Let the depositions and risk of perjury begin! Link The Student Athletes Human Rights Project filed a complaint Friday with the federal Office for Civil Rights alleging the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discriminated against male athletes, especially black, male athletes, in assigning more of them to so-called ‘paper classes.’ In directing athletes […]
I couldn’t pick the best quote for the headline here. You tell me which one you liked the best — “To keep winning and to keep these athletes eligible, we had to do something, and so, we cheated.” – Mary Willingham “First one that actually told us [about the paper classes] was our […]
Loved this tweet yesterday after Carolina let a win slip through its fingers — The most anti-climactic finish in NCAA Tournament history. Barring all the wins that have been vacated due to NCAA violations, of course. — Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) March 23, 2014 On that topic, more media attention is on its way to Chapel […]
I guess it is hard for them to say “everybody does it” when the study was actually conducted to show that they are the only ones doing it. Link Last year, student journalists at the University of Maryland conducted a public records audit to learn more about the social media regulations governing student-athletes at public […]
In this world of constant need for immediate analysis, as well as putting things in historical perspective…immediately (just think about how many talking heads on ESPN or some other network talk about a just completed NFL game for example), there is this rush to declare what just happened to be “the greatest ever.” When I […]
I know that the timing of News & Observer’s string of articles around the 40th anniversary of NC State’s 1974 National Championship Basketball this morning was pre-determined…nonetheless, this one focusing on the shift of power really stung. Despite the torture it created for me this morning it is worth reading; particularly for our younger audience. […]
“Everybody does it.” The problem with this is that it’s the wrong argument. Sure, it’s fair to suggest that “everybody” gives scholarships to academically-unqualified athletes. But the details — especially intent — matter. When a program gives an unqualified athlete a scholarship, it’s the university’s duty to ensure, at minimum, the athlete leaves with basic […]
Will wonders ever cease? Outside the Lines will run a report this evening on ESPNnews at 6pm. The question will be if the report will be designed to genuinely ask questions and seek truth, or will it be designed to run interference for the precious Tar heel basketball program which has sent dozens of key […]
Just when we all needed to get our minds off the stinker that was State vs UVA, the NYPost.com drops a gem of an article on us. So, in his final days at UNC, while waiting to speak with the professor of the class he shared with the football star, the kid from NYC slipped […]
You may recall that CNN’s Sara Ganim was the one who broke the Penn State story in 2012 while she was with the Harrisburg Patriot News. She won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on that scandal. Now, she’s caught The Flagship’s PR Machine in just another of a long series of lies. This time, […]
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