a money saver for the universities. I honestly wasn’t aware that they were in great use at “real” universities before the Manziel story.
Right. My point was more of why A&M was offering them in the first place. I think that’s the issue.
My wife met a woman about a year go with a PhD in Special Education who had to move to Saudi Arabia to find a job. The reason? Her PhD was from Capella and no one here thought much of that being on her resume.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:11 PM
Full Sail U.!
We’re never late to class!
We sit home on our ass!
We know you’re looking down at us!
Fuck you!
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:13 PM
i hope that one day your boss is a Phoenix University grad
Highly unlikely.
i think you just snatched the snooty belt from duffy
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Career High Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:15 PM

He wanted a bidet didn’t he?
I’d have more respect for him if that is the case.
/really want a bidet.
Question, after you use a bidet you still have to wipe right?
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spencer096 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
bite your lip and give that turd hell, roy!
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:16 PM
i think you just snatched the snooty belt from duffy
If you think that’s snooty then I don’t know what to tell you. But I’ll happily stand on my two degrees earned through classroom work over someone who earned theirs at a for-profit and/or online program.
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VladimirCrouton Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
I just remember Michigan lost to PSU last night.
/HA
//HA
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Watsonian Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
i think you just snatched the snooty belt from duffy
No, he didn’t. He’s just being honest.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
serious ms is no fun ms
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:17 PM
Question, after you use a bidet you still have to wipe right?
Unless you like having a wet ass crack-and maybe you do, I’m not here to judge-I’d imagine so.
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Career High Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:17 PM

My wife met a woman about a year go with a PhD in Special Education who had to move to Saudi Arabia to find a job.
There is no drinking in Saudi Arabia I believe. Could not imagine moving there, I don’t care how much the job pays.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
thanks wats, i’ll try to tone down the ‘fun’ i have here
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:18 PM
There is no drinking in Saudi Arabia I believe. Could not imagine moving there, I don’t care how much the job pays.
I’d visit the UAE, but I have no desire to ever step foot in Saudi Arabia. You could not pay me enough money to go there. I like scotch and naked women waaaay too much to live in a place like that.
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Watsonian Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:20 PM
thanks wats, i’ll try to tone down the ‘fun’ i have here
Comparing someone to duffy is never “fun”
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:21 PM
ok….
ms you just took the snooty belt from watsonian
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Watsonian Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
ms you just took the snooty belt from watsonian
That’s more like it.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:22 PM
I have no desire to ever step foot in Saudi Arabia
well natch, it’s crawlig with those unclean online university grads
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:23 PM
I don’t understand what a snooty belt is. When you put it on does it think it’s too good for the pants it is holding up?
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:24 PM
well natch, it’s crawlig with those unclean online university grads
Vez I’m beginning to think you are in the middle of a creative writing program through University of Phoenix and my remarks hit a little too close to home.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:24 PM
hey! i love it when work and sports coincide. look what i just found while doing some research
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Ty_Webb Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
I’d visit the UAE, but I have no desire to ever step foot in Saudi Arabia. You could not pay me enough money to go there. I like scotch and naked women waaaay too much to live in a place like that.
So you’re saying Arab chicks don’t like black guys?
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:25 PM
So you’re saying Arab chicks don’t like black guys?
I don’t think they do in Africa.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
i hope that one day your boss is a Phoenix University grad
Hey, don’t you badmouth my alma mater. Go, Fightin’ Firebirds (or somesuch)!
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Career High Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:27 PM
Is the problem with taking classes online or just taking classes through a school like the University of Phoenix?
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:28 PM
So you’re saying Arab chicks don’t like black guys?
They flirt with their eyes. A lot. Abayas are sexy!
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:29 PM
i’m in the middle of a creative writing program from PissOffMS University
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:32 PM
Is the problem with taking classes online or just taking classes through a school like the University of Phoenix?
It’s separate issues. I am 100% against for-profit schools. They suck up federal financial aid at a far higher rate, turn a profit because of it, and have among the lowest graduation rates of any institutions in the country. For-profit institutions receive 12.5% of the federal loan volume in a given year, but account for 48% of all defaults. Does that sound to you like they are preparing people well?
Online courses are a different story. In the right atmosphere online courses are great resources, especially for distance education. But they require more personal accountability from the students and the instructor than normal classes in a brick and mortar setting do. The quality of online classes is steadily increasing and degrees largely earned online through traditional non-profit institutions will be on par with a degree earned through physical attendance at a traditional university in the very near future.
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cleet Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:34 PM
It’s fortunate North Carolina players were merely pretending to be students, not doing something nefarious like accepting a free dinner.
See, this makes you sound very idiotic on the subject. College athletes get free meals all the time. If not counting the ones included in their scholarship, they can get pre or post game meals, meals associated with practice, any staff member can provide them with a meal on an occasional basis, and even a booster can provide a meal on-campus or in their home if they want.
But keep up the starving narrative, it helps the pay the playoffs push.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:34 PM
They flirt with their eyes
I always take time to look at photos of Middle Eastern women. dark hair, dark skin, green eyes
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Wide Word of Sport (?) Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:41 PM
i think you just snatched the snooty belt from duffy
Duffy went to a branch campus, that’s the opposite of snooty.
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Some Random Old Dude Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:45 PM
dark hair, dark skin, green eyes
I’ve seen a few in Western garb, and they will break your heart. Can be very much gorgeous. Go clubbing in Bahrain – oh, my goodness.
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:46 PM
I always take time to look at photos of Middle Eastern women. dark hair, dark skin, green eyes
So you’re the reason that sites like Cliphunter and YouPorn have an ‘Arab’ category.
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:51 PM
So you’re the reason that sites like Cliphunter and YouPorn have an ‘Arab’ category.
don’t forget ‘Feet’ and ‘Goalie Gear’ and ‘Cheetos’
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ms621 Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:52 PM
don’t forget ‘Feet’ and ‘Goalie Gear’ and ‘Cheetos’
/updates spreadsheet
//”goalie gear”?
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Shining Base Path Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 1:54 PM
//”goalie gear”?
i think i’ve already typed too much
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ciscopack Says:
February 28th, 2013 at 8:06 PM
That’s what happens when you care more about your sports teams than the education your provide. They don’t even care about the perceived perception, at least not enough to admit they kept football and basketball players in school by giving them grades to stay there, even giving good grades to unattended courses. The Tarpit is a farce.