UNC responds to NCAA
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the timing is good. if we take the ncaa to court for selective enforcement a judge/jury will be impressed by our full cooperation until it become clear we were not getting a fair outcome without a fight.
Love it. We told the NCAA to f*ck off and we know we have all our bases covered, to boot.
The language from that internal memo (see below) is going to hurt the NCAA the most. I think this is why the response was so aggressive. All they need to do is tell the COI that the NCAA basically agrees with UNC based on that memo. It would look bad in court too.
"A UNC official while in Indianapolis by chance discovered an internal NCAA memo that warns staff it is in tricky territory, saying nothing had been found that “would validate that there was a systematic effort within the African and African American Studies Department motivated by the desire to assist student-athletes with maintaining their eligibility, either in how the courses were created, taught and/or how the grades awarded.”
"A UNC official while in Indianapolis by chance discovered an internal NCAA memo that warns staff it is in tricky territory, saying nothing had been found that “would validate that there was a systematic effort within the African and African American Studies Department motivated by the desire to assist student-athletes with maintaining their eligibility, either in how the courses were created, taught and/or how the grades awarded.”
That is a pretty damning memo. The NCAA is attempting to overstep their bounds and I think they know it won't end well for them if they do, especially now that we've finally thrown down the gauntlet. They can't afford to lose face by forcing a weak hand so IMO, they'll back down, and rightfully so. And much to the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth by the ABC'ers out there.
Please, Dear Lord God, let the Wuffies all be so angry at UNC that they demand to leave the ACC until they get their wish.
Yep and it started with Penn State finally gathering their courage and telling the NCAA "listen, you went way outside your jurisdiction when you punished us," which they did. That really put the NCAA in its place, pulling them down from the power trip they were on because of the Penn State thing. They uses that situation as a platform to flex their muscles, and it ended up biting them.
The editor of that paper is an IC regular, I believe. I only mention that for the interest of full disclosure. It's still a good article.
Yeah, I know he's an alum. I'm no fan of that site, but to each his own I guess.
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I agree. The NCAA has always been seen as being almost omnipotent, their purview very vaguely defined if defined at all. And because of that, they have handed out some of the most arbitrary decisions imaginable. The SEC has demonstrated that the way to handle them is to show no weakness, show solidarity and be firm in your stance at all times.
Conversely, we bent over backwards to cooperate with them and we've seen the results played out over the last 4-5 years. Despite firing the coach, the AD, and self imposed sanctions, they have dragged the process out interminably. Now that we've finally said enough is enough, it does not behoove them to get dragged into court and try to win a case that any lawyer will tell you can't be reasonably won. And a loss in court would mean a further eroding of the NCAA's power, something they can't afford in an era where many are already questioning their usefulness.
