Details of UNC damage to Duke locker room
Feb. 13, 2015 @ 11:18 AM
Steve Wiseman
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
DURHAM -
DURHAM - North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham and Tar Heels football coach Larry Fedora covered the cost of repairing the Duke locker room that was damaged by UNC football players and coaches following last November's Duke-UNC football game.
According to information released by UNC following a public records request by The Herald-Sun, Fedora and Cunningham each wrote checks for $13,585.22 from their personal accounts to Duke in January.
UNC's players, while celebrating a 45-20 win over Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium on Nov. 20, spray painted light blue paint on the carpet. In addition, photos show "UNC" painted inside lockers and on the side of a wall at Wallace Wade Stadium.
The breakdown of the damages, laid out in a Nov. 25, 2014 letter from Duke senior associate athletics director Gerald Harrison to Cunningham, detailed the following:
Wallace Wade Stadium Field Wall- three (3) damaged panels with letters spray painted on
those panels.
• Brooks Practice Field - spray painted line from 30 yard line to 50 yard line.
• Brooks Football Building Carpeting - 60 carpet tiles spray painted. Carpet tiles were not
able to be cleaned, requiring full carpeting replacement throughout facility.
• Brooks Football Building Walls/Lockers - UNC letters spray painted in four (4) locations
throughout facility and in several lockers.
Costs broke down as:
• Wallace Wade Stadium Field Wall and Brooks Locker Room painting - $4,470.00
• Brooks Practice Field spray paint removal - $672.00
• Brooks Football Building Carpeting - $22,028.44
• Total: 27,170,44
In a letter to Duke athletics director Kevin White dated Feb. 3, Cunningham again apologized for the actions of UNC's players last November.
"While I may not understand the charges assessed, we take complete responsibility for our students and our programs," Cunningham wrote. "I failed in my leadership of this department that these damages could occur and we did not prevent it at the time or inform the appropriate people of the inappropriate actions of a few. There is no excuse for teams that have a mutual respect to damage a visiting locker room, but unfortunately we all have students, fans, staff that make mistakes on occasions."
Cunningham went on to point out that the South Building at UNC was defaced last winter when someone painted the letters D-U-K-E on four pillars. Cunningham wrote to White that no public comments were made by UNC at the time and that UNC covered the cost of sand-blasting to remove the letters.
Following the incident at Duke, UNC withheld meal money from the players that made the trip to Duke. The Tar Heels played at N.C. State the following Saturday.
Also, the players cleaned up the Heritage Hills neighborhood in December as part of a community service project that was punishment for the Duke incident. UNCs players also went through a seminar on proper behavior.
This post was edited on 2/13 1:32 PM by Tedensky
Feb. 13, 2015 @ 11:18 AM
Steve Wiseman
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
Damage to locker room following the Duke-UNC football game in November.
DURHAM -
DURHAM - North Carolina athletics director Bubba Cunningham and Tar Heels football coach Larry Fedora covered the cost of repairing the Duke locker room that was damaged by UNC football players and coaches following last November's Duke-UNC football game.
According to information released by UNC following a public records request by The Herald-Sun, Fedora and Cunningham each wrote checks for $13,585.22 from their personal accounts to Duke in January.
UNC's players, while celebrating a 45-20 win over Duke at Wallace Wade Stadium on Nov. 20, spray painted light blue paint on the carpet. In addition, photos show "UNC" painted inside lockers and on the side of a wall at Wallace Wade Stadium.
The breakdown of the damages, laid out in a Nov. 25, 2014 letter from Duke senior associate athletics director Gerald Harrison to Cunningham, detailed the following:
Wallace Wade Stadium Field Wall- three (3) damaged panels with letters spray painted on
those panels.
• Brooks Practice Field - spray painted line from 30 yard line to 50 yard line.
• Brooks Football Building Carpeting - 60 carpet tiles spray painted. Carpet tiles were not
able to be cleaned, requiring full carpeting replacement throughout facility.
• Brooks Football Building Walls/Lockers - UNC letters spray painted in four (4) locations
throughout facility and in several lockers.
Costs broke down as:
• Wallace Wade Stadium Field Wall and Brooks Locker Room painting - $4,470.00
• Brooks Practice Field spray paint removal - $672.00
• Brooks Football Building Carpeting - $22,028.44
• Total: 27,170,44
In a letter to Duke athletics director Kevin White dated Feb. 3, Cunningham again apologized for the actions of UNC's players last November.
"While I may not understand the charges assessed, we take complete responsibility for our students and our programs," Cunningham wrote. "I failed in my leadership of this department that these damages could occur and we did not prevent it at the time or inform the appropriate people of the inappropriate actions of a few. There is no excuse for teams that have a mutual respect to damage a visiting locker room, but unfortunately we all have students, fans, staff that make mistakes on occasions."
Cunningham went on to point out that the South Building at UNC was defaced last winter when someone painted the letters D-U-K-E on four pillars. Cunningham wrote to White that no public comments were made by UNC at the time and that UNC covered the cost of sand-blasting to remove the letters.
Following the incident at Duke, UNC withheld meal money from the players that made the trip to Duke. The Tar Heels played at N.C. State the following Saturday.
Also, the players cleaned up the Heritage Hills neighborhood in December as part of a community service project that was punishment for the Duke incident. UNCs players also went through a seminar on proper behavior.
This post was edited on 2/13 1:32 PM by Tedensky
