You have to hand it to UNC: those guys have unmitigated gall. Before their new chancellor has her first day on the job, and before lame-duck Chancellor Holden Thorp can announce whatever his “blue-ribbon” panel led by led by Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Universities, has come up with, UNC athletic director [...]
NCAA denies McAdoo appeal, Baddour calls decision “unfair”
In news nobody could possibly find surprising, former UNC-CH defensive end Michael McAdoo had his appeal denied today. The News and Observer has the best coverage of this development. McAdoo was previously declared permanently ineligible by the NCAA — apparently due to tutor issues (if I am reading this right): UNC has declined to disclose which [...]
UNC hired PR firm to manage football scandals; Bowles: “You had a crisis” *3:00 update — Ramsay’s appeal postponed
Full story from the N & O. Today we learned that UNC hired a New York public relations firm last August to help them deal with the football scandals. There are so many good quotes to get to with the above-linked article — I will just roll them out without much commentary. Hill & Knowlton is a [...]
Shocker!!!! Two more UNC players ruled permanently ineligible
I will save the commentary for someone else. This news has been a long time coming as rumors have persisted that this ruling was inevitable. University of North Carolina football players Devon Ramsay and Michael McAdoo have been ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA, UNC director of football communications Kevin Best said Monday. The university [...]
Butch proactively bans Twitter after Coples’ anti-gay tweet! (day 92)
Late Thursday afternoon Butch leapt into action and banned his players from using Twitter. Talk about closing the barn door after the horse has left! Here you can read the WTVD story. The piece leads off: CHAPEL HILL (WTVD) — UNC Head Football Coach Butch Davis banned his players from using Twitter on Thursday. The move [...]